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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American pastor and politician (born 1944)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night 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Cleaver</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Emanuel_Cleaver_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Official portrait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Emanuel_Cleaver_official_photo.jpg/220px-Emanuel_Cleaver_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Emanuel_Cleaver_official_photo.jpg/330px-Emanuel_Cleaver_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Emanuel_Cleaver_official_photo.jpg/440px-Emanuel_Cleaver_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3360" data-file-height="4200" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Missouri05 !"><a href="/wiki/Missouri%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Missouri's 5th congressional district">5th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 3, 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karen_McCarthy" title="Karen McCarthy">Karen McCarthy</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus#Chairs" title="Congressional Black Caucus">Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Lee" title="Barbara Lee">Barbara Lee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marcia_Fudge" title="Marcia Fudge">Marcia Fudge</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">51st <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri">Mayor of Kansas City</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1991–1999</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Berkley" title="Richard L. Berkley">Richard Berkley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kay_Barnes" title="Kay Barnes">Kay Barnes</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Emanuel Cleaver II</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-10-26</span>) </span>October 26, 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Waxahachie,_Texas" title="Waxahachie, Texas">Waxahachie, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Dianne Cleaver</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University" title="Prairie View A&M University">Prairie View A&M University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul_School_of_Theology" title="Saint Paul School of Theology">Saint Paul School of Theology</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Divinity" title="Master of Divinity">MDiv</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cleaver.house.gov/">House website</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Emanuel_Cleaver_on_the_FY2013_Federal_Budget.ogg" title="File:Rep. Emanuel Cleaver on the FY2013 Federal Budget.ogg">Emanuel Cleaver's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="176" data-mwtitle="Rep._Emanuel_Cleaver_on_the_FY2013_Federal_Budget.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Rep._Emanuel_Cleaver_on_the_FY2013_Federal_Budget.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Rep._Emanuel_Cleaver_on_the_FY2013_Federal_Budget.ogg/Rep._Emanuel_Cleaver_on_the_FY2013_Federal_Budget.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Emanuel Cleaver presents the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus" title="Congressional Black Caucus">Congressional Black Caucus</a> substitute for the FY2013 federal budget<br />Recorded March 28, 2012</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Emanuel Cleaver II</b> (born October 26, 1944) is a <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist_Church" title="United Methodist Church">United Methodist</a> pastor and American politician who has represented <span data-sort-value="Missouri05 !"><a href="/wiki/Missouri%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Missouri's 5th congressional district">Missouri's 5th congressional district</a></span> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> since 2005. He was previously the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri">mayor of Kansas City, Missouri</a> from 1991-1999. </p><p>Cleaver represents a district that primarily consists of the inner ring of the Kansas City metropolitan area, including nearly all of Kansas City and some of its suburbs in Clay and Jackson counties, including North Kansas City, Gladstone, Independence, Lee's Summit, and some of Blue Springs. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, and chaired the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus" title="Congressional Black Caucus">Congressional Black Caucus</a> from 2011 to 2013. </p><p>In his 10th term in Congress as of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Cleaver previously served three terms on the Kansas City Council from 1979 to 1991, until he was elected <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Kansas_City,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri">mayor</a>, serving two terms from 1991 to 1999. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education,_and_career"><span id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_career"></span>Early life, education, and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Emanuel Cleaver II was born on October 26, 1944, in <a href="/wiki/Waxahachie,_Texas" title="Waxahachie, Texas">Waxahachie, Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in public housing in <a href="/wiki/Wichita_Falls,_Texas" title="Wichita Falls, Texas">Wichita Falls, Texas</a>. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University" title="Prairie View A&M University">Prairie View A&M University</a>, where he was a member of <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Phi_Alpha" title="Alpha Phi Alpha">Alpha Phi Alpha</a> fraternity, in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cleaver then moved to <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, where he founded a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference" title="Southern Christian Leadership Conference">Southern Christian Leadership Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and received a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Divinity" title="Master of Divinity">Master of Divinity</a> degree from <a href="/wiki/St._Paul_School_of_Theology" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul School of Theology">St. Paul School of Theology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cleaver was the pastor at the St. James United Methodist Church in <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, from 1972 to 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kansas_City_councilman_and_mayor">Kansas City councilman and mayor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Kansas City councilman and mayor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cleaver served as a Kansas City councilman from 1979 to 1991 and as <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Kansas_City,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri">mayor of Kansas City</a> from 1991 until 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was Kansas City's first African American mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>David Helling, an opinion columnist for the <i><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas City Star">Kansas City Star</a></i>, wrote of Cleaver's tenure as mayor: "Kansas City's first African-American mayor defined the modern concept of the job: a professional staff, high visibility and a clear agenda. He was also a moral leader. His speech at a local rally after the <a href="/wiki/Rodney_King" title="Rodney King">Rodney King</a> verdict averted a riot and was his finest moment. Yet Cleaver's actual record as mayor is spotty. Tax and spending initiatives floundered at the polls, and City Hall scandal was common. The crime rate was far too high."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cleaver is a cousin of exiled Kansas City <a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_Party" title="Black Panther Party">Black Panther</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Pete_O%27Neal" title="Pete O'Neal">Pete O'Neal</a>. In 1997, Cleaver unsuccessfully attempted to obtain a pardon for O'Neal from President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cleaver is also a cousin of the late <a href="/wiki/Eldridge_Cleaver" title="Eldridge Cleaver">Eldridge Cleaver</a>, another prominent figure in the Black Panther Party.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the compromise <a href="/wiki/Budget_Control_Act_of_2011" title="Budget Control Act of 2011">Budget Control Act</a> deal had been reached to resolve the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_States_debt_ceiling_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 United States debt ceiling crisis">2011 debt-ceiling crisis</a>, Cleaver called the deal a "sugar-coated Satan sandwich".