# List of members of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of St. Gallen

This is a list of members of both houses of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of St. Gallen.

## Members of the Council of States

| Councillor (Party) | | Election | | Councillor (Party) |
| Wilhelm Matthias Näff Free Democratic Party 1848–1848 | | Appointed | | Georg Peter Friedrich Steiger Liberal Party 1848–1850 |
| Arnold Otto Aepli Liberal Party 1849–1849 | | Appointed | | Georg Peter Friedrich Steiger Liberal Party 1848–1850 |
| Jakob Ulrich Ritter Free Democratic Party 1849–1850 | | Appointed | | Georg Peter Friedrich Steiger Liberal Party 1848–1850 |
| Felix Helbling Free Democratic Party 1850–1851 | Arnold Otto Aepli Liberal Party 1850–1851 | Appointed |
| Basil Ferdinand Curti Free Democratic Party 1851–1851 | Arnold Otto Aepli Liberal Party 1851–1852 | Appointed |
| Jos. Felix Marin Würth Free Democratic Party 1851–1852 | Arnold Otto Aepli Liberal Party 1851–1852 | Appointed |
| Arnold Otto Aepli Liberal Party 1853–1853 | | Appointed | Georg Peter Friedrich Steiger Liberal Party 1853–1853 |
| Arnold Otto Aepli Liberal Party 1853–1853 | Johann Jakob L. Zingg Liberal Party 1853–1855 | Appointed |
| Carl Georg Jakob Sailer Free Democratic Party 1854–1857 | Johann Jakob L. Zingg Liberal Party 1853–1855 | Appointed | |
| Carl Georg Jakob Sailer Free Democratic Party 1854–1857 | | Appointed | Johann Baptist Weder Free Democratic Party 1855–1857 |
| Arnold Otto Aepli Liberal Party 1857–1864 | | Appointed | | Gallus Jakob Baumgartner Conservative 1857–1861 |
| Arnold Otto Aepli Liberal Party 1857–1864 | Benedikt Anton Wolfgang Hoefliger Conservative 1861–1864 | Appointed |
| Daniel Wirth Free Democratic Party 1864–1865 | | Appointed | Leonhard Gmür Conservative 1864–1867 |
| Arnold Otto Aepli Liberal Party 1865–1872 | | Appointed | Leonhard Gmür Conservative 1864–1867 |
| Arnold Otto Aepli Liberal Party 1865–1872 | | Appointed | Daniel Wirth Free Democratic Party 1867–1869 |
| Arnold Otto Aepli Liberal Party 1865–1872 | Joseph Karl Pankraz Morel Free Democratic Party 1869–1874 | Appointed |
| Gustav Adolf Saxer Free Democratic Party 1872–1872 | Joseph Karl Pankraz Morel Free Democratic Party 1869–1874 | Appointed | |
| Huldrich Arnold Seifert Liberal Party 1872–1873 | Joseph Karl Pankraz Morel Free Democratic Party 1869–1874 | Appointed | |
| Karl J. Hoffmann Free Democratic Party 1873–1890 | Joseph Karl Pankraz Morel Free Democratic Party 1869–1874 | Appointed | |
| Karl J. Hoffmann Free Democratic Party 1873–1890 | Franz Anton Real Free Democratic Party 1874–1877 | Appointed |
