Utah's 1st congressional district

Utah's 1st congressional district
Cook PVI	R+25

Utah's 1st congressional district serves the northern area of Utah, including the cities of Ogden, Logan, and the northern half of the Great Salt Lake.

The current member of the United States House of Representatives from the district is Republican Rob Bishop.

President George W. Bush received 73% of the vote in this district in 2004. Scoring a Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) of R+26 in 2004, the 1st Congressional District narrowly beat three other Congressional Districts which scored R+25 to become the most Republican district in the nation.^[1]

The district from 2003 to 2013

Voting [edit]

Election results from presidential races^[2]

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Bush 68 - 27%
2004	President	Bush 73 - 25%
2008	President	McCain 64 - 33%

List of representatives [edit]

Until 1913, the district was the only district, elected statewide At-large.

District borders are periodically redrawn and some district residences may no longer be in this district.

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	District Home	Occupation	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1913						Districts were created from the former at-large district
Joseph Howell	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1917	63rd	Logan	Educator	First elected in 1902 (At-large district) Retired
Joseph Howell	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1917	64th	Logan	Educator	First elected in 1902 (At-large district) Retired
Milton H. Welling	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1921	65th	Farmington	Merchant	First elected in 1916 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Milton H. Welling	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1921	66th	Farmington	Merchant	First elected in 1916 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Don B. Colton	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1933	67th	Vernal	Lawyer	First elected in 1920 Lost re-election
			68th
			69th
			70th
			71st
			72nd
Abe Murdock	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1941	73rd	Beaver	Lawyer	First elected in 1932 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
			74th
			75th
			76th
Walter K. Granger	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1953	77th	Cedar City	Farmer	First elected in 1940 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
			78th
			79th
			80th
			81st
			82nd
Douglas R. Stringfellow	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	83rd	Draper	Newscaster	Elected in 1952 Renominated, but replaced on ballot due to personal scandal
Henry Aldous Dixon	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1961	84th	Provo	Educator	First elected in 1954 Retired
			85th
			86th
M. Blaine Peterson	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	87th	Ogden	Lawyer	Elected in 1960 Lost re-election
Laurence J. Burton	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971	88th	Ogden	Entrepreneur	First elected in 1962 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
			89th
			90th
			91st
K. Gunn McKay	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981	92nd	Ogden	Educator	First elected in 1970 Lost re-election
			93rd
			94th
			95th
			96th
James V. Hansen	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2003	97th	Farmington	Businessman	First elected in 1980 Retired
			98th
			99th
			100th
			101st
			102nd
			103rd
			104th
			105th
			106th
			107th
Rob Bishop	Republican	January 3, 2003 – Present	108th	Brigham City	Educator	First elected in 2002
			109th
			110th
			111th
			112th
			113th

Election results [edit]

1912 • 1914 • 1916 • 1918 • 1920 • 1922 • 1924 • 1926 • 1928 • 1930 • 1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010

1912 [edit]

Note: The 1912 election consisted of an all-party election to the two at-large seats. Howell was elected to the first at-large seat, while Johnson was elected to the second at-large seat.

United States House of Representatives elections, 1912^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Joseph Howell	43,133	19.45%
	Republican	Jacob Johnson	42,047	18.96%
	Democratic	Mathonihah Thomas	37,192	16.77%
	Democratic	Tollman D. Johnson	36,640	16.52%
	Progressive	S.H. Love	22,358	10.08%
	Progressive	Lewis Larson	21,934	9.89%
	Socialist	Murray E. King	8,971	4.05%
	Socialist	William M. Knerr	8,953	4.04%
	Socialist Labor	Elias Anderson	505	0.23%
Totals			221,733	100.0%
	Republican win (new seat)

1914 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1914^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Joseph Howell (incumbent)	29,481	49.36%
	Democratic	Lewis Larson	27,440	45.94%
	Socialist	Ben Jansen	2,812	4.70%
Totals			59,733	100.0%
	Republican hold

