List of current members of the United States House of Representatives facts for kids

The United States House of Representatives is a very important part of the U.S. government, where elected officials called "representatives" work together to make laws for the country. Think of it like a big team meeting where people from all over the U.S. come together to decide what's best for everyone.

As of April 24, 2024, there are 435 representatives from the 50 states. The number of representatives each state gets depends on its population, so bigger states have more. There are also six special members called "delegates" from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. These delegates can speak and work in committees, but they usually can't vote on the final laws. Right now, there are 429 members in total.

Who Leads the House?

Just like any team, the House of Representatives has leaders who help guide the work and make sure everything runs smoothly.

The Main Leader

The most important leader in the House is the Speaker of the House. This person is chosen by the members and helps control what laws are discussed and voted on.

Republican Party Leaders

The party with the most members in the House is called the Majority Party. Currently, that's the Republican Party. They have their own set of leaders who help organize their members and push for their party's goals.

Democratic Party Leaders

The party with the second-most members is called the Minority Party. Currently, that's the Democratic Party. They also have leaders who work to represent their party's views and challenge the Majority Party.

How Members are Spread Out by Region

The United States is divided into different regions, and the number of Democrats and Republicans in the House varies across these areas. This table shows how many representatives each party has in different parts of the country.

As of April 24,  2024 (2024 -04-24)^[update]:

Empty Seats in the House

Sometimes, a seat in the House becomes empty, or "vacant." This can happen if a representative resigns (leaves their job), passes away, or for other reasons. When a seat is vacant, a special election is often held to choose a new representative.

• California 20: This seat became empty when Kevin McCarthy (Republican) resigned on December 31, 2023. A special election will be held on May 21, 2024.
• Ohio 6: This seat became empty when Bill Johnson (Republican) resigned on January 21, 2024. A special election will be held on June 11, 2024.
• Colorado 4: This seat became empty when Ken Buck (Republican) resigned on March 22, 2024. A special election will be held on June 25, 2024.
• Wisconsin 8: This seat became empty when Mike Gallagher (Republican) resigned on April 24, 2024. No special election will be held for this one.
• New Jersey 10: This seat became empty when Donald Payne Jr. (Democrat) passed away on April 24, 2024.

New Members Coming Soon

Sometimes, a new representative is chosen to fill an empty seat before the next regular election. These are called "members-elect."

• New York 26: Tim Kennedy (Democrat) won a special election to take the place of Brian Higgins.

Voting Members by State

The House of Representatives has members from every state, and each one represents a specific area called a "district." These members vote on laws and speak for the people in their district. They come from all sorts of backgrounds, like business, law, education, and even the military.

As of April 24, 2024, here are some examples of voting members from different states. Each member has a unique story and background that helps them represent their community.