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services">Committee on Financial Services</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Financial_Services_Subcommittee_on_Housing_and_Insurance" title="United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance">Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance</a> (Ranking Member)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Financial_Services_Subcommittee_on_Capital_Markets" title="United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets">Subcommittee on Capital Markets</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_membership">Caucus membership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Caucus membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus" title="Congressional Black Caucus">Congressional Black Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Coalition_on_Adoption" class="mw-redirect" title="Congressional Coalition on Adoption">Congressional Coalition on Adoption</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Equality_Caucus" title="Congressional Equality Caucus">Congressional Equality Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Caucus_for_the_Equal_Rights_Amendment" title="Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment">Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rare_Disease_Caucus" title="Rare Disease Caucus">Rare Disease Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During his tenure, Cleaver has voted with the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> 95.8% of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-Voting_Statistics_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voting_Statistics-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been recognized as "not shy about earmarks" and has brought many federal tax dollars back to Kansas City.<sup id="cite_ref-Cleaver_JCDC_Biography_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cleaver_JCDC_Biography-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2022, he had voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time, according to <i><a href="/wiki/FiveThirtyEight" title="FiveThirtyEight">FiveThirtyEight</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cleaver has called for ethics charges against fellow <a href="/wiki/U.S._Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative">U.S. Representatives</a> <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rangel" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlie Rangel">Charlie Rangel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maxine_Waters" title="Maxine Waters">Maxine Waters</a> to be dropped, saying, "The process has been tainted."<sup id="cite_ref-Cleaver_ethics_charges_dropped_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cleaver_ethics_charges_dropped-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 18, 2019, Cleaver voted for both articles of impeachment against President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> and is one of only two Missouri House members to do so, along with <a href="/wiki/Lacy_Clay" title="Lacy Clay">Lacy Clay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Office_attack">Office attack</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Office attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 11, 2014, around 2:50 a.m., what appeared to be a <a href="/wiki/Molotov_cocktail" title="Molotov cocktail">Molotov cocktail</a> was thrown through the window of Cleaver's Kansas City office. He was in Washington D.C. at the time and no staff members were present during the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_campaigns">Political campaigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Political campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Emanuel_Cleaver,_official_Congressional_photo_portrait.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Emanuel_Cleaver%2C_official_Congressional_photo_portrait.JPG/220px-Emanuel_Cleaver%2C_official_Congressional_photo_portrait.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="338" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Emanuel_Cleaver%2C_official_Congressional_photo_portrait.JPG/330px-Emanuel_Cleaver%2C_official_Congressional_photo_portrait.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Emanuel_Cleaver%2C_official_Congressional_photo_portrait.JPG/440px-Emanuel_Cleaver%2C_official_Congressional_photo_portrait.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="3008" /></a><figcaption>Cleaver's 110th Congressional session portrait</figcaption></figure> <p>In late 2003, <a href="/wiki/Karen_McCarthy" title="Karen McCarthy">Karen McCarthy</a>, who had represented the 5th congressional district since 1995, announced her retirement. Though he served in city government for 20 years, including eight as mayor, Cleaver initially posted weak numbers in the Democratic primary and general elections, but defeated former <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Clinton</a> Administration official <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Metzl" title="Jamie Metzl">Jamie Metzl</a> in the Democratic primary, 60%-40%. In the general election, <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> Jeanne Patterson made the race far more competitive than conventional wisdom would suggest for the district, which has long been reckoned as Missouri's second-most Democratic district, behind the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Missouri%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Missouri's 1st congressional district">1st</a>. The Democrats have held this seat for all but eight years since 1909, and without interruption since 1949. McCarthy won 65% of the vote in 2002. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_Democratic_presidential_primary_election">2008 Democratic presidential primary election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2008 Democratic presidential primary election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, Cleaver endorsed <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He claimed that African American <a href="/wiki/Superdelegate" title="Superdelegate">superdelegates</a> who supported Clinton were subjected to harassment, threatened with primary opponents and called "<a href="/wiki/Uncle_Tom" title="Uncle Tom">Uncle Tom</a>." He said they were told, "'You’re not black if you’re not supporting <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>' … It's ugly."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 30, 2008, Cleaver said he realized he was on the losing team: "Even though I don't expect the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a> to beat the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a>, I cheer for the Kansas City Chiefs."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://BlackMissouri.com">BlackMissouri.com</a>.,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative">U.S. Representative</a> <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jesse Jackson, Jr.">Jesse Jackson Jr.</a> of <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> asked Cleaver, "If it comes down to the last day and you're the only superdelegate? … Do you want to go down in history as the one to prevent a black from winning the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>?" Cleaver said, "I told him I'd think about it." Cleaver said during the primary he'd be shocked if Obama wasn't the next president but made clear he still supported Clinton until she suspended her bid. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cleaver voted to provide Israel with support following <a href="/wiki/2023_Hamas_attack_on_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Hamas attack on Israel">2023 Hamas attack on Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Kansas City Mayoral election, 1991 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b>Nonpartisan </b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>50,204 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Nonpartisan </td> <td class="fn">Bob Lewellen </td> <td style="text-align:right;">43,989 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">47 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Kansas City Mayoral election, 1995 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b>Nonpartisan </b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51,057 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>55 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="width:2px;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px">Nonpartisan </td> <td class="fn">Dan Cofran </td> <td style="text-align:right;">41,024 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2004 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 5th Congressional District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>161,727 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>55.19 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jeanne