- United States congressional delegations from Alabama
These are tables of congressional delegations from
Alabama to theUnited States Senate andUnited States House of Representatives .
TOCrightUnited States Senate
1823 - 1833: 3 seats
Following the 1820 census, Alabama had three seats.
1863 - 1873: 6 seats
Following the 1860 census, Alabama was apportioned six seats.
1893 - present
Following the 1890 census, Alabama was apportioned nine seats. It currently has seven.
Footnotes
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* designates those Congresses in which representatives were elected from the state at large, rather than by district.
*1. Resigned.
*2. Died in office.
*3. Was appointed to the office, and was later replaced by an elected successor.
*4. Seat was vacant due to failure of legislature to elect a senator by the beginning of the congress.
*5. From secession until readmission to the Union, Alabama did not participate in the U.S. Congress.
*6.George S. Houston presented credentials as a senator-elect onFebruary 9 1866 but was not permitted to take his seat, Alabama having not been re-admitted to the Union.
*7. Successfully contested the election of the representative that was replaced.
*8. Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the previous representative being elected to the next term, but dying before the term began.
*9. Seat was contested byJames Q. Smith and declared vacant; the original representative won back his own seat.
*10. The seat was vacant from August 8, 1913 to May 11, 1914.Henry D. Clayton was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofJoseph F. Johnston in 1913, but his appointment was challenged and withdrawn.
*11. Senator Shelby was elected as a Democrat in 1986, but switched his party affiliation to Republican onNovember 9 1994 .Key
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