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These are tables of congressional delegations from Colorado to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.

[edit] United States Senate

Main article: List of United States Senators from Colorado

The State of Colorado was admitted to the Union on Tuesday, August 1, 1876.

United States Senators from the State of Colorado
Senator Class 2	Congress	Senator Class 3
Henry Moore Teller (R)	44th (1875–1877)	Jerome Bunty Chaffee (R)
	45th (1877–1879)	Jerome Bunty Chaffee (R)
	46th (1879–1881)	Nathaniel Peter Hill (R)
	47th (1881–1883)
George Miles Chilcott (R)
Horace Austin Warner Tabor (R)
Thomas Mead Bowen (R)	48th (1883–1885)
	49th (1885–1887)	Henry Moore Teller (R)
	50th (1887–1889)
Edward Oliver Wolcott (R)	51st (1889–1891)
	52nd (1891–1893)
	53rd (1893–1895)
	54th (1895–1897)
	55th (1897–1899)	Henry Moore Teller (Silver Republican)
	56th (1899–1901)
Thomas MacDonald Patterson (D)	57th (1901–1903)
	58th (1903–1905)	Henry Moore Teller (D)
	59th (1905–1907)
Simon Guggenheim (R)	60th (1907–1909)
	61st (1909–1911)	Charles James Hughes, Jr. (D)
	62nd (1911–1913)	Charles Spalding Thomas (D)
John Franklin Shafroth (D)	63rd (1913–1915)
	64th (1915–1917)
	65th (1917–1919)
Lawrence Cowle Phipps (R)	66th (1919–1921)
	67th (1921–1923)	Samuel Danford Nicholson (R)
	68th (1923–1925)	Samuel Danford Nicholson (R)
		Alva Blanchard Adams (D)
		Rice William Means (R)
	69th (1925–1927)	Rice William Means (R)
	70th (1927–1929)	Charles Winfield Waterman (R)
	71st (1929–1931)
Edward Prentiss Costigan (D)	72nd (1931–1933)
		Walter Walker (D)
		Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (R)
	73rd (1933–1935)	Alva Blanchard Adams (D)
	74th (1935–1937)
Edwin Carl "Ed" Johnson (D)	75th (1937–1939)
	76th (1939–1941)
	77th (1941–1943)
	77th (1941–1943)	Eugene Donald Millikin (R)
	78th (1943–1945)
	79th (1945–1947)
	80th (1947–1949)
	81st (1949–1951)
	82nd (1951–1953)
	83rd (1953–1955)
Gordon Llewellyn Allott (R)	84th (1955–1957)
	85th (1957–1959)	John Albert Carroll (D)
	86th (1959–1961)
	87th (1961–1963)
	88th (1963–1965)	Peter Hoyt Dominick (R)
	89th (1965–1967)
	90th (1967–1969)
	91st (1969–1971)
	92nd (1971–1973)
Floyd Kirk Haskell (D)	93rd (1973–1975)
	94th (1975–1977)	Gary Hart (D)
	95th (1977–1979)
Bill Armstrong (R)	96th (1979–1981)
	97th (1981–1983)
	98th (1983–1985)
	99th (1985–1987)
	100th (1987–1989)	Tim Wirth (D)
	101st (1989–1991)
Hank Brown (R)	102nd (1991–1993)
	103rd (1993–1995)	Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D)
	104th (1995–1997)	Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R)
Wayne Allard (R)	105th (1997–1999)
	106th (1999–2001)
	107th (2001–2003)
	108th (2003–2005)
	109th (2005–2007)	Ken Salazar^[1] (D)
	110th (2007–2009)	Ken Salazar^[1] (D)
Mark Udall (D)	111th (2009–2011)	Michael Bennet^[1] (D)
Senator Class 2	Congress	Senator Class 3