1916 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1916^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Milton H. Welling	40,035	55.55%
	Republican	Timothy C. Hoyt	29,902	41.49%
	Socialist	Daniel Konald	2,134	2.96%
Totals			72,071	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1918 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1918^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Milton H. Welling (incumbent)	25,327	54.64%
	Republican	William Henry Wattis	20,478	44.18%
	Socialist	Daniel N. Keef	548	1.18%
Totals			46,353	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1920 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1920^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Don B. Colton	42,249	57.49%
	Democratic	James W. Funk	28,160	38.32%
	Farmer-Labor	John O. Watters	3,083	4.19%
Totals			73,492	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1922 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1922^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Don B. Colton (incumbent)	33,188	52.73%
	Democratic	Milton H. Welling	27,801	44.17%
	Farmer-Labor	John O. Watters	1,949	3.10%
Totals			62,938	100.0%
	Republican hold

1924 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1924^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Don B. Colton (incumbent)	40,883	54.86%
	Democratic	Frank Francis	33,644	45.14%
Totals			74,527	100.0%
	Republican hold

1926 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1926^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Don B. Colton (incumbent)	44,007	61.44%
	Democratic	Ephraim Bergeson	27,198	37.97%
	Socialist	John O. Watters	426	0.59%
Totals			71,631	100.0%
	Republican hold

1928 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1928^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Don B. Colton (incumbent)	50,274	60.89%
	Democratic	Knox Patterson	31,889	38.62%
	Socialist	John O. Watters	408	0.49%
Totals			82,571	100.0%
	Republican hold

1930 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1930^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Don B. Colton (incumbent)	45,875	60.77%
	Democratic	Joseph Ririe	29,210	38.70%
	Socialist	A. W. Clemons	402	0.53%
Totals			75,487	100.0%
	Republican hold

1932 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1932^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Abe Murdock	47,774	51.59%
	Republican	Don B. Colton (incumbent)	44,827	48.41%
Totals			92,601	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1934 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1934^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Abe Murdock (incumbent)	55,800	64.43%
	Republican	Arthur Woolley	29,878	34.51%
	Socialist	William J. McConnell	644	0.74%
	Communist	Lawrence Mower	279	0.32%
Totals			86,601	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1936 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1936^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Abe Murdock (incumbent)	68,877	69.23%
	Republican	Charles W. Dunn	30,415	30.57%
	Socialist	William J. McConnell	202	0.20%
Totals			99,494	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1938 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1938^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Abe Murdock (incumbent)	52,927	59.66%
	Republican	LeRoy B. Young	35,790	40.34%
Totals			88,717	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1940 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1940^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger	62,654	57.13%
	Republican	LeRoy B. Young	47,021	42.87%
Totals			109,675	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1942 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1942^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger (incumbent)	36,297	50.19%
	Republican	J. Bracken Lee	36,028	49.81%
Totals			72,325	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1944 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1944^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger (incumbent)	59,755	57.79%
	Republican	B. H. Stringham	43,642	42.21%
Totals			103,397	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1946 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1946^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger (incumbent)	44,888	50.06%
	Republican	David J. Wilson	44,784	49.94%
Totals			89,672	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1948 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1948^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger (incumbent)	66,641	59.04%
	Republican	David J. Wilson	46,229	40.96%
Totals			112,870	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1950 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1950^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger (incumbent)	54,161	51.08%
	Republican	Preston L. Jones	51,868	48.92%
Totals			106,029	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1952 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1952^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Douglas R. Stringfellow	76,545	60.54%
	Democratic	Ernest R. McKay	49,898	39.46%
Totals			126,443	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1954 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1954^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Henry Aldous Dixon	55,542	53.37%
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger	48,535	46.63%
Totals			104,077	100.0%
	Republican hold

1956 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Henry Aldous Dixon (incumbent)	74,107	60.92%
	Democratic	Carlyle F. Gronning	47,533	39.08%
Totals			121,640	100.0%
	Republican hold

