List of members of the Council of the District of Columbia

These lists include all members of the Council of the District of Columbia since its creation. All members are elected to 4-year terms (except for the initial 2-year terms for half the members elected to the first council, in 1974).

Chairman

The chairman is elected in years divisible by 2 but not by 4: 1974, 1978, ..., 2010, 2014, etc.

1. Sterling Tucker (D), 1975–1979
2. Arrington Dixon (D), 1979–1983
3. David A. Clarke (D), 1983–1991
4. John A. Wilson (D), 1991–1993
5. David A. Clarke (D), 1993–1997 (won special election after death of Wilson)
6. Linda W. Cropp (D), 1997–2007 (won special election after death of Clarke)
7. Vincent C. Gray (D), 2007–2011
8. Kwame R. Brown (D), 2011–2012
9. Phil Mendelson (D), 2012– (won special election after Brown resigned)

At-large member

There are four at-large members at any time, elected in groups of two. Group 1 was elected in 1974 to 2-year terms and elected in years divisible by 4 thereafter: 1976, 1980, ..., 2008, 2012, etc. Group 2 is elected in years divisible by 2 but not by 4: 1974, 1978, ..., 2010, 2014, etc.

1. Douglas E. Moore (D), 1975–1979
2. Julius Hobson (Statehood), 1975–1977
3. Marion Barry (D), 1975–1979
4. Jerry A. Moore, Jr. (R), 1975–1985
5. Hilda Mason (Statehood), 1977–1999 (appointed by party and then won special election after death of Hobson)
6. Betty Ann Kane (D), 1979–1991
7. John L. Ray (D), 1979–1997 (appointed by party and then won special election after Barry became mayor)
8. Carol Schwartz (R), 1985–1989
9. William Lightfoot (I), 1989–1997
10. Linda W. Cropp (D), 1991–1997
11. Harold Brazil (D), 1997–2005
12. Carol Schwartz (R), 1997–2009
13. Arrington Dixon (D), 1997 (appointed by party after Cropp became chairman)
14. David Catania (R; became I in 2004), 1997– (won special election at end of Dixon's temporary appointment)
15. Phil Mendelson (D), 1999–2012
16. Kwame R. Brown (D), 2005–2011
17. Michael A. Brown (I), 2009–2013
18. Sekou Biddle (D), 2011 (appointed by party after Kwame Brown became chairman)
19. Vincent Orange (D), 2011– (won special election at end of Biddle's temporary appointment)
20. Anita Bonds (D), 2012– (appointed by party after Mendelson became chairman)
21. David Grosso (I), 2013–

Ward 1 member

The Ward 1 member is elected in years divisible by 2 but not by 4: 1974, 1978, ..., 2010, 2014, etc.

1. David A. Clarke (D), 1975–1983
2. Frank Smith (D), 1983–1999
3. Jim Graham (D), 1999–

Ward 2 member

The Ward 2 member was elected in 1974 to a 2-year term and elected in years divisible by 4 thereafter: 1976, 1980, ..., 2008, 2012, etc.

1. John A. Wilson (D), 1975–1991
2. Jack Evans (D), 1991– (won special election after Wilson became chairman)

Ward 3 member

The Ward 3 member is elected in years divisible by 2 but not by 4: 1974, 1978, ..., 2010, 2014, etc.

1. Polly Shackleton (D), 1975–1987
2. James E. Nathanson (D), 1987–1995
3. Kathleen Patterson (D), 1995–2007
4. Mary Cheh (D), 2007–

Ward 4 member

The Ward 2 member was elected in 1974 to a 2-year term and elected in years divisible by 4 thereafter: 1976, 1980, ..., 2008, 2012, etc.

1. Arrington Dixon (D), 1975–1979
2. Charlene Drew Jarvis (D), 1979–2001 (won special election after Dixon became chairman)
3. Adrian Fenty (D), 2001–2007
4. Muriel Bowser (D), 2007– (won special election after Fenty became mayor)

Ward 5 member

The Ward 5 member is elected in years divisible by 2 but not by 4: 1974, 1978, ..., 2010, 2014, etc.

1. William Spaulding (D), 1975–1987
2. Harry Thomas, Sr. (D), 1987–1999
3. Vincent Orange (D), 1999–2007
4. Harry Thomas, Jr. (D), 2007–2012 (resigned)
5. Kenyan McDuffie (D), 2012– (won special election after Thomas' resignation)

Ward 6 member

The Ward 6 is elected in years divisible by 2 but not by 4: 1974, 1978, ..., 2010, 2014, etc.

1. Nadine Winter (D), 1975–1991
2. Harold Brazil (D), 1991–1997
3. Sharon Ambrose (D), 1997–2007 (won special election after Brazil became at-large)
4. Tommy Wells (D), 2007–

Ward 7 member

The Ward 2 member was elected in 1974 to a 2-year term and elected in years divisible by 4 thereafter: 1976, 1980, ..., 2008, 2012, etc.

1. Willie Hardy (D), 1975–1981
2. H.R. Crawford (D), 1981–1993
3. Kevin P. Chavous (D), 1993–2005
4. Vincent C. Gray (D), 2005–2007
5. Yvette Alexander (D), 2007– (won special election after Gray became chairman)

Ward 8 member

The Ward 2 member was elected in 1974 to a 2-year term and elected in years divisible by 4 thereafter: 1976, 1980, ..., 2008, 2012, etc.

1. James Coates (D), 1975–1977
2. Wilhelmina Rolark (D), 1977–1993
3. Marion Barry (D), 1993–1995
4. Eydie Whittington (D), 1995–1997 (won special election after Barry became mayor)
5. Sandy Allen (D), 1997–2005
6. Marion Barry (D), 2005–

Table

Background colors indicate party:

See also

• Council of the District of Columbia
• List of mayors of Washington, D.C.
• United States congressional delegations from the District of Columbia

External links

Commons has media related to Washington, D.C. City Council members.

• District of Columbia Home Rule Act.