[edit] Senate passages

Congress	Senator	Reason for Vacancy	Appointed Successor	Date of Appointment	Elected Successor	Date of Election
47th	Henry Moore Teller	Resigned on April 17, 1882 to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.	George Miles Chilcott	April 17, 1882	Horace Austin Warner Tabor	January 27, 1883
61st 62nd	Charles James Hughes, Jr.	Died in office on January 11, 1911.	none		Charles Spalding Thomas	January 15, 1913
68th	Samuel Danford Nicholson	Died in office on March 24, 1923.	Alva Blanchard Adams	May 17, 1923	Rice William Means	November 4, 1924
72nd	Charles Winfield Waterman	Died in office on August 27, 1932.	Walter Walker	September 26, 1932	Karl Cortlandt Schuyler	December 7, 1932
77th	Alva Blanchard Adams	Died in office on December 1, 1941.	Eugene Donald Millikin	December 20, 1941	Eugene Donald Millikin	November 3, 1942
111th	Ken Salazar	Resigned on January 20, 2009 to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.	Michael Bennet	January 21, 2009

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Colorado

The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861.

Congress	Delegate At-large
37th (1861–1863)	Territory organized 1861
37th (1861–1863)	Hiram Pitt Bennet (Conservative Republican)
38th (1863–1865)	Hiram Pitt Bennet (Conservative Republican)
39th (1865–1867)	Allen Alexander Bradford (R)
40th (1867–1869)	George Miles Chilcott (R)
41st (1869–1871)	Allen Alexander Bradford (R)
42nd (1871–1873)	Jerome Bunty Chaffee (R)
43rd (1873–1875)	Jerome Bunty Chaffee (R)
44th (1875–1877)	Thomas MacDonald Patterson (D)
44th (1875–1877)	Statehood 1876

[edit] Representatives to the United States House of Representatives from the State of Colorado

The State of Colorado was admitted to the Union on Tuesday, August 1, 1876.

