Alabama's 1st congressional district

Alabama's 1st congressional district
	Alabama's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Bradley Byrne; R–Fairhope
Area	7,182 sq mi (18,600 km2)
Distribution	66.82% urban; 33.18% rural;
Population (2016)	704,457
Median income	$47,984
Ethnicity	67.41% White; 27.35% Black; 1.31% Asian; 3.03% Hispanic; 1.09% Native American;
Occupation	29.7% Blue-collar; 54.5% White-collar; 15.6% Gray-collar;
Cook PVI	R+15

Coordinates: 30°59′13.3″N 87°56′14.34″W / 30.987028°N 87.9373167°W / 30.987028; -87.9373167

Alabama's 1st congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It includes the counties of Washington, Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia and Monroe counties. It also includes part of Clarke County. The largest city in the district is Mobile.

It is currently represented by Republican Bradley Byrne, a former Alabama State Senator who was elected to finish the term of 10-year incumbent Jo Bonner, who vacated the seat on August 2, 2013, to become vice chancellor for the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.

CharacterEdit

Mobile, Alabama is the focus of this district, which extends north along the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers. Timber production remains the biggest source of contributions to the local economy, however recently gulf coast condominium developments in Baldwin county represent new economic possibilities.

Politically, this area was one of the first in Alabama to shake off its Democratic roots. It was one of five districts to swing Republican in 1964, when Barry Goldwater swept the state; the GOP has held the district in every House election since then. However, conservative Democrats continued to hold most state and local offices well into the 1990s.

It supported George W. Bush with 64% in 2004, and 60% in 2000. In 2008, John McCain received 61.01% of the vote in the district while 38.38% supported Barack Obama.

The 1st traditionally gives its congressmen very long tenures in Washington. Only six men have held it in the last century.

VotingEdit

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 60 - 38%
2004	President	Bush 64 - 35%
2008	President	McCain 61 - 39%
2012	President	Romney 62 - 37%
2016	President	Trump 64 - 34%

List of members representing the districtEdit

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location and map
District created		March 4, 1823
Gabriel Moore	Jackson Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Retired.	1823–1833 "Northern district": Decatur, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, and Madison counties
Gabriel Moore	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	18th 19th 20th
Clement C. Clay	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835	21st 22nd 23rd	Elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. [Data unknown/missing.]
Clement C. Clay	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835	21st 22nd 23rd		1833–1841
Reuben Chapman	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th 26th	Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Redistricted to the at-large district.
Reuben Chapman	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	24th 25th 26th
District inactive		March 3, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th
James Dellet	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. [Data unknown/missing.]	1843–1855
Edmund S. Dargan	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1845. [Data unknown/missing.]
John Gayle	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1847. [Data unknown/missing.]
William J. Alston	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1849. [Data unknown/missing.]
John Bragg	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1851. [Data unknown/missing.]
Philip Phillips	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1853. [Data unknown/missing.]
Percy Walker	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1855. [Data unknown/missing.]	1855–1863
James Adams Stallworth	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – January 12, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Withdrew.	1855–1863
Vacant		January 12, 1861 – July 22, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
Francis William Kellogg	Republican	July 22, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1868 to finish term. [Data unknown/missing.]	1863–1873
Alfred Eliab Buck	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected in 1868. [Data unknown/missing.]
Benjamin S. Turner	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. [Data unknown/missing.]
Frederick George Bromberg	Liberal Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [Data unknown/missing.]	1873–1877
Jeremiah Haralson	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. [Data unknown/missing.]	1873–1877
James T. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. [Data unknown/missing.]	1877–1933
Thomas H. Herndon	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 28, 1883	46th 47th 48th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Died.
Vacant		March 28, 1883 – December 3, 1883	48th
James T. Jones	Democratic	December 3, 1883 – March 3, 1889	48th 49th 50th	Elected to finish Herndon's term. Re-elected in 1886. [Data unknown/missing.]
Richard Henry Clarke	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1897	51st 52nd 53rd 54th	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. [Data unknown/missing.]
George W. Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1915	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd	First-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. [Data unknown/missing.]
Oscar Lee Gray	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. [Data unknown/missing.]
John McDuffie	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1935	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Resigned to become U.S. District Judge
John McDuffie	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1935	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th		1933–1963
Vacant		March 2, 1935 – July 30, 1935	74th
Frank W. Boykin	Democratic	July 30, 1935 – January 3, 1963	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected to finish McDuffie's term. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election.
District inactive, all representatives elected at-large.		January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th
Jack Edwards	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1985	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Retired.	1965–1983
Jack Edwards	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1985	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th		1983–1993
Sonny Callahan	Republican	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2003	99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired.	1983–1993
Sonny Callahan	Republican	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2003	99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th		1993–2003
Jo Bonner	Republican	January 3, 2003 – August 2, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Resigned to become vice-chancellor in University of Alabama System.^[5]	2003–2013
Jo Bonner	Republican	January 3, 2003 – August 2, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th		2013–present
Vacant		August 2, 2013 – December 17, 2013	113th
Bradley Byrne	Republican	December 17, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected to finish Bonner's term. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.