| Karl J. Hoffmann Free Democratic Party 1873–1890 | | Appointed | Nikl. Friedrich von Tschudi Liberal Party 1877–1885 |
| Karl J. Hoffmann Free Democratic Party 1873–1890 | Jakob Hermann Wartmann Liberal Party 1885–1886 | Appointed |
| Karl J. Hoffmann Free Democratic Party 1873–1890 | | Appointed | Karl Friedrich Good Free Democratic Party 1886–1896 |
| Emil Schubiger Liberal Party 1891–1896 | | Appointed | Karl Friedrich Good Free Democratic Party 1886–1896 |
| Johannes G. jun. Geel Free Democratic Party 1896–1931 | | Appointed | H. Arthur Hoffmann Free Democratic Party 1896–1911 |
| Johannes G. jun. Geel Free Democratic Party 1896–1931 | | Appointed | Heinrich Scherrer Social Democratic Party 1911–1919 |
| Johannes G. jun. Geel Free Democratic Party 1896–1931 | | Appointed | Anton August Messmer Conservative 1919–1935 |
| Ernst Löpfe Free Democratic Party 1931–1945 | | Appointed | Anton August Messmer Conservative 1919–1935 |
| Ernst Löpfe Free Democratic Party 1931–1945 | Josef Schöbi Conservative 1935–1936 | Appointed |
| Ernst Löpfe Free Democratic Party 1931–1945 | Johann Schmuki Conservative 1936–1957 | Appointed |
| Ernst Flükiger Free Democratic Party 1945–1952 | Johann Schmuki Conservative 1936–1957 | Appointed |
| Willi Rohner Free Democratic Party 1952–1971 | Johann Schmuki Conservative 1936–1957 | Appointed |
| Willi Rohner Free Democratic Party 1952–1971 | Rudolf Mäder Christian Social Conservative Party 1957–1966 | Appointed |
| Willi Rohner Free Democratic Party 1952–1971 | Paul Hofmann Christian Social Conservative Party 1966–1979 | Appointed |
| Willi Rohner Free Democratic Party 1952–1971 | Paul Hofmann Christian Social Conservative Party 1966–1979 | 1967 |
| Matthias Eggenberger Social Democratic Party 1971–1975 | Paul Hofmann Christian Social Conservative Party 1966–1979 | | 1971 |
| Paul Bürgi Free Democratic Party 1975–1987 | Paul Hofmann Christian Social Conservative Party 1966–1979 | | 1975 |
| Paul Bürgi Free Democratic Party 1975–1987 | 1979 | | Jakob Schönenberger Christian Democratic People's Party 1979–1991 |
| Paul Bürgi Free Democratic Party 1975–1987 | 1983 | | Jakob Schönenberger Christian Democratic People's Party 1979–1991 |
| Ernst Rüesch Free Democratic Party 1987–1995 | 1987 | | Jakob Schönenberger Christian Democratic People's Party 1979–1991 |
| Ernst Rüesch Free Democratic Party 1987–1995 | 1991 | Paul Gemperli Christian Democratic People's Party 1991–1999 |
| Erika Forster-Vannini Free Democratic Party 1995–2009 FDP.The Liberals 2009–2011 | 1995 | Paul Gemperli Christian Democratic People's Party 1991–1999 |
| Erika Forster-Vannini Free Democratic Party 1995–2009 FDP.The Liberals 2009–2011 | 1999 | Eugen David Christian Democratic People's Party 1999–2011 |
