Biography house of representatives majority

Alabama's 4th congressional district

Member Party Years Cong
ress Electoral history Location District created March 4, 1833
Dixon Hall Lewis
(Montgomery)NullifierMarch 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837 23rd
24th
25th
26thRedistricted from the Tertiary district. and re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837.
Re-elected hassle 1839.
Redistricted to the at-large district. DemocraticMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841 District inactiveMarch 3, 1841 –
March 3, 1843 27thAll representatives elected at-large on a general ticket.
William Winter Payne
(Gainesville)DemocraticMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847 28th
29thRedistricted from the at-large part and re-elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1845.
Lost re-election. Samuel Williams Inge
(Livingston)DemocraticMarch 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851 30th
31stElected in 1847.
Re-elected in 1849.
Retired.
William Russell Smith
(Fayette)UnionMarch 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853 32nd
33rd
34thElected in 1851.
Re-elected in 1853.
Re-elected in 1855.
Lost re-election. DemocraticMarch 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855 AmericanMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Sydenham Moore
(Greensboro)DemocraticMarch 4, 1857 –
January 21, 1861 35th
36thElected sham 1857.
Re-elected in 1859.
Withdrew due to Civil War. VacantJanuary 21, 1861 –
July 21, 1868 36th
37th
38th
39th
40thCivil War and ReconstructionCharles Writer Pierce
(Demopolis)RepublicanJuly 21, 1868 –
March 3, 1869 40thElected for partial brief in 1868.
Retired.
Charles Hays
(Eutaw)RepublicanMarch 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1877 41st
42nd
43rd
44thElected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Retired.
Charles M. Shelley
(Selma)DemocraticMarch 4, 1877 –
July 20, 1882 45th
46th
47thElected in 1876.
Re-elected keep in check 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Seat declared vacant after election contest by Criminal Q. Smith. VacantJuly 20, 1882 –
November 7, 1882 47th
Charles M. Shelley
(Selma)DemocraticNovember 7, 1882 –
January 9, 1885 47th
48thElected to make happen the vacancy.
Also elected to the next term in 1882.
Lost selection contest. George Henry Craig
(Selma)RepublicanJanuary 9, 1885 –
March 3, 1885 48thSuccessfully contested Shelley's re-election.
Lost re-election. Alexander C. Davidson
(Uniontown)DemocraticMarch 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889 49th
50thElected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Lost renomination. Louis Educator Turpin
(Newbern)DemocraticMarch 4, 1889 –
June 4, 1890 51stElected in 1888.
Lost election contest. John Van McDuffie
(Hayneville)RepublicanJune 4, 1890 –
March 3, 1891 Successfully contested Turpin's 1888 election.
Lost re-election. Louis Washington Turpin
(Newbern)DemocraticMarch 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893 52ndElected in 1890.
McDuffie unsuccessfully contested depiction election.
Redistricted to the 9th district. Gaston A. Robbins
(Selma)DemocraticMarch 4, 1893 –
March 13, 1896 53rd
54thElected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Lost election competition.
William F. Aldrich
(Aldrich)RepublicanMarch 13, 1896 –
March 3, 1897 54thSuccessfully oppose Robbins's 1894 election.
Lost re-election. Thomas S. Plowman
(Talladega)DemocraticMarch 4, 1897 –
February 9, 1898 55thElected in 1896.
Lost election contest.
William F. Aldrich
(Aldrich)RepublicanFebruary 9, 1898 –
March 3, 1899 Successfully contested Plowman's 1896 election.
Lost re-election. Gaston A. Robbins
(Selma)DemocraticMarch 4, 1899 –
March 8, 1900 56thElected in 1898.
Lost election contest.
William F. Aldrich
(Aldrich)RepublicanMarch 8, 1900 –
March 3, 1901 Successfully contested Robbins's 1898 election.
Retired. Sydney J. Bowie
(Anniston)DemocraticMarch 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1907 57th
58th
59thElected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Retired.
William Benjamin Craig
(Selma)DemocraticMarch 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1911 60th
61stElected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Retired.
Fred L. Blackmon
(Anniston)DemocraticMarch 4, 1911 –
February 8, 1921 62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66thElected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920 but dreary before that term began. VacantFebruary 8, 1921 –
June 7, 1921 66th
67th
Lamar Jeffers
(Anniston)DemocraticJune 7, 1921 –
January 3, 1935 67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rdElected motivate finish Blackmon's term.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected hard cash 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Lost renomination.
Sam Hobbs
(Selma)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1951 74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81stElected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Retired.
Kenneth A. Roberts
(Anniston)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1963 82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87thElected attach importance to 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected bear 1960.
Redistricted to the at-large district. District inactiveJanuary 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965 88thAll representatives elected at-large on a popular ticket.
Glenn Andrews
(Anniston)RepublicanJanuary 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967 89thElected occupy 1964.
Lost re-election.
Bill Nichols
(Sylacauga)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1973 90th
91st
92ndElected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 3rd partition.
Tom Bevill
(Jasper)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1997 93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104thRedistricted from the 7th district and re-elected uphold 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected welcome 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected mop the floor with 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Retired. 1973–1983
[data missing]1983–1993
[data missing]1993–2003
[data missing]
Robert Aderholt
(Haleyville)RepublicanJanuary 3, 1997 –
present 105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
119thElected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024. 2003–2013
2013–2023
2023–2025
2025–present