Alabama's 5th Congressional District

Alabama's 5th Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Alabama's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Dale Strong (Republican) currently represents Alabama's 5th Congressional District. See Dale Strong's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Alabama's 5th Congressional District:

• Mo Brooks — Republican (until 2023)
• Parker Griffith — Republican (until 2011)
• Robert Cramer — Democrat (until 2009)
• Ronnie Flippo — Democrat (until 1991)
• Robert Jones — Democrat (until 1977)
• Armistead Selden — Democrat (until 1969)
• Joe Starnes — Democrat (until 1945)
• Miles Allgood — Democrat (until 1935)
• LaFayette Patterson — Democrat (until 1933)
• William Bowling — Democrat (until 1929)

Alabama U.S. Senators

• Katie Britt — Republican Senator
• Tommy Tuberville — Republican Senator
• Richard Shelby — Republican Senator
• Doug Jones — Democrat Senator
• Luther Strange — Republican Senator
• Jefferson Sessions — Republican Senator
• Howell Heflin — Democrat Senator
• Jeremiah Denton — Republican Senator
• Donald Stewart — Democrat Senator
• John Sparkman — Democrat Senator
• Maryon Allen — Democrat Senator
• James Allen — Democrat Senator
• Joseph Hill — Democrat Senator
• John Bankhead — Democrat Senator
• George Swift — Democrat Senator
• Dixie Graves — Democrat Senator
• Hugo Black — Democrat Senator
• James Heflin — Democrat Senator
• Oscar Underwood — Democrat Senator
• John Bankhead — Democrat Senator
• Braxton Comer — Democrat Senator
• Francis White — Democrat Senator
• Joseph Johnston — Democrat Senator
• Edmund Pettus — Democrat Senator
• John Morgan — Democrat Senator
• James Pugh — Democrat Senator
• George Houston — Democrat Senator
• George Spencer — Republican Senator
• George Goldthwaite — Democrat Senator
• Willard Warner — Republican Senator
• Clement Clay — Democrat Senator
• Benjamin Fitzpatrick — Democrat Senator
• Jeremiah Clemens — Democrat Senator
• William King — Democrat Senator
• Arthur Bagby — Democrat Senator
• Dixon Lewis — Democrat Senator
• Clement Clay — Democrat Senator
• John McKinley — Democrat Senator
• Gabriel Moore — Jackson Senator
• Henry Chambers — Jackson Senator
• Israel Pickens — Jackson Senator
• William Kelly — Republican Senator
• John Walker — Republican Senator

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