Virginia's 7th congressional district
Virginia's 7th congressional district | |
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Representative | |
Distribution |
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Population (2016) | 775,369[2] |
Median household income | $73,580 |
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Cook PVI | R+6[3] |
Virginia's 7th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The district is currently represented by Republican Congressman Dave Brat, first elected in 2014.
2016 redistricting
The Virginia Legislature's 2012 redistricting of the adjacent 3rd district was found unconstitutional and replaced with a court-ordered redistricting on January 16 2016 for the 2016 elections.[4][5][6][7][8]
Recent election results
Geography
The district spans across much of Central Virginia including all of Orange, Culpeper, Goochland, Louisa, Nottoway, Amelia, and Powhatan. The district also includes large portions of Chesterfield and Henrico in the suburbs of Richmond. However, Richmond is not currently in the 7th. Spotsylvania also has a large portion in the 7th district just outside of Fredericksburg[49]
Prior to 2016, the 7th District stretched from the west end of Richmond and its suburbs in Henrico and portions of Chesterfield Counties, through Orange, Culpeper and northward to Page and Rappahannock Counties. In 1993, Virginia was forced to create a majority-minority district by a Justice Department directive. At that time, most of Richmond, which had been entirely in the old 3rd District for over a century, was shifted to a newly created 3rd District. The remaining territory in the old 3rd was combined with some more rural areas to the north to form the new 7th District.
Prior to 1993, the 7th District stretched from the fringes of the Washington, D.C. suburbs to Charlottesville. It included the far northern portion of the Shenandoah Valley, as well as Manassas and Fredericksburg.
Demographics
According to the United States Census Bureau's 2010 data for the 111th Congress, the total population of the district is 757,917. Median age for the district is 39.2 years. 74.3% of the district is White, 17.1% Black, 3.9% Asian, 0.3% Native American or Alaskan, and 2.1% some other race with 4.9% Hispanic or Latino. Owner-occupied housing is 72.0% and renter-occupied housing is 28.0%.[50] The median value of single-family owner-occupied homes is $188,400.[51] 88.1% of the district population has at least a high school diploma, 36.7% at least a bachelor's degree or higher.[52] 9.9% of the district are civilian veterans. 12.7% are foreign born and 20.1% speak a language other than English at home.[53] 9.9% are of disability status.[54] 68.2% of the district is in the labor force, which consists of those 16 years and older. Mean travel time to work is 26.2 minutes. Median household income is $64,751. Per capita income is $33,628. 5.3% of the population account for families living below the poverty level, and 7.6% of individuals live below the poverty level.[55]
Hot button issues
Gun control, environmental protection, Medicaid expansion,[56] education, and abortion are hot button issues in the 7th congressional district.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Term | Note |
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District created: March 4, 1789 | |||
John Page | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
Redistricted to Virginia's 12th congressional district |
Abraham B. Venable | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
Retired |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 | ||
John Randolph | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803 |
Redistricted to Virginia's 15th congressional district |
Joseph Lewis, Jr. | Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813 |
Redistricted to Virginia's 8th congressional district |
Hugh Caperton | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
Lost re-election |
Ballard Smith | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1821 |
Lost re-election |
William Smith | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Redistricted to Virginia's 21st congressional district |
Jabez Leftwich | Crawford Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
Lost re-election |
Nathaniel Claiborne | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1835 |
Lost re-election |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | ||
Archibald Stuart | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
Lost re-election |
William L. Goggin | Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
Lost re-election |
Henry A. Wise | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – February 12, 1844 |
Resigned |
Vacant | February 13, 1844 – May 5, 1844 | ||
Thomas H. Bayly | Democratic | May 6, 1844 – March 3, 1853 |
Redistricted to Virginia's 1st congressional district |
William Smith | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861 |
Resigned |
Vacant | March 4, 1861 – May 22, 1862 | ||
Charles H. Upton | Unionist | May 23, 1861 – February 27, 1862 |
Election invalidated |
Vacant | February 28, 1862 – February 15, 1863 | ||
Lewis McKenzie | Unionist | February 16, 1863 – March 3, 1863 |
Retired |
Vacant | March 4, 1863 – January 30, 1870 |
Civil War | |
Lewis McKenzie | Conservative | January 31, 1870 – March 3, 1871 |
Lost re-election |
Elliott M. Braxton | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
Lost re-election |
John T. Harris | Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1881 |
Retired |
John Paul | Readjuster | March 4, 1881 – September 5, 1883 |
Appointed U.S. District Court judge |
Vacant | September 6, 1883 – May 4, 1884 | ||
Charles T. O'Ferrall | Democratic | May 5, 1884 – December 28, 1893 |
Retired to run for Governor of Virginia |
Vacant | December 29, 1893 – January 29, 1894 |
Special election | |
Smith S. Turner | Democratic | January 30, 1894 – March 3, 1897 |
Retired |
James Hay | Democratic | March 4, 1897 – October 1, 1916 |
Appointed U.S. Claim Court judge |
Vacant | October 2, 1916 – November 6, 1916 | ||
Thomas W. Harrison | Democratic | November 7, 1916 – December 15, 1922 |
Election invalidated |
John Paul, Jr. | Republican | December 15, 1922 – March 3, 1923 |
Lost re-election |
Thomas W. Harrison | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 |
Lost re-election |
Jacob A. Garber | Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
Lost re-election |
John W. Fishburne | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
Retired |
District eliminated March 4, 1933 | |||
District recreated: January 3, 1935 | |||
Absalom Willis Robertson | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – November 5, 1946 |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
Burr Harrison | Democratic | November 5, 1946 – January 3, 1963 |
Retired |
John O. Marsh, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971 |
Retired |
J. Kenneth Robinson | Republican | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1985 |
Retired |
D. French Slaughter, Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1985 – November 5, 1991 |
Resigned |
George F. Allen | Republican | November 5, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
Retired to run for Governor of Virginia |
Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
Retired |
Eric Cantor | Republican | January 3, 2001 – August 18, 2014 |
Resigned, having lost renomination |
Vacant | August 18, 2014 – November 4, 2014 | ||
Dave Brat | Republican | November 4, 2014 – Present |
First elected in a special election to finish Cantor's term and then to a full term. |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th congressional district
As of May 2018[update], four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th congressional district are alive. The most recent (and most recently serving) to die was D. French Slaughter Jr. on October 2, 1998.
Representative | Term in office | Date of birth (and age) |
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John Otho Marsh Jr. | 1963–1971 | August 7, 1926 |
George Allen | 1991–1993 | March 8, 1952 |
Thomas Bliley | 1993–2001 | January 28, 1932 |
Eric Cantor | 2001–2014 | June 6, 1963 |
Historical district boundaries
See also
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(help) - Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- Congressional districts of Virginia
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- Richmond, Virginia
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