This list includesUnited States representatives who switched parties while serving inCongress.
| Representative | State | District | Date | Congress | Old party | New party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galusha A. Grow | Pennsylvania | 14th | February–June 1856 | 34th | Democratic | Republican | He switched parties in the wake of President Pierce's signing of theKansas–Nebraska Act. |
| Representative | State | District | Date | Congress | Old party | New party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Goode | Virginia | 5th | January 27, 2000 | 106th | Democratic | Independent | |
| Matthew G. Martinez | California | 31st | July 27, 2000 | 106th | Democratic | Republican | |
| Virgil Goode | Virginia | 5th | August 1, 2002 | 107th | Independent | Republican | |
| Ralph Hall | Texas | 4th | January 5, 2004 | 108th | Democratic | Republican | |
| Rodney Alexander | Louisiana | 5th | August 9, 2004 | 108th | Democratic | Republican | |
| Parker Griffith | Alabama | 5th | December 22, 2009 | 111th | Democratic | Republican | |
| Justin Amash | Michigan | 3rd | July 4, 2019 | 116th | Republican | Independent | Amash became anindependent on July 4, 2019, and then aLibertarian on April 29, 2020.[1] |
| April 29, 2020 | Independent | Libertarian | |||||
| Jeff Van Drew | New Jersey | 2nd | December 19, 2019 | 116th | Democratic | Republican | Van Drew switched parties in the wake of thefirst impeachment of Donald Trump, which he opposed. |
| Paul Mitchell | Michigan | 10th | December 14, 2020 | 116th | Republican | Independent |