Recent election resultsEdit

2006Edit

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jo Bonner (incumbent)	112,944	68.10
	Democratic	Vivian Sheffield Beckerle	52,770	31.82
	Write-ins		127	0.08
Total votes			165,841	100%
	Republican hold

2008Edit

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2008^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jo Bonner (incumbent)	210,660	98.27%
	Independent	Write-in candidates	3,707	1.73%
Total votes			214,367	100%
	Republican hold

2010Edit

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jo Bonner (incumbent)	128,802	83.1%
	Constitution	David M. Walter	26,294	16.9%
Total votes			155,096	100%
	Republican hold

2012Edit

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jo Bonner (incumbent)	196,374	97.9
	n/a	Write-ins	4,302	2.1
Total votes			200,676	100%
	Republican hold

2013 (Special)Edit

Alabama's 1st congressional district special election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradley Byrne	36,042	71.0%
	Democratic	Burton LeFlore	14,968	29.0%
Total votes			51,010	100%
	Republican hold

2014Edit

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2014^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradley Byrne (incumbent)	103,758	68.2
	Democratic	Burton LeFlore	48,278	31.7
	n/a	Write-ins	198	0.1
Total votes			152,234	100%
	Republican hold

2016Edit

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2016^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradley Byrne (incumbent)	208,083	96.4
	n/a	Write-ins	7,810	3.6
Total votes			215,893	100%
	Republican hold

2018Edit

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2018^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradley Byrne (incumbent)	153,228	63.16%
	Democratic	Robert Kennedy Jr.	89,226	36.78%
	Write-in		163	0.07%
Total votes			242,617	100%
	Republican hold

Living former membersEdit

As of September 2019^[update], there are two former members from Alabama's 1st congressional district who are currently living at this time. The most recent representative to die was Jack Edwards (served 1965–1985) on September 27, 2019.

Representative	Term in office	Date of birth (and age)
Sonny Callahan	1985–2003	(1932-09-11) September 11, 1932 (age 87)
Jo Bonner	2003–2013	(1959-11-19) November 19, 1959 (age 59)

Historical district boundariesEdit

2003 - 2013

ReferencesEdit

^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=01&cd=01
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=01&cd=01
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/jo-bonner-retirement-reports-91833.html
^ "Certified General Election Results without write-in appendix" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2008.
^ "Certified General Election Results" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
^ "General Election Results November 8, 2016" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
^ "2018 Official General Elections Results" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. November 27, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
A New Nation Votes

External linksEdit

[1] ttps://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html

[2] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=01&cd=01

[3] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=01&cd=01

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[5] ttp://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/jo-bonner-retirement-reports-91833.html

[results-6] "Certified General Election Results without write-in appendix" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2008.

[generalresults-7] "Certified General Election Results" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved December 13, 2014.

[generalelectionresults-8] "General Election Results November 8, 2016" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved December 14, 2016.

[AL-RESULTS-9] "2018 Official General Elections Results" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. November 27, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

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