| Erika Forster-Vannini Free Democratic Party 1995–2009 FDP.The Liberals 2009–2011 | 2003 | Eugen David Christian Democratic People's Party 1999–2011 |
| Erika Forster-Vannini Free Democratic Party 1995–2009 FDP.The Liberals 2009–2011 | 2007 | Eugen David Christian Democratic People's Party 1999–2011 |
| Erika Forster-Vannini Free Democratic Party 1995–2009 FDP.The Liberals 2009–2011 | | Eugen David Christian Democratic People's Party 1999–2011 | 2009 |
| Karin Keller-Sutter FDP.The Liberals 2011–present | 2011 | | Paul Rechsteiner Social Democratic Party 2011–2023 |
| Karin Keller-Sutter FDP.The Liberals 2011–present | 2015 | | Paul Rechsteiner Social Democratic Party 2011–2023 |
| Benedikt Würth Christian Democratic People's Party 2019–2023 The Centre 2023–present | | 2019 | Paul Rechsteiner Social Democratic Party 2011–2023 |
| Benedikt Würth Christian Democratic People's Party 2019–2023 The Centre 2023–present | | 2023 | | Esther Friedli FDP.The Liberals 2023–present |

## Members of the National Council

| Councillor | Party | Term start | Term end |
| Johann Georg Anderegg | Liberal | 1848 | 1856 |
| Joseph Leonhard Bernold | FDP/PRD | 1848 | 1857 |
| Franz Eduard Erpf | Liberal | 1848 | 1851 |
| Dominik Gmür | FDP/PRD | 1848 | 1851 |
| Johann Matthias Hungerbühler | FDP/PRD | 1848 | 1875 |
| Joh. Jakob Steger | Conservative | 1848 | 1851 |
| Joseph Marzell von Hoffmann | FDP/PRD | 1848 | 1866 |
| Johann Baptist Weder | FDP/PRD | 1848 | 1851 |
| Abraham Raschle | FDP/PRD | 1851 | 1860 |
| Jakob Ulrich Ritter | FDP/PRD | 1851 | 1851 |
| Christian Rohrer | Liberal | 1851 | 1860 |
| Johann Benedikt Schubiger | FDP/PRD | 1851 | 1859 |
| Jakob Ulrich Ritter | FDP/PRD | 1852 | 1854 |
| Jakob Ulrich Ritter | FDP/PRD | 1855 | 1857 |
| Johann Josef Müller | Conservative | 1856 | 1860 |
| Josef Guldin | Conservative | 1857 | 1860 |
| Johann Baptist Weder | FDP/PRD | 1858 | 1860 |
| Joseph Leonhard Bernold | FDP/PRD | 1860 | 1872 |
| Basil Ferdinand Curti | FDP/PRD | 1860 | 1866 |
| Paravizin Hilty | FDP/PRD | 1860 | 1866 |
| Joh. Rudolf Raschle | FDP/PRD | 1860 | 1863 |
| Carl Georg Jakob Sailer | FDP/PRD | 1860 | 1870 |
| Johann Baptist Weder | FDP/PRD | 1861 | 1872 |
| Georg Friedrich Anderegg | Liberal | 1863 | 1875 |
| Friedrich Bernet | Grut* | 1864 | 1869 |
| Johann Baptist Gaudy | SD/DS | 1866 | 1881 |
| G. August Suter | Grut* | 1866 | 1869 |
| Johannes Zündt | Conservative | 1866 | 1872 |
| Johann Ulrich Ambühl | Liberal | 1869 | 1872 |
| Daniel Wirth | FDP/PRD | 1869 | 1878 |
| Joh. Fridolin Müller | Conservative | 1870 | 1888 |
| Arnold Otto Aepli | Liberal | 1872 | 1883 |
| Johannes G. sen. Geel | Liberal | 1872 | 1875 |
