United States congressional delegations from Colorado

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Map of Colorado's eight congressional districts for the United States House of Representatives since 2022.

Since Colorado became a U.S. state in 1876,[1] it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, beginning with the 44th United States Congress. Prior to statehood, the Colorado Territory sent non-voting delegates to the House of Representatives from 1861 to 1876.[2] Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years in general elections, with their re-election staggered. Prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were elected by the Colorado General Assembly.[3] Each state elects a varying number of, but at least one,[4] member of the House, depending on population, to two-year terms.[5] Colorado has sent eight members to the House in each congressional delegation since the 2020 United States Census.[6]

A total of 80 people have served Colorado in the House and 37 have served Colorado in the Senate. The first of seven women to serve Colorado in Congress was Pat Schroeder, who served in the House from 1973 to 1996.[7] The first and only African-American to have served Colorado in Congress is Joe Neguse.[8]

The current dean, or longest-serving member, of the Colorado delegation is Representative Diana DeGette of the Template:Ushr, who has served in the House since 1997.[9] She is the second-longest serving member of Congress in Colorado history, only behind Edward T. Taylor, who served in the House from 1909 to 1941.[10][11] Henry M. Teller, who served more than 30 years in the Senate,[12] is the longest-serving senator in Colorado history.[13]

Current delegation

Colorado's current congressional delegation to the Template:USCongressOrdinalCongress consists of two senators, both of whom are Democrats,[14] and eight representatives comprising four Democrats and four Republicans.[15]

The state of Colorado gained an Template:Ushr beginning in 2023.[16] The current dean of the Colorado delegation is Representative Diana DeGette of the Template:Ushr, who has served in the House since 1997.[9]

The Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) is a measure of how strongly partisan a state is.[17] It measures the party leaning (Democratic or Republican) and the number of percentage points more partisan than the national average. For instance, R+4 would mean the state voted four percentage points more Republican than the national average.[18] As of 2025, the CPVI ranked Colorado's 1st, 2nd, 6th, and 7th districts as leaning Democratic, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th districts as leaning Republican. The 8th district is ranked as even.[19] As a state, Colorado is ranked as leaning Democratic, with a score of D+6.[20]

Current U.S. senators from Colorado
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United States Senate

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Two senators from Colorado, Henry M. Teller and Ken Salazar, have also served as the United States Secretary of the Interior, under the Arthur administration and Obama administration respectively.[21][22] Salazar is currently serving as the United States ambassador to Mexico under the Biden administration.[23] Many senators from Colorado, including John F. Shafroth and Edwin C. Johnson, also served as the governor of Colorado.[24][25] Some have also been at the forefront of national politics during their careers, including Eugene Millikin, who served as the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference,[26] and Gary Hart, who finished second in the 1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries and was considered a frontrunner in the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[27]

Senators are elected every six years depending on their class, with each senator serving a six-year term, and elections for senators occurring every two years, rotating through each class such that each election, around one-third of the seats in the Senate are up for election.[28] Colorado's senators are elected in classes II and III.[29] Currently, Colorado is represented in the Senate by Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper.[30]

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United States House of Representatives

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Many representatives from Colorado have played important roles in the House of Representatives, including by chairing congressional committees. For instance, Wayne N. Aspinall chaired the United States House Committee on Natural Resources from 1959 to 1973,[32] and Edward T. Taylor chaired the United States House Committee on Appropriations for more than three terms.[11] Taylor was also influential in the passing of the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934, which is named after him.[33] Others took on important roles later in their careers, such as John F. Shafroth, who later became the governor of Colorado and a senator from Colorado known for his influence over the passing of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.[24] Seven women have served Colorado in the House, the first being Pat Schroeder,[7] and the first and only African-American to have served Colorado in the House is Joe Neguse.[8]

Each district uses a popular vote to elect a member of Colorado's delegation in the House of Representatives.[4] Districts are redrawn every ten years, after data from the US Census is collected.[34] From 1861 to 1876, Colorado sent a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives; when it became a state in 1876, it had one seat in the House. Since then, its representation in the House has grown along with its population. Since 2023, Colorado has had eight congressional districts drawn according to the results of the 2020 United States Census.[2][16]

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Edward T. Taylor, who chaired the United States House Committee on Appropriations[11] and advocated for the passage of the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934.[33]
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Pat Schroeder, the first woman to serve Colorado in the House,[7] fought for the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act.[35]
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Jared Polis, who served as a representative from Colorado, became the first openly gay man elected both to Congress and, later, as a governor in the United States.[36]

