[3] Each state elects a varying number of, but at least one,[4] member of the House, depending on population, to two-year terms.
[5] Idaho has sent two members to the House in each congressional delegation since the 1910 United States Census.
[10] Idaho's current congressional delegation in the 119th Congress consists of its two senators and two representatives, all of whom are Republicans.
He was known for his political views independent of the Republican Party and influence on the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, eventually becoming its chairman.
[26][27] He was instrumental in the passage of the Sixteenth and the Seventeenth Amendments, establishing the graduated income tax and popular election of Senators, respectively, but opposed the Nineteenth Amendment, which prohibited disenfranchisement the right to vote on account of sex.
He also served as chairman of the Church Committee, whose reports helped pass the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Democratic (D) Independent (I) Republican (R) Following statehood on July 3, 1890, Idaho had one seat in the House.
It elected both seats statewide at-large on a general ticket, until 1919, when it redistricted into two districts.