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Members of Congress

Historically, Dartmouth alumni have made a significant contribution to both houses of Congress. Below is a list of the 164 who have served.

Senate:

SenatorStateYears Served
Dudley Chase '91Vermont1813-17
1825-31
Samuel Bell '93New Hampshire1823-35
Judah Dana '95Maine1836-37
Daniel Webster '01Massachusetts1827-41
1845-50
Henry Hubbard '03New Hampshire1835-41
Albion Keith Parris '06Maine1827-28
Levi Woodbury '09New Hampshire1825-31
1841-45
Ether Shepley '11Maine1833-36
Leonard Wilcox '17New Hampshire1842-43
Rufus Choate '19Massachusetts1841-45
Salmon P. Chase '26Ohio1849-55
1861
Moses Norris '28New Hampshire1849-55
Daniel Clark '34New Hampshire1857-66
James Wilson Grimes '36Iowa1859-69
George Gilman Fogg '39New Hampshire1866-67
Charles Henry Bell '44New Hampshire1879
James Patterson '48New Hampshire1867-73
Redfield Proctor '51Vermont1891-1908
Jonathan Ross '51Vermont1899-1900
Henry Eben Burnham '65New Hampshire1901-13
Irving Webster Drew '70New Hampshire1918
George H. Moses '90New Hampshire1918-33
Fred H. Brown '03New Hampshire1933-39
Hugh Mitchell '30Washington1945-47
Thomas J. McIntyre '37New Hampshire1962-79
Slade Gorton '49Washington1981-86
1989-2000
Paul Tsongas '62Massachusetts1979-85
Peter G. Fitzgerald '82Illinois1999-

House of Representatives:

RepresentativeStateYears Served
Samuel Taggart '74New Hampshire1803-17
Sylvester Gilbert '75Connecticut1818-19
Ebenezer Mattoon '76Massachusetts1801-03
John Sherburne '76New Hampshire1793-97
Elijah Brigham '78Massachusetts1810-16
Peleg Sprague '83New Hampshire1797-99
Calvin Goddard '86Connecticut1801-05
Charles Marsh '86Vermont1815-17
Nathaniel Terry '86Connecticut1817-19
Silas Betton '87New Hampshire1803-07
Sylvanus Backus '88Connecticut1816-17
Daniel Chipman '88Vermont1815-17
Martin Chittenden '89Vermont1803-13
Samuel Dinsmoor '89New Hampshire1811-13
Asa Lyon '90Vermont1815-17
Jeremiah Nelson '90Massachusetts1805-07
1815-23
John Locke '92Massachusetts1823-29
Erastus Root '93New York1803-05
1809-11
1815-17
1831-33
Samuel Allen '94Massachusetts1817-29
Daniel Durell '94New Hampshire1807-09
Heman Allen '95Vermont1817
Abijah Bigelow '95Massachusetts1810-15
Luther Jewett '95Vermont1815-17
John Noyes '95Vermont1815-17
Phineas White '97Vermont1821-23
William Wilson '97Ohio1823-27
Benjamin Orr '98Massachusetts1817-19
John Wilson '99Maine1813-15
Eleazar Wheelock Ripley '00Louisiana1835-39
Daniel Webster '01New Hampshire
Massachusetts		1813-17
1823-27
Joseph Richardson '02Massachusetts1827-31
Henry Hubbard '03New Hampshire1829-35
Joseph Lyman '05New York1819-21
Richard Fletcher '06Massachusetts1837-39
Matthew Harvey '06New Hampshire1821-25
Albion Keith Parris '06Massachusetts 1815-18
Phineas Tracy '06New York1827-33
Daniel Buck '07Vermont1823-25
1827-29
Joseph Buffum '07New Hampshire1819-21
Jonathan Hunt '07Vermont1827-32
Ichabod Bartlett '08New Hampshire1823-29
Isaac Fletcher '08Vermont1837-41
George Grennell '08Massachusetts1829-39
Rufus McIntire '09Maine1827-35
Lemuel Arnold '11Rhode Island1845-47
Robert Burns '11New Hampshire1833-37
John Blanchard '12Pennsylvania1845-49
Daniel Breck '12Kentucky1849-51
Edward Reed '12New York1831-33
Thomas Edwards '13New Hampshire1859-63
Thaddeus Stevens '14Pennsylvania1849-53
1859-68
Thomas Whipple '14New Hampshire1821-29
George Simmons '16New York1853-57
David Brunson '19Maine1841-43
Rufus Choate '19Massachusetts1832-34
George Perkins Marsh '20Vermont1843-49
Hezekiah Williams '20Maine1845-49
Edward Curtis '21New York1837-41
Andrew Tracy '21Vermont1853-55
Charles Hazen Peaslee '24New Hampshire1847-53
James Alvord '27Massachusetts1839
Moses Norris '28New Hampshire1843-47
Ira Allen Eastman '29New Hampshire1839-43
Richard Molony '32Illinois1851-53
Samuel Sawyer '33Missouri1879-81
Harry Hibbard '35New Hampshire1849-55
Bradford Stevens '35Illinois1871-73
Amos Tuck '35New Hampshire1847-53
John Wentworth '36Illinois1843-51
1853-55
1865-67
Gilman Marston '37New Hampshire1859-63
1865-67
Benjamin Franklin Flanders '42Louisiana1862-63
Francis Brewer '43New York1883-85
Daniel Gooch'43Massachusetts1857-65
1871-75
Samuel Thurston '43Oregon1849-51
John Noble Goodwin '44Maine1861-63
Arizona1865-67
Ambrose Ranney '44Massachusetts1881-87
Benjamin Dean '45Massachusetts1878-79
Thomas Fessenden '45Maine1862-63
Moses Stevens '46Massachusetts1891-95
Samuel Bell '47New Hampshire1871-73
1875-77
James Patterson '48New Hampshire1863-67
Joshua Hall '51New Hampshire1879-83
Charles Willard '51Vermont1869-75
Nelson Dingley '55Maine1881-99
Walbridge Field '55Massachusetts1879-81
Henry Moses Pollard '57Missouri1877-79
William Cogswell '59Massachusetts1887-95
Henry Moore Baker '63New Hampshire1883-87
Evarts Farr '63New Hampshire1879-80
Charles Quincy Tirrell '66Massachusetts 1901-10
James Codding '71Pennsylvania1895-99
George Williams '72Massachusetts1891-93
Frank Gay Clarke '73New Hampshire1897-1901
Samuel Walker McCall '74Massachusetts1893-1913
Samuel Leland Powers '74Massachusetts1901-05
Frank Swett Black '75New York1895-97
William Emerson Barrett '80Massachusetts1895-99
David Foster '80Vermont1901-12
Thomas Kyle '81Ohio1901-05
Winfield Scott Hammond '84Minnesota 1907-15
Sherman Burroughs '94New Hampshire1917-23
Fred Jay Douglas '95New York1937-45
Robert Leach '02Massachusetts1924-25
Fletcher Hale '05New Hampshire1925-31
Edgar Hiestand '10California1953-63
Harold Mosier '12Ohio1937-39
Arthur Healey '13Massachusetts1933-42
Ellsworth Buck '14New York1944-49
William Rogers '15New Hampshire1923-25
1932-37
Jay LeFevre '18New York1943-51
Sherman Adams '20New Hampshire1945-47
Joseph Talbot '22Connecticut1942-47
Edwin Dooley '26New York1957-63
John McGuire '28Connecticut1949-53
David Martin '29Nebraska1961-75
Robert McClory '30Illinois1963-83
Hugh Mitchell '30Washington1949-53
Herman Schneebeli '30Pennsylvania1960-77
Thomas Curtis '32Missouri1951-69
John Monagan '33Connecticut1959-73
Henry P. Smith III '33New York1965-75
Perkins Bass '34New Hampshire1955-63
William E. Minshall '35Ohio1955-73
Clark MacGregor '44Minnesota1961-71
Frank J. Guarini Jr. '46New Jersey1979-93
Richard Mallary '49Vermont1973-75
William E. Frenzel '50Minnesota1971-91
Allen Ertel '58Pennsylvania1977-83
Paul Tsongas '62Massachusetts1975-79
Douglas Walgren '62Pennsylvania1979-91
John R. McKernan Jr. '70Maine1983-87
Charles F. Bass '74New Hampshire1995-
Richard A. White '75Washington1995-98
Robert J. Portman '78Ohio1993-
Michael E. Cupuano '73Massachusetts1999-
Donald L. Sherwood '63Pennsylvania1999-

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Last updated by Jonathan P. Sullivan '90: 8/19/99
Original artwork created by Jonathan P. Sullivan '90.