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1861–1876: 1 non-voting delegate

Starting on August 19, 1861, the Territory of Colorado sent a non-voting delegate to the House.[2]

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Delegates to the House of Representatives from Colorado from 1861 to 1877
Congress Delegate from
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37th (1861–1863) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Hiram Pitt Bennet (Cons. R)
38th (1863–1865)
39th (1865–1867) Template:Party cell | Allen Alexander Bradford (R)
40th (1867–1869) Template:Party cell | George M. Chilcott (R)
41st (1869–1871) Template:Party cell | Allen Alexander Bradford (R)
42nd (1871–1873) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Jerome B. Chaffee (R)
43rd (1873–1875)
44th (1875–1877) Template:Party cell | Thomas M. Patterson (D)

1876–1893: 1 seat

Following statehood on August 1, 1876, the state of Colorado was apportioned one seat in the House.[2]

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Members of the House of Representatives from Colorado from 1876 to 1893
Congress Template:Ushr
44th (1875–1877) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | James B. Belford (R)
45th (1877–1879)
Template:Party cell | Thomas M. Patterson (D)
46th (1879–1881) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | James B. Belford (R)
47th (1881–1883)
48th (1883–1885)
49th (1885–1887) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | George G. Symes (R)
50th (1887–1889)
51st (1889–1891) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Hosea Townsend (R)
52nd (1891–1893)

1893–1903: 2 seats

Following the 1890 census, Colorado was apportioned two seats.[2]

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Members of the House of Representatives from Colorado from 1893 to 1903
Congress District
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53rd (1893–1895) Template:Party cell | Lafe Pence (Pop) rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | John Calhoun Bell (Pop)
54th (1895–1897) Template:Party cell |John F. Shafroth (R)
55th (1897–1899) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | John F. Shafroth (Sv)
56th (1899–1901)
57th (1901–1903)

1903–1913: 3 seats

Following the 1900 census, Colorado was apportioned three seats.[2]

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Members of the House of Representatives from Colorado from 1903 to 1913
Congress District Template:Ushr
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58th (1903–1905) Template:Party cell | John F. Shafroth (D)Template:Efn rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Herschel M. Hogg (R) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Franklin E. Brooks (R)
rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Robert W. Bonynge (R)
59th (1905–1907)
60th (1907–1909) Template:Party cell | Warren A. Haggott (R) Template:Party cell | George W. Cook (R)
61st (1909–1911) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Atterson W. Rucker (D) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | John Andrew Martin (D) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Edward T. Taylor (D)
62nd (1911–1913)

1913–1973: 4 seats

Following the 1910 census, Colorado was apportioned four seats.[6]

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Members of the House of Representatives from Colorado from 1913 to 1973
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63rd (1913–1915) Template:Party cell | George John Kindel (D) Template:Party cell | Harry H. Seldomridge (D) Template:Party cell | Edward Keating (D) Template:Party cell | Edward T. Taylor (D)
64th (1915–1917) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Benjamin C. Hilliard (D) rowspan=11 Template:Party cell | Charles B. Timberlake (R) Template:Ushr Template:Ushr
rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Edward Keating (D) rowspan=16 Template:Party cell | Edward T. Taylor (D)Template:Efn
65th (1917–1919)
66th (1919–1921) rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | William N. Vaile (R)Template:Efn rowspan=8 Template:Party cell | Guy U. Hardy (R)
67th (1921–1923)
68th (1923–1925)
69th (1925–1927)
70th (1927–1929)
Template:Party cell | S. Harrison White (D)
71st (1929–1931) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | William R. Eaton (R)
72nd (1931–1933)
73rd (1933–1935) rowspan=8 Template:Party cell | Lawrence Lewis (D)Template:Efn rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Fred N. Cummings (D) rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | John Andrew Martin (D)Template:Efn
74th (1935–1937)
75th (1937–1939)
76th (1939–1941)
Template:Party cell | William E. Burney (D)
77th (1941–1943) rowspan=11 Template:Party cell | William S. Hill (R) rowspan=6 Template:Party cell | John Chenoweth (R)
rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Robert F. Rockwell (R)
78th (1943–1945)
rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Dean M. Gillespie (R)
79th (1945–1947)
80th (1947–1949) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | John A. Carroll (D)
81st (1949–1951) Template:Party cell | John H. Marsalis (D) rowspan=12 Template:Party cell | Wayne N. Aspinall (D)
82nd (1951–1953) rowspan=10 Template:Party cell | Byron G. Rogers (D) rowspan=7 Template:Party cell | John Chenoweth (R)
83rd (1953–1955)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)
86th (1959–1961) Template:Party cell | Byron L. Johnson (D)
87th (1961–1963) Template:Party cell | Peter H. Dominick (R)
88th (1963–1965) Template:Party cell | Donald G. Brotzman (R)
89th (1965–1967) Template:Party cell | Roy H. McVicker (D) rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | Frank Evans (D)
90th (1967–1969) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Donald G. Brotzman (R)
91st (1969–1971)
92nd (1971–1973) Template:Party cell | Mike McKevitt (R)
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1973–1983: 5 seats