1958 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1958^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Henry Aldous Dixon (incumbent)	58,141	53.90%
	Democratic	M. Blaine Peterson	49,735	46.10%
Totals			107,876	100.0%
	Republican hold

1960 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1960^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	M. Blaine Peterson	65,939	50.03%
	Republican	A. Walter Stevenson	65,871	49.97%
Totals			131,810	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1962 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Laurence J. Burton	59,032	50.88%
	Democratic	M. Blaine Peterson (incumbent)	56,989	49.12%
Totals			116,021	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1964 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Laurence J. Burton (incumbent)	75,986	55.97%
	Democratic	William G. Bruhn	59,768	44.03%
Totals			135,754	100.0%
	Republican hold

1966 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Laurence J. Burton (incumbent)	99,750	66.50%
	Democratic	J. Keith Melville	50,260	33.50%
Totals			150,010	100.0%
	Republican hold

1968 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Laurence J. Burton (incumbent)	139,456	68.12%
	Democratic	Richard J. Maughab	65,265	31.88%
Totals			204,721	100.0%
	Republican hold

1970 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay	95,499	51.27%
	Republican	Richard Richards	89,269	47.93%
	American Independent	Daniel L. Worthington	1,489	0.80%
Totals			186,257	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1972 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay (incumbent)	127,027	55.40%
	Republican	Robert K. Wolthuis	96,296	42.00%
	American	L. S. Brown	5,978	2.60%
Totals			229,301	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1974 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay (incumbent)	124,793	62.63%
	Republican	Ronald W. Inkley	62,807	31.52%
	American	L. S. Brown	11,664	5.85%
Totals			199,264	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1976 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay (incumbent)	155,631	58.17%
	Republican	Joe H. Ferguson	106,542	39.83%
	American	Harry B. Gerlach	5,358	2.00%
Totals			267,531	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1978 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay (incumbent)	93,892	51.03%
	Republican	Jed J. Richardson	85,028	46.21%
	American Independent	Robert Terrance Owens	4,180	2.27%
	Independent	Dennis A. De Boer	894	0.49%
Totals			183,994	100.0%
	Democratic hold

1980 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	James V. Hansen	157,111	52.10%
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay (incumbent)	144,459	47.90%
Totals			301,570	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1982 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	James V. Hansen (incumbent)	111,416	62.80%
	Democratic	A. Stephen Dirks	66,006	37.20%
Totals			177,422	100.0%
	Republican hold

1984 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	James V. Hansen (incumbent)	142,952	71.22%
	Democratic	Milton C. Abrams	56,619	28.21%
	Libertarian	Willy Marshall	1,146	0.57%
Totals			200,717	100.0%
	Republican hold

1986 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	James V. Hansen (incumbent)	82,151	51.56%
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay	77,180	48.44%
Totals			159,331	100.0%
	Republican hold

1988 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	James V. Hansen (incumbent)	130,893	59.80%
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay	87,976	40.20%
Totals			218,869	100.0%
	Republican hold

1990 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	James V. Hansen (incumbent)	82,746	52.15%
	Democratic	Kenley Brunsdale	69,491	43.80%
	American	Reva Marx Wadsworth	6,429	4.05%
Totals			158,666	100.0%
	Republican hold

1992 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	James V. Hansen (incumbent)	160,037	65.25%
	Democratic	Ron Holt	68,712	28.02%
	Independent	William J. "Dub" Lawrence	16,505	6.73%
Totals			245,254	100.0%
	Republican hold

1994 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	James V. Hansen (incumbent)	104,954	64.54%
	Democratic	Bobbie Coray	57,664	35.46%
Totals			162,618	100.0%
	Republican hold

1996 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	James V. Hansen (incumbent)	150,126	68.31%
	Democratic	Gregory J. Sanders	65,866	29.97%
	Natural Law	Randall Tolpinrud	3,787	1.72%
Totals			219,779	100.0%
	Republican hold