| Johann Ulrich Hafner | Liberal | 1872 | 1874 |
| Rudolf Hilty | FDP/PRD | 1872 | 1884 |
| Gustav Adolf Saxer | FDP/PRD | 1872 | 1878 |
| Thomas Thoma | Liberal | 1874 | 1884 |
| Johann Josef Huber | FDP/PRD | 1875 | 1878 |
| Johann Joseph Keel | Conservative | 1875 | 1902 |
| Samuel Friedrich Rikli | Conservative | 1875 | 1878 |
| Wilhelm Good | Conservative | 1878 | 1897 |
| Joh. Gebhard Lutz | Conservative | 1878 | 1909 |
| Joh. Rudolf Moser | Liberal | 1878 | 1882 |
| Karl Emil V. von Gonzenbach | Conservative | 1878 | 1884 |
| Theodor Curti | DAP* | 1881 | 1902 |
| Laurenz Schönenberger | Conservative | 1882 | 1890 |
| Roderich Albert Kunkler | Liberal | 1883 | 1886 |
| Adolf Grubenmann | Liberal | 1884 | 1890 |
| G. August Suter | FDP/PRD | 1884 | 1890 |
| Christoph Tobler | Liberal | 1884 | 1899 |
| Joh. Jakob Müller | FDP/PRD | 1886 | 1887 |
| Johannes Blumer | FDP/PRD | 1887 | 1893 |
| Jos. Othmar Staub | Conservative | 1888 | 1919 |
| Johann Georg Berlinger | FDP/PRD | 1890 | 1900 |
| Carl Hilty | FDP/PRD | 1890 | 1909 |
| Joseph Anton Scherrer-Füllemann | SD/DS | 1890 | 1922 |
| Johann Bapt. Schubiger | Conservative | 1890 | 1919 |
| Eduard Steiger | SD/DS | 1891 | 1896 |
| Karl Emil Wild | FDP/PRD | 1893 | 1919 |
| J. K. Ferdinand Hidber | Conservative | 1898 | 1905 |
| Johann Jakob Gächter | Conservative | 1899 | 1905 |
| Ernst Wagner | FDP/PRD | 1900 | 1919 |
| Johann Jakob Bösch | FDP/PRD | 1902 | 1908 |
| Paul J. Brandt | DAP* | 1902 | 1905 |
| Thomas Holenstein | Conservative | 1902 | 1928 |
| Heinrich Scherrer | SP/PS | 1902 | 1911 |
| Emil Grünenfelder | Conservative | 1905 | 1943 |
| Albert Mächler | FDP/PRD | 1905 | 1934 |
| Karl A. Zurburg | Conservative | 1905 | 1925 |
| Robert Forrer | FDP/PRD | 1908 | 1924 |
| Johann B. Eisenring | Conservative | 1909 | 1919 |
| Gallus Schwendener | FDP/PRD | 1909 | 1919 |
| Eduard Scherrer | FDP/PRD | 1911 | 1919 |
| Ernst Schmidheiny | FDP/PRD | 1911 | 1919 |
| Heinrich Otto Weber | SD/DS | 1911 | 1928 |
| Johannes Duft | Conservative | 1919 | 1939 |
| Johann Jakob Gabathuler | FDP/PRD | 1919 | 1929 |
| Johannes Huber | SP/PS | 1919 | 1947 |
| Valentin Keel | SP/PS | 1919 | 1931 |
| Joseph Anton Scherrer-Brisig | Conservative | 1919 | 1951 |
| L. August Schirmer | FDP/PRD | 1919 | 1941 |
| Jakob-Dionys Steiner | Conservative | 1919 | 1928 |
| Johannes Züblin | FDP/PRD | 1919 | 1925 |
| Johann-Jakob Biroll | Conservative | 1922 | 1931 |
| Anton Brügger | FDP/PRD | 1924 | 1931 |
| Jakob Fenk | SP/PS | 1925 | 1947 |
| Bruno Pfister | FDP/PRD | 1925 | 1935 |
| Eduard Guntli | Conservative | 1928 | 1933 |
| Emil Mäder | Conservative | 1928 | 1936 |
| Paul Müller | Conservative | 1928 | 1935 |
