---
type: Person
title: "Vern Buchanan"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - FL-16 — Congressional District 16"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - FL-16"
party: "R"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "FL"
district: "Congressional District 16"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
  person: "14a07010-6107-4480-a7ac-ab4b41da0fc8"
  office: "55cb1acf-25cd-4c72-b40e-e82c45fb4eb2"
  tenure: "45ad8952-fd8e-4098-aed5-d89be7904f5e"
  jurisdiction: "4f5a9f80-f9f4-4347-8df6-6a280adb3a70"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, fl]
timestamp: "2026-06-20"
---

# Vern Buchanan

Current U.S. House of Representatives - FL-16 (Congressional District 16).

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v2 export (2026-06-20).