Alabama's 1st congressional district

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Alabama's 1st congressional district
District map as of 2002
Current Representative		Jo Bonner (R–Mobile)
Area	7,182 mi²
Population (2000)	635,300
Median income	$34,739
Ethnicity	67.8% White, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 1% Native American, 1% other
Occupation	29.7% blue collar, 54.5% white collar, 15.6% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+14

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.

It is currently represented by Republican Jo Bonner.

Political Character

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.

Traditionally the area and the district has been one of the most GOP-supportive areas in the country. 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. It supported George W. Bush with 64% in 2004, and 60% in 2000. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R +12.

In 2008, John McCain received 61.01% of the vote in the district while 38.38% supported Barack Obama.

List of representatives

A visual representation of party control of Alabama's 1st Congressional District. The district first elected a member for the 16th congress.

Congress	Years	Representative	Party	Notes
District created March 4, 1823
18th	March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825	Gabriel Moore	Jacksonian D-R	Redistricted from the At-large district
19th-20th	March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1829		Jacksonian
21st-23rd	March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1835	Clement C. Clay
24th	March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837	Reuben Chapman
25th-26th	March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1841		Democratic	Redistricted to the At-large district
27th	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
28th	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845	James Dellet	Whig Party
29th	March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847	Edmund S. Dargan	Democratic
30th	March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849	John Gayle	Whig Party
31st	March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851	William J. Alston
32nd	March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853	John Bragg	Democratic
33rd	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855	Philip Phillips
34th	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857	Percy Walker	American
35th-36th	March 4, 1857 - January 12, 1861	James Adams Stallworth	Democratic	Withdrew
37th-39th	1861-1868	Civil War and Reconstruction
40th	July 22, 1868 - March 3, 1869	Francis William Kellogg	Republican
41st	March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871	Alfred Buck
42nd	March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873	Benjamin Sterling Turner
43rd	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875	Frederick Bromberg	Liberal Republican
44th	March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877	Jeremiah Haralson	Republican
45th	March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879	James T. Jones	Democratic
46th-48th	March 4, 1879 - March 28, 1883	Thomas H. Herndon		Died
48th-50th	December 3, 1883 - March 3, 1889	James T. Jones
51st-54th	March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1897	Richard Henry Clarke
55th-63rd	March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1915	George W. Taylor
64th-65th	March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1919	Oscar Lee Gray
67th-73rd	March 4, 1919 - March 2, 1935	John McDuffie		Resigned after being appointed judge of the US District Court of the Southern District of Alabama
74th-87th	July 30, 1935 - January 3, 1963	Frank W. Boykin
88th	January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1965)	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
89th-98th	January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1985	Jack Edwards	Republican
99th-107th	January 3, 1985 - January 3, 2003)	Sonny Callahan
108th-110th	January 3, 2003 - present	Jo Bonner

Recent Candidates

Republican candidates

• Sonny Callahan - winning candidate in 2000
• Jo Bonner - winning candidate in 2002, 2004 and 2006

Democratic candidates

• Judy Belk - runner-up candidate in 2002 and 2004
• Vivian Beckerle - runner-up candidate in 2006

Libertarian candidates

• Dick Coffee - third place candidate in 2002

Elections

2002

Main article: U.S. House election, 2002

Alabama's 1st Congressional District House Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jo Bonner	108,102	60.54%
	Democratic	Judy Belk	67,507	37.81%
	Libertarian	Richard "Dick" Coffee	2,957	1.66%

2004

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2004

Alabama's 1st Congressional District House Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jo Bonner	161,067	63.16%	+2.62%
	Democratic	Judy Belk	93,938	36.84%	-0.97%

2006

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2006

Alabama's 1st Congressional District House Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jo Bonner	112,944	68.16%	+5.00%
	Democratic	Vivian Beckerle	52,770	31.84%	-5.00%

2008

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2008

Alabama's 1st Congressional District House Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jo Bonner	210,660	98.30%	+30.14%

2010

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2010

Alabama's 1st Congressional District House Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jo Bonner	129,063	82.58%	-15.72%
	Constitution	David M. Walter	26,357	16.87%	+16.87%

References

• 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

External links

• CNN converage of the 2004 election
• CNN converage of the 2002 election
• CNN converage of the 2000 election