Patterson </td> <td style="text-align:right">123,431 </td> <td style="text-align:right">42.12 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rick Bailie </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,827 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.99 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#A356DE;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution</a> </td> <td class="fn">Darin Rodenberg </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,040 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.70 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2006 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 5th Congressional District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>136,149 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.25 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jacob Turk </td> <td style="text-align:right">68,456 </td> <td style="text-align:right">32.30 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Randy Langkraehr </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,314 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.45 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2008 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 5th Congressional District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>197,249 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.37 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jacob Turk </td> <td style="text-align:right">109,166 </td> <td style="text-align:right">35.63 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2010 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 5th Congressional District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>102,076 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.32 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jacob Turk </td> <td style="text-align:right">84,578 </td> <td style="text-align:right">44.18 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Randy Langkraehr </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,077 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.61 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#A356DE;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dave Lay </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,692 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.88 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2012 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 5th Congressional District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>200,290 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.52 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jacob Turk </td> <td style="text-align:right">122,149 </td> <td style="text-align:right">36.91 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Randy Langkraehr </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,497 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.57 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:white;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-In</a> </td> <td class="fn">Others </td> <td style="text-align:right">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.00 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2014 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 5th Congressional District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>79,256 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.59 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jacob Turk </td> <td style="text-align:right">69,071 </td> <td style="text-align:right">44.96 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Roy Welborn </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,308 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.46 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2016 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 5th Congressional District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>190,766 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jacob Turk </td> <td style="text-align:right">123,771 </td> <td style="text-align:right">38.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Roy Welborn </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,733 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2018 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 5th Congressional District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>175,019 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jacob Turk </td> <td style="text-align:right">101,069 </td> <td style="text-align:right">35.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alexander Howell </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,725 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2020 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 5th Congressional District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>207,180 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ryan Derks </td> <td style="text-align:right">135,934 </td> <td style="text-align:right">38.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robin Dominick </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,272 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2022 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 5th Congressional District </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>140,688 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Jacob Turk </td> <td style="text-align:right">84,008 </td> <td style="text-align:right">36.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FED105;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robin Dominick </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,859 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Emanuel Cleaver and his wife, Dianne, have four children. They reside in Kansas City.<sup id="cite_ref-Cleaver_Full_Biography_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cleaver_Full_Biography-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, a road in Kansas City was renamed <a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Cleaver_II_Boulevard" title="Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard">Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard</a>. The new route consisted of Brush Creek Blvd., E. 47th St., and the portion of Van Brunt Blvd. south of 31st St.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_America" title="Bank of America">Bank of America</a> sued Emanuel and Dianne Cleaver and Cleaver Company LLC, alleging that the company had defaulted on a $1.46 million commercial real estate loan obtained a decade earlier for a <a href="/wiki/Grandview,_Missouri" title="Grandview, Missouri">Grandview</a> car wash.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SettleSuit_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SettleSuit-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, the lawsuit was settled.<sup id="cite_ref-SettleSuit_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SettleSuit-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cleaver's congressional wages were <a href="/wiki/Garnishment" title="Garnishment">garnished</a> to repay the money owed.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2023, Emanuel Cleaver officiated the wedding of fellow Democratic Congressman and former <a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives">House Majority Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Steny_Hoyer" title="Steny Hoyer">Steny Hoyer</a>, and Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow at the <a href="/wiki/Brookings_Institution" title="Brookings Institution">Brookings Institution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emanuel_Cleaver&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_United_States_representatives" title="List of African-American United States representatives">List of African-American United States representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Kansas_City_metropolitan_area_rent_strike" title="2024 Kansas City metropolitan area rent strike">2024 Kansas City metropolitan area rent strike</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Retrieved from <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://cityclerk.kcmo.org/LiveWeb/Documents/Document.aspx?q=Kuh8rXvHZqk3AMAQH1LHksLCIicTHNYXojLZy1x/0AsdOxTi42VHlGoLabg22X7B">http://cityclerk.kcmo.org/LiveWeb/Documents/Document.aspx?q=Kuh8rXvHZqk3AMAQH1LHksLCIicTHNYXojLZy1x/0AsdOxTi42VHlGoLabg22X7B</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030506/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9TVG6EG3.htm">"BOA sues Cleaver, company for $1.5 million"</a>. <i>BusinessWeek</i>. Associated Press. April 6, 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9TVG6EG3.htm">the original</a> on March 4, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BusinessWeek&rft.atitle=BOA+sues+Cleaver%2C+company+for+%241.5+million&rft.date=2012-04-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fap%2F2012-04%2FD9TVG6EG3.