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History of the First District
Colorado Delegates a- Large
Congress granted the territory of Colorado one at-large delegate seat on February 28, 1861; late in 1861, Colorado's first delegate took his seat in the House.
| Hiram P. Bennett |
37th - 38th Congresses
(Dec. 2, 1861 to Mar. 3, 1865) |
| Allen A. Bradford |
39th Congress
(Mar. 4, 1865 to Mar. 3, 1867) |
| George M. Chilcott |
40th Congress
(Mar. 20, 1867 to Mar. 3, 1869) |
| Allen A. Bradford |
41st Congress
(Mar. 4, 1869 to Mar. 3, 1871) |
| Jerome B. Chaffee |
42nd - 43rd Congresses
(Mar. 4, 1871 to Mar 3, 1875) |
| Thomas B. Patterson |
44th Congress
(Mar. 4, 1875 to Aug. 1, 1876) |
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Colorado 1st District Member History
Colorado was admitted as a state into the Union on August 1, 1876. Its first Congressional delegation (two Senators and one Representative) arrived in Washington, late in 1876, at the end of the 44th Congress. Colorado remained a one-district state until the 53rd Congress (1893-1895), when it was split into two districts. The 1st District has always included either major portions of Denver or the city in its totality. Reappointment created two additional districts at the start of the 64th Congress (1915- 1917). A fifth district was added at the start of the 93rd Congress (1973-1975). The 1980 Census returns led to the creation of a sixth district at the start of the 98th Congress (1983-1985).
| James B. Belford (R) |
44th - 45th Congresses
(Oct. 3, 1876 to Dec. 13, 1877) |
Belford was succeeded as a member of the 45th Congress after the results of his 1876 election were contested by Thomas M. Patterson and overturned. |
| Thomas M. Patterson (D) |
45th Congress
(Dec. 13, 1877 to Mar. 3, 1879) |
Patterson successfully contested the results of his 1876 race against James B. Belford and took his seat on December 13, 1877. |
| James B. Belford (R) |
46th - 48th Congresses
(Mar. 4, 1879 to Mar. 3, 1885) |
| George G. Symes (R) |
49th - 50th Congresses
(Mar. 4, 1885 to Mar. 3, 1889) |
| Hosea Townsend (R) |
51st - 52nd Congresses
(Mar. 4, 1889 to Mar. 3, 1893) |
| Lafayette Pence (Populist) |
53rd Congress
(Mar. 4, 1893 to Mar 3, 1895) |
| John F. Shafroth (R, SR, D) |
54th - 58th Congresses
(Mar. 4, 1895 to Feb. 15, 1904) |
Shafroth won the election to the 54th Congress as a Republican. From the 55th to 57th Congresses, he was elected as a Silver Republican. In 1902, he was elected to the 58th Congress as a Democrat. He was succeeded on Feb. 16, 1904, after he declared in a speech on the House floor his conviction that his opponent, Robert W. Bonynge, had been duly elected. |
| Robert W. Bonyage (R) |
58th - 60th Congresses
(Feb. 16, 1904 to Mar. 3, 1909) |
Bonyage successfully contested the results of his election against John F. Shafroth in the 1902 election. He took his seat on Feb. 16, 1904. |
| Atterson W. Rucker (D) |
61st - 62nd Congresses
(Mar. 4, 1909 to Mar. 3, 1913) |
| George J. Kindel (D) |
63rd Congress
(Mar. 4, 1913 to Mar. 3, 1915) |
| Benjamin C. Hilliard (D) |
64th - 65th Congresses
(Mar. 4, 1915 to Mar 3, 1919) |
| William N. Vaile (R) |
66th - 70th Congresses
(Mar. 4, 1919 to July 2, 1927) |
Vaile died in office on July 2, 1927. |
| Sebastian H. White (D) |
70th Congress
(Nov. 15, 1927 to Mar. 3, 1929) |
White won a special election to fill the seat of deceased William N. Vaile on Nov. 15, 1927. |
| William R. Eaton (R) |
71st - 72nd Congresses
(Mar. 4, 1929 to Mar. 3, 1933) |
| Lawrence Lewis (D) |
73rd - 78th Congresses
(Mar. 4, 1933 to Dec. 9, 1943) |
Lewis died in office on Dec. 9, 1943. |
| Dean M. Gillespie (R) |
78th - 79th Congresses
(Mar. 7, 1944 to Jan. 3, 1947) |
Gillespie won a special election to fill the seat vacated by the death of Lawrence Lewis on Mar. 7, 1944. |
| John A. Carroll (D) |
80th-81st Congresses
(Jan. 3, 1947 to Jan. 3, 1951) |
| Byron G. Rogers (D) |
82nd - 91st Congresses
(Jan. 3, 1951 to Jan. 3, 1973) |
| James D. McKevitt (R) |
92nd Congress
(Jan. 3, 1971 to Jan. 3, 1973) |
| Patricia Schroeder (D) |
93rd - 104th Congresses
(Jan. 3, 1973 to Jan. 3, 1997) |
| Diana L. DeGette (D) |
105th Congress - Present
(Jan. 3, 1997 to Present) |
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