Member
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Party
|
Years
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Cong ress
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Electoral history
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District location
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District created March 4, 1847
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John S. Phelps (
Springfield)
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Democratic
|
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853
|
30th
31st
32nd
|
Redistricted from the
at-large district and
re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850. Redistricted to the
6th district.
|
|
John G. Miller (
Boonville)
|
Whig
|
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
|
33rd
34th
|
Redistricted from the
3rd district and
re-elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854. Died.
|
Opposition
|
March 4, 1855 – May 11, 1856
|
Vacant
|
May 11, 1856 – August 18, 1856
|
34th
|
|
Thomas P. Akers (
Lexington)
|
Know Nothing
|
August 18, 1856 – March 3, 1857
|
Elected to finish Miller's term. Retired.
|
Samuel H. Woodson (
Independence)
|
Know Nothing
|
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
|
35th
36th
|
Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858. Retired.
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John W. Reid (
Jefferson City)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1861 – August 3, 1861
|
37th
|
Elected in 1860. Expelled for taking up arms against the Union.
|
Vacant
|
August 3, 1861 – January 21, 1862
|
|
Thomas L. Price (
Jefferson City)
|
Democratic
|
January 21, 1862 – March 3, 1863
|
Elected to finish Reid's term. Lost re-election.
|
Joseph W. McClurg (
Linn Creek)
|
Unconditional Unionist
|
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
|
38th
39th
40th
|
Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866. Resigned when elected
Governor of Missouri.
|
Republican
|
March 4, 1865 – 1868
|
Vacant
|
???, 1868 – December 7, 1868
|
40th
|
|
John H. Stover (
Versailles)
|
Republican
|
December 7, 1868 – March 3, 1869
|
Elected November 3, 1868, to finish McClurg's term. Retired.
|
Samuel S. Burdett (
Osceola)
|
Republican
|
March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873
|
41st
42nd
|
Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870. Lost re-election.
|
Richard P. Bland (
Lebanon)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883
|
43rd
44th
45th
46th
47th
|
Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the
11th district.
|
Alexander Graves (
Lexington)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
|
48th
|
Elected in 1882. Lost re-election.
|
William Warner (
Kansas City)
|
Republican
|
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
|
49th
50th
|
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886. Retired.
|
John C. Tarsney (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1889 – February 27, 1896
|
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
|
Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894. Lost contested election.
|
Robert T. Van Horn (
Kansas City)
|
Republican
|
February 27, 1896 – March 3, 1897
|
54th
|
Won contested election. Lost renomination.
|
William S. Cowherd (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905
|
55th
56th
57th
58th
|
Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
|
Edgar C. Ellis (
Kansas City)
|
Republican
|
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909
|
59th
60th
|
Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
|
William P. Borland (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1909 – February 20, 1919
|
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
|
Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916. Lost renomination and died before term ended.
|
Vacant
|
February 20, 1919 – March 3, 1919
|
65th
|
|
William T. Bland (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
|
66th
|
Elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
|
Edgar C. Ellis (
Kansas City)
|
Republican
|
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
|
67th
|
Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
|
Henry L. Jost (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925
|
68th
|
Elected in 1922. Retired.
|
Edgar C. Ellis (
Kansas City)
|
Republican
|
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927
|
69th
|
Elected in 1924. Lost re-election.
|
George H. Combs Jr. (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929
|
70th
|
Elected in 1926. Retired.
|
Edgar C. Ellis (
Kansas City)
|
Republican
|
March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931
|
71st
|
Elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
|
Joe Shannon (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
|
72nd
|
Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the
at-large district.
|
District inactive
|
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
|
73rd
|
All representatives elected
At-large.
|
Joe Shannon (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943
|
74th
75th
76th
77th
|
Redistricted from the
at-large district and
re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940. Retired.
|
Roger C. Slaughter (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947
|
78th
79th
|
Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944. Lost renomination.
|
Albert L. Reeves Jr. (
Kansas City)
|
Republican
|
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
|
80th
|
Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
|
Richard W. Bolling (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1983
|
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
|
Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980. Retired.
|
Alan Wheat (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995
|
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
|
Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992. Retired to
run for U.S. Senator.
|
1983–1993 [
data missing]
|
1993–2003 [
data missing]
|
Karen McCarthy (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005
|
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
|
Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002. Retired.
|
2003–2013
|
Emanuel Cleaver (
Kansas City)
|
Democratic
|
January 3, 2005 – present
|
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
|
Elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
|
2013–2023
|
2023–present
|