SinceUtah became a U.S. state in 1896, it has sentcongressional delegations to theUnited States Senate andUnited States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Before theSeventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were elected by theUtah State Legislature. Members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, one from each ofUtah's four congressional districts. Before becoming a state, theTerritory of Utah elected a non-votingdelegate at-large to Congress from 1850 to 1896.
58 people have served either the Territory or State of Utah: 14 in the Senate, 42 in the House, and 2 in both houses. The average term for senators has been 15.3 years and the average term for representatives has been 6.7 years. The longest-serving senator wasOrrin Hatch, from 1977 to 2019. The longest-serving representative isJames V. Hansen, in office for 22 years from 1981 to 2003. No Utah women have served in the Senate, but five women -Reva Beck Bosone,Karen Shepherd,Enid Greene,Mia Love, andCeleste Maloy - have been Representatives.
The current dean of the Utah delegation isSenatorMike Lee, having served in Congress since 2011.
| Current U.S. senators from Utah | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Utah
| Class I senator | Class III senator | ||
.jpg) John Curtis (Junior senator) (Provo) | .jpg) Mike Lee (Senior senator) (Provo) | |||
| Party | Republican | Republican | ||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 2025 | January 3, 2011 | ||
Each state elects two senators by statewide popular vote every six years. The terms of the two senators are staggered so that they are not elected in the same year. Utah's senators are elected in the years fromclasses 1 and 3. Senators were originally chosen by theUtah House of Representatives until theSeventeenth Amendment came into force in 1913.[2][3]
There have been eighteen senators elected from Utah, of whom five have beenDemocrats and thirteen have beenRepublicans. Utah's current senators are RepublicansMike Lee, in office since 2011, andJohn Curtis, in office since 2025.
Democratic (D) Republican (R) Silver Republican (SvR)
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| Class I senator | Congress | Class III senator | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank J. Cannon (R) | 54th (1895–1897) | Arthur Brown (R) | ||
| Frank J. Cannon (SvR) | 55th (1897–1899) | Joseph L. Rawlins (D) | ||
| vacant[a] | 56th (1899–1901) | |||
| Thomas Kearns (R)[b] | ||||
| 57th (1901–1903) | ||||
| 58th (1903–1905) | Reed Smoot (R)[c] | |||
| George Sutherland (R) | 59th (1905–1907) | |||
| 60th (1907–1909) | ||||
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||||
| 62nd (1911–1913) | ||||
| 63rd (1913–1915) | ||||
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||||
| William H. King (D) | 65th (1917–1919) | |||
| 66th (1919–1921) | ||||
| 67th (1921–1923) | ||||
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||||
| 71st (1929–1931) | ||||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | ||||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | Elbert D. Thomas (D) | |||
| 74th (1935–1937) | ||||
| 75th (1937–1939) | ||||
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||||
| Abe Murdock (D) | 77th (1941–1943) | |||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||||
| Arthur V. Watkins (R) | 80th (1947–1949) | |||
| 81st (1949–1951) | ||||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | Wallace F. Bennett (R)[d] | |||
| 83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||||
| Frank Moss (D) | 86th (1959–1961) | |||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
| Jake Garn (R) | ||||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||||
| Orrin Hatch (R) | 95th (1977–1979) | |||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | Bob Bennett (R) | |||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||||
| 105th (1997–1999) | ||||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | Mike Lee (R) | |||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||||
| 114th (2015–2017) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||||
| Mitt Romney (R) | 116th (2019–2021) | |||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
| John Curtis (R) | 119th (2025–2027) | |||
| Current U.S. representatives from Utah | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Member (Residence)[8] | Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2025)[9] | District map |
| 1st |  Blake Moore (Salt Lake City) | Republican | January 3, 2021 | R+10 | .svg) |
| 2nd |  Celeste Maloy (Cedar City) | Republican | November 21, 2023 | R+10 | .svg) |
| 3rd |  | Republican | January 3, 2025 | R+10 | .svg) |
| 4th |  Burgess Owens (Salt Lake City) | Republican | January 3, 2021 | R+14 | .svg) |
TheTerritory of Utah was anorganized incorporated territory of the United States formed on September 9, 1850. The territory initially consisted of present-day Utah, most ofNevada, and portions ofColorado andWyoming. On February 28, 1861, the creation ofColorado Territory took land from the eastern side of Utah Territory.Nevada Territory was organized from the western section of Utah Territory on March 2, 1861.[10] Also on that date,Nebraska Territory gained area from the northeastern part of Utah Territory. Nevada Territory gained area from Utah Territory on July 14, 1862, and again on May 5, 1866, after becoming a state.Wyoming Territory was created on July 25, 1868, from Nebraska Territory, taking more area from the northeast corner and giving Utah Territory its final borders.
The territorialdelegates were elected to two-year terms. Delegates were allowed to serve on committees, debate, and submit legislation, but were not permitted to vote on bills.[11] Delegates only served in the House of Representatives as there was no representation in the Senate until Utah became a state.
Democratic (D) Independent (I) Liberal (L) Populist (Pop) Republican (R)
| Congress | Delegate |
|---|---|
| 32nd (1851–1853) | John Milton Bernhisel (I) |
| 33rd (1853–1855) | |
| 34th (1855–1857) | |
| 35th (1857–1859) | |
| 36th (1859–1861) | William Henry Hooper (D) |
| 37th (1861–1863) | John Milton Bernhisel (I) |
| 38th (1863–1865) | John F. Kinney (D) |
| 39th (1865–1867) | William Henry Hooper (D) |
| 40th (1867–1869) | |
| 41st (1869–1871) | |
| 42nd (1871–1873) | |
| 43rd (1873–1875) | George Q. Cannon (D) |
| 44th (1875–1877) | |
| 45th (1877–1879) | |
| 46th (1879–1881) | |
| 47th (1881–1883) | Allen G. Campbell (Lib)[e] |
| vacant | |
| John T. Caine (D)[f] | |
| 48th (1883–1885) | |
| 49th (1885–1887) | |
| 50th (1887–1889) | |
| 51st (1889–1891) | John T. Caine (Pop.) |
| 52nd (1891–1893) | |
| 53rd (1893–1895) | Joseph L. Rawlins (D) |
| 54th (1895–1897) | Frank J. Cannon (R) |
Members of the House of Representatives are elected every two years by popular vote within a congressional district.[15] From 1895 till 1913, Utah had an at-large congressional district that represented the entire state. Every ten years, the number of congressional districts is reapportioned based on the state's population as determined by theUnited States census;[16] Utah has had four districts since 2013.
