Alabama's 6th Congressional District

Alabama's 6th 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

Gary Palmer (Republican) currently represents Alabama's 6th Congressional District. See Gary Palmer's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Alabama's 6th Congressional District:

• Spencer Bachus — Republican (until 2015)
• Ben Erdreich — Democrat (until 1993)
• Albert Smith — Republican (until 1983)
• John Buchanan — Republican (until 1981)
• Edward deGraffenried — Democrat (until 1953)
• Peterson Jarman — Democrat (until 1949)
• William Oliver — Democrat (until 1937)
• Richmond Hobson — Democrat (until 1915)
• John Martin — Democrat (until 1887)
• Goldsmith Hewitt — Democrat (until 1885)

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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