| Friedrich Pestalozzi | FDP/PRD | 1929 | 1933 |
| Emil Hardegger | SP/PS | 1931 | 1935 |
| Albert Geser | Conservative | 1933 | 1935 |
| Arnold Saxer | FDP/PRD | 1933 | 1938 |
| Jakob Schmidheiny | FDP/PRD | 1934 | 1935 |
| Ulrich Eggenberger | LDU/LdI | 1935 | 1939 |
| Johann Jakob Gabathuler | FDP/PRD | 1935 | 1947 |
| Johannes Müller | Conservative | 1935 | 1937 |
| Jakob Nüesch | AVL | 1935 | 1939 |
| Ludwig Rittmeyer | FDP/PRD | 1935 | 1944 |
| Otto Huber | Conservative | 1936 | 1939 |
| Thomas Holenstein | Conservative | 1937 | 1954 |
| Bruno Pfister | FDP/PRD | 1938 | 1939 |
| Gallus Eugster | Conservative | 1939 | 1959 |
| Arnold Kappler | Conservative | 1939 | 1947 |
| Karl Kobelt | FDP/PRD | 1939 | 1940 |
| Otto Pfändler | LDU/LdI | 1939 | 1943 |
| Josef Riedener | Conservative | 1939 | 1947 |
| Rolf Theodor Bühler | FDP/PRD | 1941 | 1943 |
| Alfred Baumgartner | FDP/PRD | 1942 | 1944 |
| Emil Anderegg | FDP/PRD | 1943 | 1951 |
| Ulrich Eggenberger | LDU/LdI | 1943 | 1946 |
| Albert Spindler | JB | 1943 | 1947 |
| Rolf Theodor Bühler | FDP/PRD | 1944 | 1947 |
| Johann Jakob Schwendener | FDP/PRD | 1944 | 1951 |
| Christian Eggenberger | LDU/LdI | 1946 | 1951 |
| Matthias Eggenberger | SP/PS | 1947 | 1971 |
| Theodor Eisenring | Conservative | 1947 | 1961 |
| Albert Gemperli | Conservative | 1947 | 1963 |
| Harald Huber | SP/PS | 1947 | 1962 |
| Jean Pozzi | FDP/PRD | 1947 | 1959 |
| Alfons Schwizer | Conservative | 1947 | 1963 |
| Andreas Zeller | FDP/PRD | 1947 | 1951 |
| Emil Bösch | LDU/LdI | 1951 | 1963 |
| René Bühler | FDP/PRD | 1951 | 1959 |
| Johann Jakob Gabathuler | FDP/PRD | 1951 | 1951 |
| Walter Klingler | Conservative | 1951 | 1955 |
| Willi Rohner | FDP/PRD | 1951 | 1952 |
| Michael Schwendener | FDP/PRD | 1951 | 1963 |
| Hans Albrecht | FDP/PRD | 1952 | 1959 |
| Kurt Furgler | Conservative | 1954 | 1971 |
| Andreas Zeller | Conservative | 1955 | 1970 |
| Paul Bürgi | FDP/PRD | 1959 | 1975 |
| Ernst Grob | FDP/PRD | 1959 | 1971 |
| Walter Klingler | CCS | 1959 | 1967 |
| Max Schmidheiny | FDP/PRD | 1959 | 1963 |
| Anton Stadler | CCS | 1961 | 1963 |
| Remigius Bärlocher | CCS | 1963 | 1971 |
| Simon Frick | FDP/PRD | 1963 | 1967 |
| Walter Gerosa | LDU/LdI | 1963 | 1971 |
| Walter Hagmann | CCS | 1963 | 1975 |
| Alfred Hummler | FDP/PRD | 1963 | 1971 |
| Hans Schregenberger | CCS | 1963 | 1971 |
| Florian Vetsch | SP/PS | 1963 | 1969 |
| Hans Hofer | FDP/PRD | 1967 | 1975 |
| Anton Stadler | CCS | 1967 | 1975 |
| Florian Schlegel | SP/PS | 1969 | 1972 |
| Andreas Dürr | CCS | 1970 | 1983 |
| Georg Nef | FDP/PRD | 1971 | 1987 |
| Edgar Oehler | CVP/PDC | 1971 | 1995 |
| Hanna Sahlfeld-Singer | SP/PS | 1971 | 1975 |