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmanuel+Cleaver" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHellingKraske2012" class="citation news cs1">Helling, Dave; Kraske, Steve (April 6, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120408022358/http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/06/3540958/taxpayers-could-have-to-cover.html#disqus_thread">"Taxpayers could have to cover Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's bad loan"</a>. <i>The Kansas City Star</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/06/3540958/taxpayers-could-have-to-cover.html">the original</a> on April 8, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Kansas+City+Star&rft.atitle=Taxpayers+could+have+to+cover+Rep.+Emanuel+Cleaver%27s+bad+loan&rft.date=2012-04-06&rft.aulast=Helling&rft.aufirst=Dave&rft.au=Kraske%2C+Steve&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kansascity.com%2F2012%2F04%2F06%2F3540958%2Ftaxpayers-could-have-to-cover.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEmanuel+Cleaver" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SettleSuit-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SettleSuit_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SettleSuit_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article317823.html">Bank, U.S. Rep. Cleaver settle lawsuit over car wash</a>, <i>Kansas City Star</i> (April 17, 2013).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dave Helling, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article339514.html">Court issues order to garnish Emanuel Cleaver’s congressional wages in car wash case</a>, <i>Kansas City Star</i> (February 18, 2014).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/06/30/rahm-emanuel-is-not-done-with-politics-00104365">"Playbook: Rahm Emanuel is not done with politics"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i>. 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box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #f4d552, inset -1px -1px 0 #f4d552;"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Johnson" title="Mike Johnson">Mike Johnson</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #f4d552, inset -1px -1px 0 #f4d552;;width:1%">Majority</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Current_US_House_Republican_caucus" title="Template:Current US House Republican caucus"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Current_US_House_Republican_caucus" title="Template talk:Current US House Republican caucus"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Current_US_House_Republican_caucus" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Current US House Republican caucus"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Republican_Party_conference" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/House_Republican_Conference" title="House Republican Conference">Republican Party conference</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>Speaker:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Johnson" title="Mike Johnson">Mike Johnson</a> ‧ <b>Majority Leader:</b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Scalise" title="Steve Scalise">Steve Scalise</a> ‧ <b>Majority Whip:</b> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Emmer" title="Tom Emmer">Tom Emmer</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Other members:</b> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Aderholt" title="Robert Aderholt">Aderholt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Alford_(politician)" title="Mark Alford (politician)">Alford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Allen_(politician)" title="Rick Allen (politician)">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Amodei" title="Mark Amodei">Amodei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Armstrong" title="Kelly Armstrong">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodey_Arrington" title="Jodey Arrington">Arrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Babin" title="Brian Babin">Babin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Bacon" title="Don Bacon">Bacon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Baird_(politician)" title="Jim Baird (politician)">Baird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Balderson" title="Troy Balderson">Balderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Banks" title="Jim Banks">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Barr_(American_politician)" title="Andy Barr (American politician)">Barr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Bean" title="Aaron Bean">Bean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Bentz" title="Cliff Bentz">Bentz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Bergman" title="Jack Bergman">Bergman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Bice" title="Stephanie Bice">Bice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Biggs" title="Andy Biggs">Biggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Bilirakis" title="Gus Bilirakis">Bilirakis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Bishop" title="Dan Bishop">Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Boebert" title="Lauren Boebert">Boebert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Bost" title="Mike Bost">Bost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Brecheen" title="Josh Brecheen">Brecheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bucshon" title="Larry Bucshon">Bucshon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Burchett" title="Tim Burchett">Burchett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_C._Burgess" title="Michael C. Burgess">Burgess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Burlison" title="Eric Burlison">Burlison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Calvert" title="Ken Calvert">Calvert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kat_Cammack" title="Kat Cammack">Cammack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Carey_(politician)" title="Mike Carey (politician)">Carey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Carl" title="Jerry Carl">Carl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Carter" title="Buddy Carter">B. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carter_(Texas_politician)" title="John Carter (Texas politician)">J. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lori_Chavez-DeRemer" title="Lori Chavez-DeRemer">Chavez-DeRemer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Ciscomani" title="Juan Ciscomani">Ciscomani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Cline" title="Ben Cline">Cline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cloud" title="Michael Cloud">Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Clyde" title="Andrew Clyde">Clyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Cole" title="Tom Cole">Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Collins_(politician)" title="Mike Collins (politician)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Comer_(politician)" title="James Comer (politician)">Comer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Crane" title="Eli Crane">Crane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Crawford_(politician)" title="Rick Crawford (politician)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Crenshaw" title="Dan Crenshaw">Crenshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Curtis_(Utah_politician)" title="John Curtis (Utah politician)">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Davidson" title="Warren Davidson">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_De_La_Cruz" title="Monica De La Cruz">De La Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_DesJarlais" title="Scott DesJarlais">DesJarlais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_D%27Esposito" title="Anthony D'Esposito">D'Esposito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">Díaz-Balart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Donalds" title="Byron Donalds">Donalds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Duarte_(politician)" title="John Duarte (politician)">Duarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jeff Duncan (politician)">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Dunn" title="Neal Dunn">Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Edwards" title="Chuck Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Ellzey" title="Jake Ellzey">Ellzey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Estes" title="Ron Estes">Estes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ezell" title="Mike Ezell">Ezell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Fallon" title="Pat Fallon">Fallon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Feenstra" title="Randy Feenstra">Feenstra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Drew Ferguson (politician)">Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Finstad" title="Brad Finstad">Finstad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Fischbach" title="Michelle Fischbach">Fischbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Fitzgerald_(politician)" title="Scott Fitzgerald (politician)">Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Fitzpatrick_(American_politician)" title="Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician)">Fitzpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Fleischmann" title="Chuck Fleischmann">Fleischmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Flood_(politician)" title="Mike Flood (politician)">Flood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Fong" title="Vince Fong">Fong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Foxx" title="Virginia Foxx">Foxx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Franklin_(politician)" title="Scott Franklin (politician)">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Fry_(politician)" title="Russell Fry (politician)">Fry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Fulcher" title="Russ Fulcher">Fulcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Garbarino" title="Andrew Garbarino">Garbarino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Garcia_(politician)" title="Mike Garcia (politician)">Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_A._Gim%C3%A9nez" title="Carlos A. Giménez">Giménez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzales" title="Tony Gonzales">Gonzales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Good" title="Bob Good">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Gooden" title="Lance Gooden">Gooden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gosar" title="Paul Gosar">Gosar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Granger" title="Kay Granger">Granger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garret_Graves" title="Garret Graves">G. Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Green_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Mark Green (Tennessee politician)">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene" title="Marjorie Taylor Greene">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Griffith" title="Morgan Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Grothman" title="Glenn Grothman">Grothman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Guest_(politician)" title="Michael Guest (politician)">Guest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Guthrie" title="Brett Guthrie">Guthrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Hageman" title="Harriet Hageman">Hageman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Harris_(politician)" title="Andy Harris (politician)">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Harshbarger" title="Diana Harshbarger">Harshbarger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hern" title="Kevin Hern">Hern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Higgins" title="Clay Higgins">Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Hill_(politician)" title="French Hill (politician)">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Hinson" title="Ashley Hinson">Hinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erin_Houchin" title="Erin Houchin">Houchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hudson_(American_politician)" title="Richard Hudson (American politician)">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Huizenga" title="Bill Huizenga">Huizenga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Hunt" title="Wesley Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Issa" title="Darrell Issa">Issa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronny_Jackson" title="Ronny Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_James_(Michigan_politician)" title="John James (Michigan politician)">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dusty_Johnson" title="Dusty Johnson">D. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jordan" title="Jim Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Joyce_(politician)" title="David Joyce (politician)">D. Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Joyce_(American_politician)" title="John Joyce (American politician)">J. Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kean_Jr." title="Thomas Kean Jr.">Kean Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kelly_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)">M. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Kelly" title="Trent Kelly">T. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jen_Kiggans" title="Jen Kiggans">Kiggans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kiley_(politician)" title="Kevin Kiley (politician)">Kiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Kim" title="Young Kim">Kim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kustoff" title="David Kustoff">Kustoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darin_LaHood" title="Darin LaHood">LaHood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_LaLota" title="Nick LaLota">LaLota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_LaMalfa" title="Doug LaMalfa">LaMalfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Lamborn" title="Doug Lamborn">Lamborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Langworthy" title="Nick Langworthy">Langworthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Latta" title="Bob Latta">Latta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_LaTurner" title="Jake LaTurner">LaTurner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lawler" title="Mike Lawler">Lawler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Lee" title="Laurel Lee">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Lesko" title="Debbie Lesko">Lesko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Letlow" title="Julia Letlow">Letlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Lopez" title="Greg Lopez">Lopez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Loudermilk" title="Barry Loudermilk">Loudermilk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lucas_(Oklahoma_politician)" title="Frank Lucas (Oklahoma politician)">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">Luetkemeyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Paulina_Luna" title="Anna Paulina Luna">Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Luttrell" title="Morgan Luttrell">Luttrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Mace" title="Nancy Mace">Mace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Malliotakis" title="Nicole Malliotakis">Malliotakis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celeste_Maloy" title="Celeste Maloy">Maloy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracey_Mann" title="Tracey Mann">Mann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Massie" title="Thomas Massie">Massie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">Mast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCaul" title="Michael McCaul">McCaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_McClain" title="Lisa McClain">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McClintock" title="Tom McClintock">McClintock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_McCormick" title="Rich McCormick">McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_McHenry" title="Patrick McHenry">McHenry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_McMorris_Rodgers" title="Cathy McMorris Rodgers">McMorris Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Meuser" title="Dan Meuser">Meuser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Miller_(politician)" title="Carol Miller (politician)">C. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Miller_(politician)" title="Mary Miller (politician)">Mar. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Miller_(politician)" title="Max Miller (politician)">Max Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariannette_Miller-Meeks" title="Mariannette Miller-Meeks">Miller-Meeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cory_Mills" title="Cory Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Molinaro" title="Marc Molinaro">Molinaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Moolenaar" title="John Moolenaar">Moolenaar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Mooney" title="Alex Mooney">Mooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Moore_(American_politician)" title="Barry Moore (American politician)">Ba. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Moore" title="Blake Moore">Bl. Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Moran" title="Nathaniel Moran">Moran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Murphy_(politician)" title="Greg Murphy (politician)">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Nehls" title="Troy Nehls">Nehls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Newhouse" title="Dan Newhouse">Newhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Norman" title="Ralph Norman">Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Nunn" title="Zach Nunn">Nunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Obernolte" title="Jay Obernolte">Obernolte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Ogles" title="Andy Ogles">Ogles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgess_Owens" title="Burgess Owens">Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Palmer_(politician)" title="Gary Palmer (politician)">Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Pence" title="Greg Pence">Pence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Perry_(politician)" title="Scott Perry (politician)">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_Pfluger" title="August Pfluger">Pfluger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Reschenthaler" title="Guy Reschenthaler">Reschenthaler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Rogers" title="Hal Rogers">H. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rogers_(Alabama_politician)" title="Mike Rogers (Alabama politician)">M. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rose_(Tennessee_politician)" title="John Rose (Tennessee politician)">Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Rosendale" title="Matt Rosendale">Rosendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rouzer" title="David Rouzer">Rouzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chip_Roy" title="Chip Roy">Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rulli" title="Michael Rulli">Rulli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">Rutherford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elvira_Salazar" title="María Elvira Salazar">Salazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">Schweikert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin_Scott_(politician)" title="Austin Scott (politician)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Self" title="Keith Self">Self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Sessions" title="Pete Sessions">Sessions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Simpson" title="Mike Simpson">Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">A. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Smith_(New_Jersey_politician)" title="Chris Smith (New Jersey politician)">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">J. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Smucker" title="Lloyd Smucker">Smucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Spartz" title="Victoria Spartz">Spartz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Stauber" title="Pete Stauber">Stauber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Steel" title="Michelle Steel">Steel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elise_Stefanik" title="Elise Stefanik">Stefanik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Steil" title="Bryan Steil">Steil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">Steube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Strong" title="Dale Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudia_Tenney" title="Claudia Tenney">Tenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Thompson_(politician)" title="Glenn Thompson (politician)">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tiffany" title="Tom Tiffany">Tiffany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Timmons_(politician)" title="William Timmons (politician)">Timmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Turner" title="Mike Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Valadao" title="David Valadao">Valadao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Van_Drew" title="Jeff Van Drew">Van Drew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beth_Van_Duyne" title="Beth Van Duyne">Van Duyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Van_Orden" title="Derrick Van Orden">Van Orden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Walberg" title="Tim Walberg">Walberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltz" title="Michael Waltz">Waltz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Weber" title="Randy Weber">Weber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Wenstrup" title="Brad Wenstrup">Wenstrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Westerman" title="Bruce Westerman">Westerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Wied" title="Tony Wied">Wied</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Williams_(politician)" title="Brandon Williams (politician)">B. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Williams_(Texas_politician)" title="Roger Williams (Texas politician)">R. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Wilson_(American_politician)" title="Joe Wilson (American politician)">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Wittman" title="Rob Wittman">Wittman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Womack" title="Steve Womack">Womack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Yakym" title="Rudy Yakym">Yakym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Zinke" title="Ryan Zinke">Zinke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Non-voting_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives">Delegates</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jenniffer_Gonz%C3%A1lez-Col%C3%B3n" title="Jenniffer González-Colón">González-Colón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Moylan" title="James Moylan">Moylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amata_Coleman_Radewagen" title="Amata Coleman Radewagen">Radewagen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #f4d552, inset -1px -1px 0 #f4d552;;width:1%">Minority</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Current_US_House_Democratic_caucus" title="Template:Current US House Democratic caucus"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Current_US_House_Democratic_caucus" title="Template talk:Current US House Democratic caucus"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Current_US_House_Democratic_caucus" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Current US House Democratic caucus"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Democratic_Party_caucus" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/House_Democratic_Caucus" title="House Democratic Caucus">Democratic Party caucus</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>Minority Leader:</b> <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Jeffries" title="Hakeem Jeffries">Hakeem Jeffries</a> ‧ <b>Minority Whip:</b> <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Clark" title="Katherine Clark">Katherine Clark</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Other members:</b> <a href="/wiki/Alma_Adams" title="Alma Adams">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Aguilar" title="Pete Aguilar">Aguilar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Allred" title="Colin Allred">Allred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabe_Amo" title="Gabe Amo">Amo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Auchincloss" title="Jake Auchincloss">Auchincloss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becca_Balint" title="Becca Balint">Balint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanette_Barrag%C3%A1n" title="Nanette Barragán">Barragán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Beatty" title="Joyce Beatty">Beatty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ami_Bera" title="Ami Bera">Bera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Beyer" title="Don Beyer">Beyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford_Bishop" title="Sanford Bishop">Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Blumenauer" title="Earl Blumenauer">Blumenauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Blunt_Rochester" title="Lisa Blunt Rochester">Blunt Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Bonamici" title="Suzanne Bonamici">Bonamici</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Bowman" title="Jamaal Bowman">Bowman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Boyle" title="Brendan Boyle">Boyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shontel_Brown" title="Shontel Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Brownley" title="Julia Brownley">Brownley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_Budzinski" title="Nikki Budzinski">Budzinski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yadira_Caraveo" title="Yadira Caraveo">Caraveo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salud_Carbajal" title="Salud Carbajal">Carbajal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_C%C3%A1rdenas" title="Tony Cárdenas">Cárdenas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Carson" title="André Carson">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erica_Lee_Carter" title="Erica Lee Carter">E. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Carter_(politician)" title="Troy Carter (politician)">T. