United States congressional delegations from Idaho

[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.

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Map of Idaho's two congressional districts for the United States House of Representatives since 2023
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William Borah , Idaho senator who advocated for the passage of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments , establishing the graduated income tax and popular election of Senators, respectively, but opposed the Nineteenth Amendment , which prohibited disenfranchisement on account of sex [ 23 ]
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Frank Church , the last Democratic Idaho senator, known for chairing the Church Committee [ 24 ]
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Jim McClure , senator from Idaho who chaired the Senate Republican Conference from 1981 to 1985 [ 25 ]
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William H. Wallace , the first person to represent Idaho in Congress, as a non-voting delegate, who had also served as Idaho's first territorial governor [ 40 ]
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Gracie Pfost , the first female member of the House from Idaho [ 7 ]
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Walt Minnick , the last Democrat to have represented Idaho in Congress [ 14 ]