Missouri's 2nd congressional district
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| Missouri's 2nd congressional district | ||
|---|---|---|
| Current Representative | Ann Wagner (R) | |
| Cook PVI | R+7[1] | |
Missouri's second congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state, primarily consisting of the suburbs south and west of St. Louis.
Its current representative is Republican Ann Wagner.
List of representatives [edit]
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1847 | ||||
| John Jameson | Democratic | March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 | ||
| William Van Ness Bay | Democratic | March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 | ||
| Gilchrist Porter | Whig | March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 | ||
| Alfred W. Lamb | Democratic | March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 | ||
| Gilchrist Porter | Opposition | March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 | ||
| Thomas L. Anderson | Know Nothing | March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1859 | ||
| Independent Democrat | March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 | |||
| James S. Rollins | Constitutional Union | March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 | Redistricted to the 9th district | |
| Henry T. Blow | Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1865 | ||
| Republican | March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867 | |||
| Carman A. Newcomb | Republican | March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1869 | ||
| Gustavus A. Finkelnburg | Republican | March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871 | ||
| Liberal Republican | March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873 | |||
| Erastus Wells | Democratic | March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877 | Redistricted from the 1st district | |
| Nathan Cole | Republican | March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879 | ||
| Erastus Wells | Democratic | March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881 | ||
| Thomas Allen | Democratic | March 4, 1881 - April 8, 1882 | Died | |
| Vacant | April 8, 1882 - December 15, 1882 | |||
| James H. McLean | Republican | December 15, 1882 - March 3, 1883 | ||
| Armstead M. Alexander | Democratic | March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 | ||
| John B. Hale | Democratic | March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887 | ||
| Charles H. Mansur | Democratic | March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1893 | ||
| Uriel S. Hall | Democratic | March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1897 | ||
| Robert N. Bodine | Democratic | March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1899 | ||
| William W. Rucker | Democratic | March 4, 1899 - March 3, 1923 | ||
| Ralph F. Lozier | Democratic | March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1933 | Redistricted to the At-large district | |
| March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 | District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket | |||
| William L. Nelson | Democratic | January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1943 | ||
| Max Schwabe | Republican | January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1949 | ||
| Morgan M. Moulder | Democratic | January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1953 | Redistricted to the 11th district | |
| Thomas B. Curtis | Republican | January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1969 | Redistricted from the 12th district | |
| James W. Symington | Democratic | January 3, 1969 - January 3, 1977 | ||
| Robert A. Young | Democratic | January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1987 | ||
| Jack Buechner | Republican | January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1991 | ||
| Joan Kelly Horn | Democratic | January 3, 1991 - January 3, 1993 | ||
| Jim Talent | Republican | January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2001 | Des Peres | Retired; later elected to United States Senate |
| Todd Akin | Republican | January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2013 | Town and Country | Retired to run unsuccessfully for United States Senate |
| Ann Wagner | Republican | January 3, 2013 - Present | ||
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Election results [edit]
1998 [edit]
| United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 1998[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | James M. Talent (Incumbent) | 142,313 | 70.0% | ||
| Democratic | John Ross | 57,565 | 28.3% | ||
| Libertarian | Brian K. Lundy | 3,331 | 1.6% | ||
| Independent | William Warner | 50 | .0% | ||
| Total votes | 203,259 | 100%% | |||
| Majority | 81,367 | 40.0% | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
2000 [edit]
| United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2000[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Todd Akin | 164,926 | 55.3% | ||
| Democratic | Ted House | 126,441 | 42.4% | ||
| Green | Mike Odell | 2,907 | 1.0% | ||
| Libertarian | James Higgins | 2,524 | 0.8% | ||
| Reform | Richard J. Gimpelson | 1,265 | 0.4% | ||
| Total votes | 298,062 | 100%% | |||
| Majority | 31,790 | 10.7% | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
2002 [edit]
| United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2002[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 167,057 | 67.1% | + 11.8 | |
| Democratic | John Hogan | 77,223 | 31.0% | - 11.4 | |
| Libertarian | Daria R. Maloney | 4,548 | 1.8% | + 1.0 | |
| Total votes | 248,828 | 100%% | |||
| Majority | 85,286 | 34.3% | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
2004 [edit]
| United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2004[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 228,725 | 65.4% | - 1.7 | |
| Democratic | George D. Weber | 115,366 | 33.0% | + 2.0 | |
| Libertarian | Daria R. Maloney | 4,822 | 1.4% | - 0.4 | |
| Constitution | David Leefe | 954 | 0.3% | ||
| Total votes | 349,867 | 100%% | |||
| Majority | 107,583 | 30.7% | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
2006 [edit]
| United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2006[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 176,452 | 61.3% | - 4.1 | |
| Democratic | George D. Weber | 105,242 | 36.6% | + 3.6 | |
| Libertarian | Tamara A. Millay | 5,923 | 2.1% | + 0.7 | |
| Total votes | 287,617 | 100%% | |||
| Majority | 65,287 | 22.7% | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
2008 [edit]
| United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2008[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 232,276 | 62.3% | + 1.0 | |
| Democratic | William C. (Bill) Haas | 132,068 | 35.4% | - 1.2 | |
| Libertarian | Thomas L. Knapp | 8,628 | 2.3% | + 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 372,972 | 100%% | |||
| Majority | 91,580 | 24.6% | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
2010 [edit]
| United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2010[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 180,481 | 67.9% | + 5.6 | |
| Democratic | Arthur Lieber | 77,467 | 29.2% | - 6.2 | |
| Libertarian | Steve Mosbacher | 7,677 | 2.9% | + 0.6 | |
| Independent | Patrick M. Cannon | 7 | 0.0% | n/a | |
| Total votes | 265,632 | 100%% | |||
| Majority | 95,330 | 35.9% | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
References [edit]
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008". The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
- ^ 1998 Election Resultsī
- ^ 2000 Election Results
- ^ 2002 Election Resultsī
- ^ 2004 Election Results
- ^ 2006 Election Results
- ^ 2008 Election Results
- ^ 2010 Election Results
- 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
- http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/
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