1998 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	James V. Hansen (incumbent)	109,708	67.69%
	Democratic	Steve Beierlein	49,307	30.42%
	Libertarian	Gerald A. Arthus	3,070	1.89%
Totals			162,085	100.0%
	Republican hold

2000 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	James V. Hansen (incumbent)	180,591	68.98%
	Democratic	Kathleen McConkie Collinwood	71,229	27.21%
	Independent American	Hartley D. Anderson	5,131	1.96%
	Libertarian	Dave Starr Seely	3,151	1.20%
	Natural Law	Matthew D. Frandsen	1,703	0.65%
Totals			261,805	100.0%
	Republican hold

2002 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Rob Bishop	109,265	60.90%
	Democratic	Dave Thomas	66,104	36.84%
	Green	Craig Axford	4,027	2.24%
	Write-ins		16	0.01%
Totals			179,412	100.0%
	Republican hold

2004 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Rob Bishop (incumbent)	199,615	67.91%
	Democratic	Steven Thompson	85,630	29.13%
	Constitution	Charles Johnston	4,510	1.53%
	Personal Choice	Richard W. Soderberg	4,206	1.43%
Totals			293,961	100.0%
	Republican hold

2006 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Rob Bishop (incumbent)	112,546	63.06%
	Democratic	Steven Olsen	57,922	32.45%
	Constitution	Mark Hudson	5,539	3.10%
	Libertarian	Lynn Badler	2,467	1.38%
Totals			178,474	100.0%
	Republican hold

2008 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008^[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Rob Bishop (incumbent)	196,799	64.85%
	Democratic	Morgan E. Bowen	92,469	30.47%
	Constitution	Kirk D. Pearson	7,397	2.44%
	Libertarian	Joseph Geddes Buchman	6,780	2.23%
Totals			303,445	100.0%
	Republican hold

2010 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[52]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Rob Bishop (incumbent)	135,247	69.19%
	Democratic	Morgan E. Bowen	46,765	23.93%
	Constitution	Kirk D. Pearson	9,143	4.68%
	Libertarian	Jared Paul Stratton	4,307	2.20%
Totals			195,462	100.0%
	Republican hold

References [edit]

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

Coordinates: 41°00′N 111°30′W / 41.0°N 111.5°W / 41.0; -111.5

[1] About the Cook Report. What is the Cook Political Report?

[2] Presidential Election Results, by district, swingstateproject.com

[3] 1912 Election Results

[4] 1914 Election Results

[5] 1916 Election Results

[6] 1918 Election Results

[7] 1920 Election Results

[8] 1922 Election Results

[9] 1924 Election Results

[10] 1926 Election Results

[11] 1928 Election Results

[12] 1930 Election Results

[13] 1932 Election Results

[14] 1934 Election Results

[15] 1936 Election Results

[16] 1938 Election Results

[17] 1940 Election Results

[18] 1942 Election Results

[19] 1944 Election Results

[20] 1946 Election Results

[21] 1948 Election Results

[22] 1950 Election Results

[23] 1952 Election Results

[24] 1954 Election Results

[25] 1956 Election Results

[26] 1958 Election Results

[27] 1960 Election Results

[28] 1962 Election Results

[29] 1964 Election Results

[30] 1966 Election Results

[31] 1968 Election Results

[32] 1970 Election Results

[33] 1972 Election Results

[34] 1974 Election Results

[35] 1976 Election Results

[36] 1978 Election Results

[37] 1980 Election Results

[38] 1982 Election Results

[39] 1984 Election Results

[40] 1986 Election Results

[41] 1988 Election Results

[42] 1990 Election Results

[43] 1992 Election Results

[44] 1994 Election Results

[45] 1996 Election Results

[46] 1998 Election Results

[47] 2000 Election Results

[48] 2002 Election Results

[49] 2004 Election Results

[50] 2006 Election Results

[51] 2008 Election Results

[52] 2010 Election Results

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Utah's 1st congressional district
Current Representative		Rob Bishop (R–Brigham City)
Cook PVI	R+25