District	Member	Party		Prior experience	Education	Assumed office	Residence	Born
Alabama 1	Jerry Carl		Republican	Mobile County Commission	Florida Gateway College	2021	Mobile	(1958-06-17) June 17, 1958 (age 66)
Alabama 7	Terri Sewell		Democratic	Attorney	Princeton University (BA) St Hilda's College, Oxford (MA) Harvard University (JD)	2011	Birmingham	(1965-01-01) January 1, 1965 (age 60)
Alaska at-large	Mary Peltola		Democratic	Alaska House of Representatives	Various Universities	2022 (special)	Bethel	(1973-08-31) August 31, 1973 (age 51)
Arizona 3	Ruben Gallego		Democratic	Arizona House of Representatives	Harvard University (BA)	2015	Phoenix	(1979-11-20) November 20, 1979 (age 45)
Arkansas 1	Rick Crawford		Republican	Broadcaster, Businessman	Arkansas State University (BS)	2011	Jonesboro	(1966-01-22) January 22, 1966 (age 59)
California 11	Nancy Pelosi		Democratic	California Democratic Party Chair	Trinity Washington University (BA)	1987 (special)	San Francisco	(1940-03-26) March 26, 1940 (age 85)
Colorado 1	Diana DeGette		Democratic	Colorado House of Representatives	Colorado College (BA) New York University (JD)	1997	Denver	(1957-07-29) July 29, 1957 (age 67)
Connecticut 3	Rosa DeLauro		Democratic	Executive Director of EMILY's List	Various Universities	1991	New Haven	(1943-03-02) March 2, 1943 (age 82)
Delaware at-large	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Democratic	Delaware Health and Social Services Secretary	Fairleigh Dickinson University University of Delaware	2017	Wilmington	(1962-02-10) February 10, 1962 (age 63)
Florida 1	Matt Gaetz		Republican	Florida House of Representatives	Florida State University College of William & Mary	2017	Niceville	(1982-05-07) May 7, 1982 (age 43)
Georgia 14	Marjorie Taylor Greene		Republican	Businesswoman, Activist	University of Georgia	2021	Rome	(1974-05-27) May 27, 1974 (age 51)
Hawaii 1	Ed Case		Democratic	U.S. House, Hawaii House of Representatives	Williams College University of California, Hastings	2019	Kāneʻohe	(1952-09-27) September 27, 1952 (age 72)
Idaho 2	Mike Simpson		Republican	Idaho House of Representatives	Utah State University Washington University in St. Louis	1999	Idaho Falls	(1950-09-08) September 8, 1950 (age 74)
Illinois 7	Danny K. Davis		Democratic	Chicago City Council	Various Universities	1997	Chicago	(1941-09-06) September 6, 1941 (age 83)
Indiana 7	André Carson		Democratic	Indianapolis City-County Council	Concordia University Wisconsin Indiana Wesleyan University	2008 (special)	Indianapolis	(1974-10-16) October 16, 1974 (age 50)
Iowa 4	Randy Feenstra		Republican	Iowa Senate	Dordt University Iowa State University	2021	Hull	(1969-01-14) January 14, 1969 (age 56)
Kansas 3	Sharice Davids		Democratic	Attorney, Mixed martial artist	Various Universities	2019	Roeland Park	(1980-05-22) May 22, 1980 (age 45)
Kentucky 5	Hal Rogers		Republican	Commonwealth's Attorney	Western Kentucky University University of Kentucky	1981	Somerset	(1937-12-31) December 31, 1937 (age 87)
Louisiana 1	Steve Scalise		Republican	Louisiana State Senate	Louisiana State University	2008 (special)	Jefferson	(1965-10-06) October 6, 1965 (age 59)
Maine 1	Chellie Pingree		Democratic	Maine State Senate	University of Southern Maine College of the Atlantic	2009	North Haven	(1955-04-02) April 2, 1955 (age 70)
Maryland 5	Steny Hoyer		Democratic	President of the Maryland State Senate	University of Maryland, College Park Georgetown University	1981 (special)	Mechanicsville	(1939-06-14) June 14, 1939 (age 86)
Massachusetts 7	Ayanna Pressley		Democratic	Boston City Council	Boston University	2019	Boston	(1974-02-03) February 3, 1974 (age 51)
Michigan 6	Debbie Dingell		Democratic	President of the General Motors Foundation	Georgetown University	2015	Ann Arbor	(1953-11-23) November 23, 1953 (age 71)
Minnesota 5	Ilhan Omar		Democratic	Minnesota House of Representatives	North Dakota State University	2019	Minneapolis	(1982-10-04) October 4, 1982 (age 42)
Mississippi 2	Bennie Thompson		Democratic	Alderman and Mayor of Bolton	Tougaloo College Jackson State University	1993 (special)	Bolton	(1948-01-28) January 28, 1948 (age 77)
Missouri 1	Cori Bush		Democratic	Registered nurse, Pastor, Activist	Lutheran School of Nursing	2021	St. Louis	(1976-07-21) July 21, 1976 (age 48)
Montana 1	Ryan Zinke		Republican	U.S. Secretary of the Interior	University of Oregon National University University of San Diego	2023	Whitefish	(1961-11-01) November 1, 1961 (age 63)
Nebraska 2	Don Bacon		Republican	U.S. Air Force	Northern Illinois University University of Phoenix National Defense University	2017	Papillion	(1963-08-16) August 16, 1963 (age 61)
Nevada 1	Dina Titus		Democratic	U.S. House, Nevada Senate	College of William & Mary University of Georgia Florida State University	2013	Las Vegas	(1950-05-23) May 23, 1950 (age 75)
New Hampshire 1	Chris Pappas		Democratic	New Hampshire Executive Council	Harvard University	2019	Manchester	(1980-06-04) June 4, 1980 (age 45)
New Jersey 12	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Democratic	New Jersey General Assembly	Rutgers University-Camden Thomas Edison State University	2015	Ewing Township	(1945-02-06) February 6, 1945 (age 80)
New Mexico 3	Teresa Leger Fernandez		Democratic	Attorney	Yale University Stanford University	2021	Santa Fe	(1959-07-01) July 1, 1959 (age 65)
New York 14	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Democratic	Bartender	Boston University	2019	Queens	(1989-10-13) October 13, 1989 (age 35)
North Carolina 12	Alma Adams		Democratic	North Carolina House of Representatives	North Carolina A&T State University Ohio State University	2014 (special)	Charlotte	(1946-05-27) May 27, 1946 (age 79)
North Dakota at-large	Kelly Armstrong		Republican	North Dakota Senate	University of North Dakota	2019	Bismarck	(1976-10-08) October 8, 1976 (age 48)
Ohio 9	Marcy Kaptur		Democratic	Domestic Policy Advisor, Carter Adm.	University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Michigan Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1983	Toledo	(1946-06-17) June 17, 1946 (age 78)
Oklahoma 5	Stephanie Bice		Republican	Oklahoma Senate	Oklahoma State University, Stillwater	2021	Oklahoma City	(1973-11-11) November 11, 1973 (age 51)
Oregon 3	Earl Blumenauer		Democratic	Oregon House of Representatives	Lewis & Clark College	1996 (special)	Portland	(1948-08-16) August 16, 1948 (age 76)
Pennsylvania 2	Brendan Boyle		Democratic	Pennsylvania House of Representatives	University of Notre Dame Harvard University	2015	Philadelphia	(1977-02-06) February 6, 1977 (age 48)
Rhode Island 2	Seth Magaziner		Democratic	General Treasurer of Rhode Island	Brown University Yale University	2023	Cranston	(1983-07-22) July 22, 1983 (age 41)
South Carolina 6	Jim Clyburn		Democratic	Political aide, Teacher	South Carolina State University	1993	Columbia	(1940-07-21) July 21, 1940 (age 84)
South Dakota at-large	Dusty Johnson		Republican	Chief of Staff to the Governor of South Dakota	University of South Dakota University of Kansas	2019	Mitchell	(1976-09-30) September 30, 1976 (age 48)
Tennessee 9	Steve Cohen		Democratic	Tennessee Senate	Vanderbilt University University of Memphis	2007	Memphis	(1949-05-24) May 24, 1949 (age 76)
Texas 18	Sheila Jackson Lee		Democratic	Houston City Council	Yale University University of Virginia	1995	Houston	(1950-01-12) January 12, 1950 (age 75)
Utah 4	Burgess Owens		Republican	Businessman, NFL player	University of Miami	2021	Salt Lake City	(1951-08-02) August 2, 1951 (age 73)
Vermont at-large	Becca Balint		Democratic	President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate	Smith College Harvard University University of Massachusetts Amherst	2023	Brattleboro	(1968-05-04) May 4, 1968 (age 57)
Virginia 3	Bobby Scott		Democratic	Virginia Senate	Harvard University Boston College	1993	Newport News	(1947-04-30) April 30, 1947 (age 78)
Washington 7	Pramila Jayapal		Democratic	Washington State Senate	Georgetown University Northwestern University	2017	Seattle	(1965-09-21) September 21, 1965 (age 59)
West Virginia 1	Carol Miller		Republican	West Virginia House of Delegates	Columbia College, South Carolina	2019	Huntington	(1950-11-04) November 4, 1950 (age 74)
Wisconsin 4	Gwen Moore		Democratic	Wisconsin State Senate	Marquette University	2005	Milwaukee	(1951-04-18) April 18, 1951 (age 74)
Wyoming at-large	Harriet Hageman		Republican	Lawyer	University of Wyoming	2023	Cheyenne	(1962-10-18) October 18, 1962 (age 62)

