Virginia's 1st congressional district

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Virginia's 1st congressional district
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Current Representative Rob Wittman (R–Montross)
Population (2000) 643,514
Median income $50,257
Ethnicity 76.1% White, 18.6% Black, 1.7% Asian, 3.0% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.4% other
Cook PVI R+7

Virginia's first congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia. It is often referred to as "America's First District" as it includes Jamestown, the first English settlement in the New World. The district has been represented by Rob Wittman since 2007.

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[edit] Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2008 President McCain 51 - 48%
2004 President Bush 60 - 39%
2002 Senator Warner 85 - 8%
2001 Governor Earley 51 - 49%
Lieutenant Governor Katzen 53 - 46%
Attorney General Kilgore 66 - 34%
2000 President Bush 58 - 39%
Senator Allen 56 - 44%
1997 Governor Gilmore 60 - 38%
Lieutenant Governor Hager 55 - 40%
Attorney General Earley 62 - 38%
1996 President Dole 52 - 40%
Senator Warner 58 - 42%

[edit] Area covered

It covers all or part of the following political subdivisions:

[edit] Counties

[edit] Cities

The entirety of:

Portions of:

The seat is currently held by Republican Rob Wittman.

[edit] Historic district boundaries

The Virginia First District started in 1788 covering the counties of Berkeley, Frederick, Hampshire, Hardy, Harrison, Monongalia, Ohio, Randolph and Shenandoah.[1] Of these only Shenandoah and Frederick Counties are in Virginia today; the rest are now part of West Virginia. The modern counties of Clarke, Warren and most of Page as well as the independent city of Winchester were included as part of Frederick and Shenandoah counties in 1788. In West Virginia all the current state north and east of a generalized line running from Wood County to Pocahontas County was in the congressional district. The one exception was that Pendleton County, West Virginia was in Virginia's 3rd congressional district.

In the redistribution which followed the 1850 census (in force 1853-1863), the First District comprised sixteen counties in eastern Virginia. The counties included (amongst others) Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Richmond, Warwick and Westmoreland. In an 1862 Union special election three out of the sixteen counties in the Union district supplied returns.

[edit] List of representatives

Representative Party Years Electoral history
Alexander White Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 Declined to run
Robert Rutherford Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 Lost re-election
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
Daniel Morgan Federalist March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 Declined to run
Robert Page Federalist March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 Declined to run
John Smith Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 Redistricted to Virginia's 3rd district
John G. Jackson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 – September 28, 1810 Resigned
Vacant September 29, 1810 – December 20, 1810
William McKinley Democratic-Republican December 21, 1810 – March 3, 1811 Lost re-election
Thomas Wilson Federalist March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 Lost re-election
John G. Jackson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 Declined to run
James Pindall Federalist March 4, 1817 – July 26, 1820 Resigned
Vacant July 27, 1820 – October 22, 1820
Edward B. Jackson Democratic-Republican October 23, 1820 – March 3, 1823 Declined to run
Thomas Newton, Jr. Adams-Clay D-R March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 Election invalidated
Adams March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
Anti-Jackson March 4, 1829 – March 9, 1830
George Loyall Jackson March 9, 1830 – March 3, 1831 Lost re-election
Thomas Newton, Jr. Anti-Jackson March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 Declined to run
George Loyall Jackson March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 Declined to run
Francis Mallory Whig March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 Lost re-election
Joel Holleman Democratic March 4, 1839 – December 1, 1840 Resigned
Vacant December 2, 1840 – December 27, 1840
Francis Mallory Whig December 28, 1840 – March 3, 1843 Declined to run
Archibald Atkinson Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 Declined to run
John S. Millson Democratic March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 Redistricted to Virginia's 2nd district
Thomas H. Bayly Democratic March 4, 1853 – June 23, 1856 Died
Vacant June 24, 1856 – November 31, 1856
Muscoe R. H. Garnett Democratic December 1, 1856 – March 3, 1861 Declined to run
Vacant March 4, 1861 – March 15, 1862
Joseph E. Segar Unionist March 16, 1862 – March 3, 1863
Vacant March 4, 1863 – January 30, 1870 Civil War
Richard S. Ayer Republican January 31, 1870 – March 3, 1871 Declined to run
John Critcher Democratic March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 Declined to run
James B. Sener Republican March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 Lost re-election
Beverly B. Douglas Democratic March 4, 1875 – December 22, 1878 Died
Vacant December 23, 1878 – January 22, 1879
Richard L. T. Beale Democratic January 23, 1879 – March 3, 1881 Declined to run
George T. Garrison Democratic March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 Lost re-election
Robert M. Mayo Readjuster March 4, 1883 – March 20, 1884 Election invalidated
George T. Garrison Democratic March 20, 1884 – March 3, 1885 Declined to run
Thomas Croxton Democratic March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 Lost re-election
Thomas H. B. Browne Republican March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 Lost re-election
William A. Jones Democratic March 4, 1891 – April 17, 1918 Died
Vacant April 18 – July 1, 1918 July 2, 1918
S. Otis Bland Democratic July 2, 1918 – March 3, 1933 Redistricted to Virginia's at-Large district
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District recreated January 3, 1935
S. Otis Bland Democratic January 3, 1935 – February 16, 1950 Died
Vacant February 16, 1950 – May 2, 1950
Edward J. Robeson, Jr. Democratic May 2, 1950 – January 3, 1959 Lost re-election
Thomas N. Downing Democratic January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977 Declined to run
Paul S. Trible, Jr. Republican January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 Retired to run for U.S. Senator
Herbert H. Bateman Republican January 3, 1983 – September 11, 2000 Died
Vacant September 11, 2000 – January 3, 2001
Jo Ann Davis Republican January 3, 2001 – October 6, 2007 Died
Vacant October 6, 2007 – December 11, 2007
Robert J. Wittman Republican December 11, 2007 – Present Incumbent

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Parsons, Stanley B., William W. Beach and Dan Hermann. United States Congressional Districts, 1788-1841 (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1978) p. 7
All districts: At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
The 12th-23rd and at-large districts are obsolete
See also: Virginia's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps

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