| Hanny Thalmann | CVP/PDC | 1971 | 1979 |
| Remigius Kaufmann | CVP/PDC | 1972 | 1983 |
| Hans Schmid | SP/PS | 1972 | 1985 |
| Kurt Bürer | CVP/PDC | 1975 | 1987 |
| Traugott Hungerbühler | CVP/PDC | 1975 | 1979 |
| Ruedi Schatz | FDP/PRD | 1975 | 1979 |
| Burkhard Vetsch | FDP/PRD | 1975 | 1984 |
| Walter Ammann | SP/PS | 1976 | 1991 |
| Susi Eppenberger | FDP/PRD | 1979 | 1991 |
| Josef Kühne | CVP/PDC | 1979 | 1995 |
| Eva Segmüller | CVP/PDC | 1979 | 1995 |
| Titus Giger | FDP/PRD | 1983 | 1995 |
| Hans Ruckstuhl | CVP/PDC | 1983 | 1995 |
| Walter Zwingli | FDP/PRD | 1984 | 1991 |
| Hans Rohrer | SP/PS | 1985 | 1986 |
| Paul Rechsteiner | SP/PS | 1986 | 1995 |
| Eugen David | CVP/PDC | 1987 | 1995 |
| Hans Werner Widrig | CVP/PDC | 1987 | 1991 |
| Elisabeth Caspar-Hutter | SP/PS | 1991 | 1995 |
| Pia Hollenstein | GPS/PES | 1991 | 1995 |
| Franz Jaeger | LDU/LdI | 1991 | 1995 |
| Walter Steinemann | 0 | 1991 | 1995 |
| Milli Wittenwiler | FDP/PRD | 1991 | 1995 |
| Fredi Alder | SP/PS | 1995 | 1999 |
| Toni Brunner | SVP/UDC | 1995 | Incumbent |
| Eugen David | CVP/PDC | 1995 | 1999 |
| Barbara Eberhard-Halter | LDU/LdI | 1995 | 1995 |
| Kathrin Hilber | SP/PS | 1995 | 1996 |
| Pia Hollenstein | GPS/PES | 1995 | 2006 |
| Josef Kühne | CVP/PDC | 1995 | 1999 |
| Paul Rechsteiner | SP/PS | 1995 | 2011 |
| Hans Ruckstuhl | CVP/PDC | 1995 | 1999 |
| Walter Steinemann | 0 | 1995 | 1999 |
| Peter Weigelt | FDP/PRD | 1995 | 2003 |
| Hans Werner Widrig | CVP/PDC | 1995 | 2003 |
| Milli Wittenwiler | FDP/PRD | 1995 | 2003 |
| Hildegard Fässler-Osterwalder | SP/PS | 1997 | 2003 |
| Elmar Bigger | SVP/UDC | 1999 | 2011 |
| Walter Hess | CVP/PDC | 1999 | 2003 |
| Lucrezia Meier-Schatz | CVP/PDC | 1999 | 2015 |
| Theophil Pfister | SVP/UDC | 1999 | 2011 |
| Felix Walker | CVP/PDC | 1999 | 2006 |
| Jakob Büchler | CVP/PDC | 2003 | 2018 |
| Hildegard Fässler-Osterwalder | SP/PS | 2003 | 2013 |
| Jasmin Hutter | SVP/UDC | 2003 | 2009 |
| Walter Müller | FDP/PRD | 2003 | Incumbent |
| Peter Weigelt | FDP/PRD | 2003 | 2006 |
| Urs Bernhardsgrütter | GPS/PES | 2006 | 2007 |
| Thomas Müller | CVP/PDC | 2006 | Incumbent |
| Andreas Zeller | FDP/PRD | 2006 | 2007 |
| Yvonne Gilli | GPS/PES | 2007 | 2015 |
| Lukas Reimann | SVP/UDC | 2007 | Incumbent |
| Roland Rino Büchel | SVP/UDC | 2010 | Incumbent |
| Barbara Gysi | SP/PS | 2011 | Incumbent |
| Margrit Kessler | GLP/PVL | 2011 | 2015 |
| Markus Ritter | CVP/PDC | 2011 | Incumbent |
| Claudia Friedl | SP/PS | 2013 | Incumbent |
| Thomas Ammann | CVP/PDC | 2015 | Incumbent |
| Marcel Dobler | FDP/PLR | 2015 | Incumbent |
| Barbara Keller-Inhelder | SVP/UDC | 2015 | Incumbent |
| Nicolo Paganini | CVP/PDC | 2018 | Incumbent |