Delegates: Non-Voting Members

Besides the 435 voting members from the states, there are also six delegates who represent U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. These delegates can speak in the House and work on committees, but they usually don't get to vote on the final laws.

As of January 3,  2023 (2023 -01-03)^[update]:

District	Member	Party		Prior experience	Education	Assumed office	Residence	Born
American Samoa at-large	Amata Coleman Radewagen		Republican	Political aide	University of Guam Loyola Marymount University George Mason University	2015	Pago Pago	(1947-12-29) December 29, 1947 (age 77)
District of Columbia at-large	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Democratic	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair	Antioch College Yale University	1991	Washington, D.C.	(1937-06-13) June 13, 1937 (age 88)
Guam at-large	James Moylan		Republican	Guam Legislature	University of Guam	2023	Tumon	(1962-07-18) July 18, 1962 (age 62)
Northern Mariana Islands at-large	Gregorio Sablan		Democratic	Election Commission Director	University of Guam University of California, Berkeley University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	2009	Saipan	(1955-01-19) January 19, 1955 (age 70)
Puerto Rico at-large	Jenniffer González		Republican/ New Progressive	Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives	University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, San Juan	2017	Carolina	(1976-08-05) August 5, 1976 (age 48)
United States Virgin Islands at-large	Stacey Plaskett		Democratic	Attorney	Georgetown University American University	2015	St. Croix	(1966-05-13) May 13, 1966 (age 59)

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Miembros de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos para niños

• Seniority in the United States House of Representatives
• List of current United States senators
• List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service
• List of United States House of Representatives committees
• List of United States congressional joint committees
• List of United States congressional districts
• Shadow congressperson