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cartwright" title="Matt Cartwright">Cartwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Casar" title="Greg Casar">Casar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Case" title="Ed Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Casten" title="Sean Casten">Casten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">Castor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Castro" title="Joaquin Castro">Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Cherfilus-McCormick" title="Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick">Cherfilus-McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Chu" title="Judy Chu">Chu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvette_Clarke" title="Yvette Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cleaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clyburn" title="Jim Clyburn">Clyburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Cohen_(politician)" title="Steve Cohen (politician)">Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Connolly" title="Gerry Connolly">Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Correa" title="Lou Correa">Correa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Costa" title="Jim Costa">Costa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Courtney_(politician)" title="Joe Courtney (politician)">Courtney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angie_Craig" title="Angie Craig">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasmine_Crockett" title="Jasmine Crockett">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Crow" title="Jason Crow">Crow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cuellar" title="Henry Cuellar">Cuellar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharice_Davids" title="Sharice Davids">Davids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Davis_(Illinois_politician)" title="Danny Davis (Illinois politician)">Da. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Davis_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Don Davis (North Carolina politician)">Do. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Dean" title="Madeleine Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_DeGette" title="Diana DeGette">DeGette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosa_DeLauro" title="Rosa DeLauro">DeLauro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzan_DelBene" title="Suzan DelBene">DelBene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Deluzio" title="Chris Deluzio">Deluzio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_DeSaulnier" title="Mark DeSaulnier">DeSaulnier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Dingell" title="Debbie Dingell">Dingell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Doggett" title="Lloyd Doggett">Doggett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronica_Escobar" title="Veronica Escobar">Escobar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Eshoo" title="Anna Eshoo">Eshoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adriano_Espaillat" title="Adriano Espaillat">Espaillat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Evans_(politician)" title="Dwight Evans (politician)">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lizzie_Fletcher" title="Lizzie Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Foster_(politician)" title="Bill Foster (politician)">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerie_Foushee" title="Valerie Foushee">Foushee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">Frankel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Frost" title="Maxwell Frost">Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Gallego" title="Ruben Gallego">Gallego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Garamendi" title="John Garamendi">Garamendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuy_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Chuy García">C. García</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Garcia_(California_politician)" title="Robert Garcia (California politician)">R. Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Garcia" title="Sylvia Garcia">S. Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Golden" title="Jared Golden">Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Goldman" title="Dan Goldman">Goldman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Gomez" title="Jimmy Gomez">Gomez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Gonzalez_(politician)" title="Vicente Gonzalez (politician)">Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Gottheimer" title="Josh Gottheimer">Gottheimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Green_(politician)" title="Al Green (politician)">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva" title="Raúl Grijalva">Grijalva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Harder" title="Josh Harder">Harder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahana_Hayes" title="Jahana Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Himes" title="Jim Himes">Himes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Horsford" title="Steven Horsford">Horsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrissy_Houlahan" title="Chrissy Houlahan">Houlahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steny_Hoyer" title="Steny Hoyer">Hoyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Hoyle" title="Val Hoyle">Hoyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Huffman" title="Jared Huffman">Huffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Ivey" title="Glenn Ivey">Ivey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jackson_(politician)" title="Jeff Jackson (politician)">Je. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Jackson_(Illinois_politician)" title="Jonathan Jackson (Illinois politician)">Jo. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Jacobs" title="Sara Jacobs">Jacobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramila_Jayapal" title="Pramila Jayapal">Jayapal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Johnson" title="Hank Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Kamlager-Dove" title="Sydney Kamlager-Dove">Kamlager-Dove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcy_Kaptur" title="Marcy Kaptur">Kaptur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Keating_(politician)" title="Bill Keating (politician)">Keating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Kelly" title="Robin Kelly">Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Kennedy_(politician)" title="Tim Kennedy (politician)">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ro_Khanna" title="Ro Khanna">Khanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kildee" title="Dan Kildee">Kildee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Kilmer" title="Derek Kilmer">Kilmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Kim_(politician)" title="Andy Kim (politician)">Kim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_Krishnamoorthi" title="Raja Krishnamoorthi">Krishnamoorthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Kuster" title="Annie Kuster">Kuster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Landsman" title="Greg Landsman">Landsman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Larsen" title="Rick Larsen">Larsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Larson" title="John B. Larson">Larson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Lee" title="Barbara Lee">B. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Lee" title="Summer Lee">Sum. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susie_Lee" title="Susie Lee">Sus. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Leger_Fernandez" title="Teresa Leger Fernandez">Leger Fernandez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Levin" title="Mike Levin">Levin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Lieu" title="Ted Lieu">Lieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoe_Lofgren" title="Zoe Lofgren">Lofgren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lynch_(politician)" title="Stephen Lynch (politician)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Magaziner" title="Seth Magaziner">Magaziner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Manning" title="Kathy Manning">Manning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Matsui" title="Doris Matsui">Matsui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_McBath" title="Lucy McBath">McBath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_McClellan" title="Jennifer McClellan">McClellan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_McCollum" title="Betty McCollum">McCollum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_McGarvey" title="Morgan McGarvey">McGarvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_McGovern_(American_politician)" title="Jim McGovern (American politician)">McGovern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaMonica_McIver" title="LaMonica McIver">McIver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Meeks" title="Gregory Meeks">Meeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Menendez" title="Rob Menendez">Menendez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Meng" title="Grace Meng">Meng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kweisi_Mfume" title="Kweisi Mfume">Mfume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Moore" title="Gwen Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Morelle" title="Joseph Morelle">Morelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Moskowitz" title="Jared Moskowitz">Moskowitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Moulton" title="Seth Moulton">Moulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Mrvan" title="Frank J. 