Following the 1970 census, Colorado was apportioned five seats.[6]

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Members of the House of Representatives from Colorado from 1973 to 1983
Congress District
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93rd (1973–1975) rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Pat Schroeder (D) Template:Party cell |Donald G. Brotzman (R) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Frank Evans (D) rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | James Johnson (R) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | William L. Armstrong (R)
94th (1975–1977) rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | Tim Wirth (D)
95th (1977–1979)
96th (1979–1981) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Ray Kogovsek (D) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Ken Kramer (R)
97th (1981–1983) Template:Party cell |Hank Brown (R)

1983–2003: 6 seats

Following the 1980 census, Colorado was apportioned six seats.[6]

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Members of the House of Representatives from Colorado from 1983 to 2003
Congress District
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98th (1983–1985) rowspan=7 Template:Party cell | Pat Schroeder (D) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Tim Wirth (D) Template:Party cell |Ray Kogovsek (D) rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | Hank Brown (R) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Ken Kramer (R) rowspan=8 Template:Party cell | Daniel Schaefer (R)Template:Efn
99th (1985–1987) Template:Party cell | Mike Strang (R)
100th (1987–1989) rowspan=6 Template:Party cell | David Skaggs (D) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Ben Nighthorse
Campbell
(D)
rowspan=8 Template:Party cell | Joel Hefley (R)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Wayne Allard (R)
103rd (1993–1995) rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Scott McInnis (R)
104th (1995–1997)
105th (1997–1999) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Diana DeGette (D) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Bob Schaffer (R)
106th (1999–2001) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Mark Udall (D) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Tom Tancredo (R)
107th (2001–2003)

2003–2023: 7 seats

Following the 2000 census, Colorado was apportioned seven seats.[6]

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Members of the House of Representatives from Colorado from 2003 to 2023
Congress District
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108th (2003–2005) rowspan=10 Template:Party cell | Diana DeGette
(D)
rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Mark Udall (D) Template:Party cell | Scott McInnis (R) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Marilyn
Musgrave
(R)
rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Joel Hefley (R) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Tom Tancredo
(R)
rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Bob Beauprez
(R)
109th (2005–2007) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | John Salazar (D)
110th (2007–2009) rowspan=8 Template:Party cell | Doug Lamborn
(R)
rowspan=8 Template:Party cell | Ed Perlmutter
(D)
111th (2009–2011) rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Jared Polis (D) Template:Party cell | Betsy Markey (D) rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Mike Coffman
(R)
112th (2011–2013) rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Scott Tipton (R) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Cory Gardner (R)
113th (2013–2015)
114th (2015–2017) rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | Ken Buck (R)
115th (2017–2019)
116th (2019–2021) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Joe Neguse (D) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Jason Crow (D)
117th (2021–2023) Template:Party cell | Lauren Boebert (R)

2023–present: 8 seats

Since the 2020 census, Colorado has been apportioned eight seats.[6]

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Members of the House of Representatives from Colorado from 2023 to present
Congress District
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118th (2023–2025) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Diana DeGette (D) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Joe Neguse (D) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Lauren Boebert (R)Template:Efn rowspan=1 Template:Party cell | Ken Buck (R)Template:Efn rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Doug Lamborn (R) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Jason Crow (D) rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Brittany Pettersen (D) rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Yadira Caraveo (D)
colspan=1 Template:Party cell | Greg Lopez (R)
119th (2025–2027) rowspan=1 Template:Party cell | Jeff Hurd (R) rowspan=1 Template:Party cell | Lauren Boebert (R)Template:Efn rowspan=1 Template:Party cell | Jeff Crank (R) rowspan=1 Template:Party cell | Gabe Evans (R)

See also

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References

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