List of United States representatives who served a single term


There are United States representatives who spent only a single two-year term in office usually either due to death, resignation, or electoral defeat. In some rare cases, freshmen members have decided to run for another office or not run for reelection, and two members have been Expulsion from [the United States Congress|expelled]. Many members who serve in the House for only one term are viewed by historians and political experts as having won under circumstances largely beyond their control, such as riding in on the coattails of a popular presidential or statewide candidate of their party, or by running against a scandalized incumbent. Other special cases include Morris Michael Edelstein, who won a special election to the 76th United States Congress, won re-election to a full term to the 77th United States Congress, but died early in that term after serving less than two years total.
Not included in this list are Non-voting members of the [United States House of Representatives|non-voting delegates]. Members who served in the United States Congress, but also served in the Congress of the Confederate States or as a delegate, are included. For members-elect who never took office, see List of United States representatives-elect who never took their seats.

4th Congress (1795–1797)

8th Congress (1803–1805)

9th Congress (1805–1807)

10th Congress (1807–1809)

11th Congress (1809–1811)

12th Congress (1811–1813)

13th Congress (1813–1815)

14th Congress (1815–1817)

15th Congress (1817–1819)

16th Congress (1819–1821)

17th Congress (1821–1823)

18th Congress (1823–1825)

19th Congress (1825–1827)

20th Congress (1827–1829)

21st Congress (1829–1831)

22nd Congress (1831–1833)

23rd Congress (1833–1835)

24th Congress (1835–1837)

25th Congress (1837–1839)

26th Congress (1839–1841)

27th Congress (1841–1843)

28th Congress (1843–1845)

29th Congress (1845–1847)

30th Congress (1847–1849)

31st Congress (1849–1851)

32nd Congress (1851–1853)

33rd Congress (1853–1855)

34th Congress (1855–1857)

35th Congress (1857–1859)

36th Congress (1859–1861)

37th Congress (1861–1863)

38th Congress (1863–1865)

39th Congress (1865–1867)

40th Congress (1867–1869)

41st Congress (1869–1871)

42nd Congress (1871–1873)

43rd Congress (1873–1875)

44th Congress (1875–1877)

45th Congress (1877–1879)

46th Congress (1879–1881)

47th Congress (1881–1883)

48th Congress (1883–1885)

49th Congress (1885–1887)

50th Congress (1887–1889)

51st Congress (1889–1891)

52nd Congress (1891–1893)

53rd Congress (1893–1895)

54th Congress (1895–1897)

55th Congress (1897–1899)

56th Congress (1899–1901)

57th Congress (1901–1903)

58th Congress (1903–1905)

59th Congress (1905–1907)

60th Congress (1907–1909)

61st Congress (1909–1911)

62nd Congress (1911–1913)

66th Congress (1919–1921)

70th Congress (1927–1929)

74th Congress (1935–1937)

78th Congress (1943–1945)

82nd Congress (1951–1953)

86th Congress (1959–1961)

90th Congress (1967–1969)

94th Congress (1975–1977)

98th Congress (1983–1985)

102nd Congress (1991–1993)

106th Congress (1999–2001)

110th Congress (2007–2009)

114th Congress (2015–2017)

116th Congress (2019–2021)

RepresentativePartyDistrictYearsNotes
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost re-election.
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost re-election.
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost re-election.
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost re-election.
Democratic3 12 2020 –
3 1 2021		Won 2020 [Georgia's 5th congressional district special election|special election].
Not a candidate for full term.
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 11 2019		Resigned.
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost re-election.
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost re-election.
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost re-election.
Republican3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost renomination.
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost re-election.
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost re-election.
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost re-election.
Republican3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost renomination.
Democratic3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost re-election.
Republican3 1 2019 –
3 1 2021		Lost renomination.