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Jost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Edwards" title="George H. Edwards">George H. Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cowgill" title="James Cowgill">James Cowgill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_B._Strother" title="Sam B. Strother">Sam B. Strother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_H._Cromwell" title="Frank H. Cromwell">Frank H. Cromwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_I._Beach" title="Albert I. Beach">Albert I. Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryce_B._Smith" title="Bryce B. Smith">Bryce B. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Keith" title="Charles S. Keith">Charles S. Keith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Gage" title="John B. Gage">John B. Gage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._Kemp" title="William E. Kemp">William E. Kemp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Roe_Bartle" class="mw-redirect" title="H. Roe Bartle">H. Roe Bartle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilus_W._Davis" title="Ilus W. Davis">Ilus W. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Wheeler_Jr." title="Charles B. Wheeler Jr.">Charles B. Wheeler Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Berkley" title="Richard L. Berkley">Richard L. Berkley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Emanuel Cleaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Barnes" title="Kay Barnes">Kay Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Funkhouser" title="Mark Funkhouser">Mark Funkhouser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sly_James" title="Sly James">Sly James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinton_Lucas" title="Quinton Lucas">Quinton Lucas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Missouri&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_109th–present_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Missouri&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_109th–present_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>'s delegation(s) to the 109th–present <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kit_Bond" title="Kit Bond">K. 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Hulshof</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Todd_Akin" title="Todd Akin">T. Akin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lacy_Clay" title="Lacy Clay">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Russ_Carnahan" title="Russ Carnahan">R. Carnahan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kit_Bond" title="Kit Bond">K. Bond</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ike_Skelton" title="Ike Skelton">I. Skelton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson" title="Jo Ann Emerson">J. Emerson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Hulshof" title="Kenny Hulshof">K. Hulshof</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Todd_Akin" title="Todd Akin">T. Akin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lacy_Clay" title="Lacy Clay">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Russ_Carnahan" title="Russ Carnahan">R. Carnahan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kit_Bond" title="Kit Bond">K. Bond</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ike_Skelton" title="Ike Skelton">I. Skelton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson" title="Jo Ann Emerson">J. Emerson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Todd_Akin" title="Todd Akin">T. Akin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lacy_Clay" title="Lacy Clay">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Russ_Carnahan" title="Russ Carnahan">R. Carnahan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson" title="Jo Ann Emerson">J. Emerson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Todd_Akin" title="Todd Akin">T. Akin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lacy_Clay" title="Lacy Clay">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Russ_Carnahan" title="Russ Carnahan">R. Carnahan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler" title="Vicky Hartzler">V. Hartzler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Long" title="Billy Long">B. Long</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jo_Ann_Emerson" title="Jo Ann Emerson"><i>J. Emerson</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lacy_Clay" title="Lacy Clay">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler" title="Vicky Hartzler">V. Hartzler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Long" title="Billy Long">B. Long</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">A. Wagner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)"><i>J. Smith</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lacy_Clay" title="Lacy Clay">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler" title="Vicky Hartzler">V. Hartzler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Long" title="Billy Long">B. Long</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">A. Wagner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">J. Smith</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">C. McCaskill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lacy_Clay" title="Lacy Clay">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler" title="Vicky Hartzler">V. Hartzler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Long" title="Billy Long">B. Long</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">A. Wagner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">J. Smith</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hawley" title="Josh Hawley">J. Hawley</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lacy_Clay" title="Lacy Clay">W. L. Clay</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler" title="Vicky Hartzler">V. Hartzler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Long" title="Billy Long">B. Long</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">A. Wagner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">J. Smith</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/117th_United_States_Congress" title="117th United States Congress">117th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">R. Blunt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hawley" title="Josh Hawley">J. Hawley</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vicky_Hartzler" title="Vicky Hartzler">V. Hartzler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Long" title="Billy Long">B. Long</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">A. Wagner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">J. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">C. Bush</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Missouri" title="List of United States senators from Missouri">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hawley" title="Josh Hawley">J. Hawley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eric_Schmitt" title="Eric Schmitt">E. Schmitt</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Missouri" title="List of United States representatives from Missouri">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">S. Graves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">E. Cleaver</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" title="Blaine Luetkemeyer">B. Luetkemeyer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wagner" title="Ann Wagner">A. Wagner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Smith_(American_politician)" title="Jason Smith (American politician)">J. Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">C. Bush</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Alford_(politician)" title="Mark Alford (politician)">M. Alford</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eric_Burlison" title="Eric Burlison">E. Burlison</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1334654#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div 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