Alabama's 4th congressional district

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Alabama's 4th congressional district
Current Representative		Robert Aderholt (R–Haleyville)
Area	8,524 mi²
Distribution	26.5% urban, 73.5% rural
Population (2000)	635,300
Median income	$31,344
Ethnicity	90.4% White, 5.1% Black, 0.2% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.8% other
Occupation	40.8% blue collar, 46% white collar, 13.2% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+26

Alabama's 4th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It encompasses the counties of Franklin, Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Winston, Cullman, Blount, Marshall, Etowah, and DeKalb. It also includes parts of Morgan and Pickens counties, as well as parts of the Decatur Metropolitan Area and the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.

It is currently represented by Republican Robert Aderholt.

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	McCain 76 - 22%
2004	President	Bush 71 - 28%

List of representatives

Congress	Years	Representative	Party	Notes
District created March 4, 1833
23rd-24th	March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837	Dixon Hall Lewis	Nullifier	Redistricted from the 3rd district
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-29th	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1847	William Winter Payne	Democratic	Redistricted from the At-large district
30th-31st	March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1851	Samuel Williams Inge
32nd	March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853	William Russell Smith	Unionist
33rd	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855		Democratic
34th	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857		American
35th-36th	March 4, 1857 - January 21, 1861	Sydenham Moore	Democratic	Withdrew
37th-39th	(1861–1868)	Civil War and Reconstruction
40th	July 21, 1868 - March 3, 1869	Charles Wilson Pierce	Republican
41st-44th	March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1877	Charles Hays
45th-47th	March 4, 1877 - July 20, 1882	Charles M. Shelley	Democratic	Seat declared vacant after being contested by James Q. Smith
45th-48th	November 7, 1882 - January 9, 1885	Charles M. Shelley		Elected to fill is own vacany, lost contested election
48th	January 9, 1885 - March 3, 1885	George Henry Craig	Republican	Won contested election
49th-50th	March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889	Alexander C. Davidson	Democratic
51st	March 4, 1889 - June 4, 1890	Louis Washington Turpin		Lost contested election
	June 4, 1890 - March 3, 1891	John Van McDuffie	Republican	Won contested election
52nd	March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893	Louis Washington Turpin	Democratic	Redistricted to the 9th district
53rd - 54th	March 4, 1893 - March 13, 1896	Gaston A. Robbins		Lost contested election
54th	March 13, 1896 - March 3, 1897	William F. Aldrich	Republican	Won contested election
55th	March 3, 1897 - February 9, 1898	Thomas S. Plowman	Democratic	Lost contested election
	February 9, 1898 - March 3, 1899	William F. Aldrich	Republican	Won contested election
56th	March 3, 1899 - March 8, 1900	Gaston A. Robbins	Democratic	Lost contested election
	March 8, 1900 - March 3, 1901	William F. Aldrich	Republican	Won contested election
57th-59th	March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1907	Sydney J. Bowie	Democratic
60th-61st	March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1911	William B. Craig
62nd-66th	March 4, 1911 - February 8, 1921	Fred Blackmon		Died
67th-73rd	June 7, 1921 - January 3, 1935	Lamar Jeffers
74th-81st	January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1951	Sam Hobbs
82nd-87th	January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1963	Kenneth A. Roberts		Redistricted to the At-large district
88th	January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1965	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
89th	January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1967	Arthur Andrews	Republican
90th-92nd	January 3, 1967 - January 3, 1973	Bill Nichols	Democratic	Redistricted to the 3rd district
93rd-104th	January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1997	Tom Bevill		Redistricted from the 7th district
105th-110th	January 3, 1997–Present	Robert Aderholt	Republican

Election results

2004

Main article: U.S. House election, 2004

Party		Canadidate	Votes	%
	Republican Party	Robert Aderholt	191,110	74.8
	Democratic Party	Carl Cole	64,278	25.2

2006

Main article: U.S. House election, 2006

99% of precincts reporting

Party		Canadidate	Votes	%
	Republican Party	Robert Aderholt	128,412	70
	Democratic Party	Barbara Bobo	54,338	30

2008

Main article: U.S. House election, 2008

100% of precincts reporting

Party		Canadidate	Votes	%
	Republican Party	Robert Aderholt	196,517	75
	Democratic Party	Nicholas Sparks	65,996	25

External links

• CNN coverage of the 2006 election
• CNN converage of the 2004 election
• CNN converage of the 2002 election
• CNN converage of the 2000 election

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