Congress	At-large
44th (1875–1877)	Statehood 1876
44th (1875–1877)	James Burns Belford (R)
45th (1877–1879)
45th (1877–1879)	Thomas MacDonald Patterson (D)
46th (1879–1881)	James Burns Belford (R)
47th (1881–1883)
48th (1883–1885)
49th (1885–1887)	George Gifford Symes (R)
50th (1887–1889)	George Gifford Symes (R)
51st (1889–1891)	Hosea Townsend (R)
52nd (1891–1893)	Hosea Townsend (R)
Congress	1st district	2nd district
53rd (1893–1895)	Lafayette "Lafe" Pence (Populist)	John Calhoun Bell (Populist)
54th (1895–1897)	John Franklin Shafroth (R)
55th (1897–1899)	John Franklin Shafroth (Silver Republican)
56th (1899–1901)
57th (1901–1903)
Congress	1st district	2nd district	At-large
58th (1903–1905)	J. Shafroth (D)	Herschel M. Hogg (R)	Franklin E. Brooks (R)
58th (1903–1905)	Robert W. Bonynge (R)
59th (1905–1907)
60th (1907–1909)		Warren A. Haggott (R)	George W. Cook (R)
61st (1909–1911)	Atterson Walden Rucker (D)	John Andrew Martin (D)	Edward Thomas Taylor (D)
62nd (1911–1913)	Atterson Walden Rucker (D)	John Andrew Martin (D)	Edward Thomas Taylor (D)
Congress	1st district	2nd district	At-large seat 1	At-large seat 2
63rd (1913–1915)	George John Kindel (D)	Harry Hunter Seldomridge (D)	Edward Keating (D)	Edward Thomas Taylor (D)
Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district
64th (1915–1917)	Benjamin Clark Hilliard (D)	Charles Bateman Timberlake (R)	Edward Keating (D)	Edward Thomas Taylor (D)
65th (1917–1919)	Benjamin Clark Hilliard (D)		Edward Keating (D)
66th (1919–1921)	William Newell Vaile (R)		Guy Urban Hardy (R)
67th (1921–1923)
68th (1923–1925)
69th (1925–1927)
70th (1927–1929)
70th (1927–1929)	Sebastian Harrison White (D)
71st (1929–1931)	William Robb Eaton (R)
72nd (1931–1933)	William Robb Eaton (R)
73rd (1933–1935)	Lawrence Lewis (D)	Fred Nelson Cummings (D)	John Andrew Martin (D)
74th (1935–1937)
75th (1937–1939)
76th (1939–1941)
76th (1939–1941)			William Evans Burney (D)
77th (1941–1943)		William Silas Hill (R)	John Edgar Chenoweth (R)
77th (1941–1943)				Robert Fay Rockwell (R)
78th (1943–1945)
78th (1943–1945)	Dean Milton Gillespie (R)
79th (1945–1947)	Dean Milton Gillespie (R)
80th (1947–1949)	John Albert Carroll (D)
81st (1949–1951)	John Albert Carroll (D)		John Henry Marsalis (D)	Wayne Aspinall (D)
82nd (1951–1953)	Byron Rogers (D)		John Chenoweth (R)
83rd (1953–1955)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)
86th (1959–1961)		Byron Johnson (D)
87th (1961–1963)		Pete Dominick (R)
88th (1963–1965)		Don Brotzman (R)
89th (1965–1967)		Roy McVicker (D)	Frank Evans (D)
90th (1967–1969)		Don Brotzman (R)
91st (1969–1971)
92nd (1971–1973)	Mike McKevitt (R)
Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district
93rd (1973–1975)	Pat Schroeder (D)	Don Brotzman (R)	Frank Evans (D)	Jim Johnson (R)	Bill Armstrong (R)
94th (1975–1977)		Tim Wirth (D)
95th (1977–1979)
96th (1979–1981)			Ray Kogovsek (D)		Ken Kramer (R)
97th (1981–1983)			Ray Kogovsek (D)	Hank Brown (R)	Ken Kramer (R)
Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district	6th district
98th (1983–1985)	Pat Schroeder (D)	Tim Wirth (D)	Ray Kogovsek (D)	Hank Brown (R)	Ken Kramer (R)	Dan Schaefer (R)
99th (1985–1987)		Tim Wirth (D)	Mike Strang (R)		Ken Kramer (R)
100th (1987–1989)		David Skaggs (D)	Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D)		Joel Hefley (R)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993)				Wayne Allard (R)
103rd (1993–1995)			Scott McInnis (R)
104th (1995–1997)
105th (1997–1999)	Diana DeGette (D)			Bob Schaffer (R)
106th (1999–2001)		Mark Udall (D)				Tom Tancredo (R)
107th (2001–2003)		Mark Udall (D)				Tom Tancredo (R)
Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district	6th district	7th district
108th (2003–2005)	Diana DeGette (D)	Mark Udall (D)	Scott McInnis (R)	Marilyn Musgrave (R)	Joel Hefley (R)	Tom Tancredo (R)	Bob Beauprez (R)
109th (2005–2007)			John Salazar (D)		Joel Hefley (R)		Bob Beauprez (R)
110th (2007–2009)					Doug Lamborn (R)		Ed Perlmutter (D)
111th (2009–2011)		Jared Polis (D)		Betsy Markey (D)	Doug Lamborn (R)	Mike Coffman (R)	Ed Perlmutter (D)
Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district	6th district	7th district

[edit] House passages

Congress	Predecessor	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of Election
58th	John Franklin Shafroth (Silver Republican)	Resigned February 15, 1904, declaring that Bonynge had won the 1902 election.	Robert William Bonynge (R)	November 4, 1902
77th	Edward Thomas Taylor (D)	Died September 3, 1941.	Robert Fay Rockwell (R)	November 4, 1941

[edit] Key

This is a key to party COLORS and ABBREVIATIONS for Members of the U.S. Congress.
Party abbreviations or full names are retained for universal visual access.

American (Know-Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A) / Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J) / National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Democratic (D)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)

Farmer-Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Non-Partisan League (NPL)

Nullifier (N) / States' rights (SR) Dixicrat (Dix)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)

Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)
Independent / Unaffiliated or changed during term

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b United States President-Elect Barack Obama designated United States Senator Ken Salazar as his choice for United States Secretary of the Interior. Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has named Superintendent of Denver Public Schools Michael Bennet as his choice to fill the seat in the United States Senate if Senator Salazar is confirmed as Interior Secretary.

[edit] External links

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[Salazar-0] United States President-Elect Barack Obama designated United States Senator Ken Salazar as his choice for United States Secretary of the Interior. Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has named Superintendent of Denver Public Schools Michael Bennet as his choice to fill the seat in the United States Senate if Senator Salazar is confirmed as Interior Secretary.

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