Alabama's 1st congressional district

Coordinates: 30°59′13.3″N 87°56′14.34″W / 30.987028°N 87.9373167°W / 30.987028; -87.9373167

Alabama's 1st congressional district
Alabama's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Bradley Byrne (R–Fairhope)
Area	7,182 mi2
Population (2000)	635,300
Median income	$34,739
Ethnicity	67.8% White, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 1% Native American, 1% other
Occupation	29.7% blue collar, 54.5% white collar, 15.6% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+15[1]

Alabama's 1st congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It includes the counties of Washington, Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia and Monroe counties. It also includes part of Clarke County.

It is currently represented by Republican Bradley Byrne, a former Alabama State Senator who was elected to finish the term of 10-year incumbent Jo Bonner, who vacated the seat on August 2, 2013 to become vice chancellor for the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.

Character

Mobile, Alabama is the focus of this district, which extends north along the Tombigee and Alabama rivers. Timber production remains the biggest source of contributions to the local economy, however recently gulf coast condominium developments in Baldwin county represent new economic possibilities.

Politically, this area was one of the first in Alabama to shake off its Democratic roots. It was one of five districts to swing Republican in 1964, when Barry Goldwater swept the state; the GOP has held the district in every House election since then. However, conservative Democrats continued to hold most state and local offices well into the 1990s.

It supported George W. Bush with 64% in 2004, and 60% in 2000. In 2008, John McCain received 61.01% of the vote in the district while 38.38% supported Barack Obama.

The 1st traditionally gives its congressmen very long tenures in Washington. Only six men have held it in the last century.

Voting

List of representatives

A visual representation of party control of the district, 1823-2005.

Cong ress	Representative	Party	Years	Notes Note: Since the list of representatives and parties runs chronologically from past to present, it would be food if the visual representation; right now they are in reverse to each other.
	March 4, 1823			District created
18th	Gabriel Moore	Jacksonian Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Redistricted from the At-large district [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
19th 20th		Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
21st 22nd 23rd	Clement C. Clay	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
24th	Reuben Chapman	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Redistricted to the At-large district
25th 26th		Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
27th	March 3, 1841 – March 4, 1843			District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
28th	James Dellet	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
29th	Edmund S. Dargan	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
30th	John Gayle	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
31st	William J. Alston	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
32nd	John Bragg	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
33rd	Philip Phillips	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
34th	Percy Walker	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
35th 36th	James Adams Stallworth	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – January 12, 1861	Withdrew
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	January 12, 1861 – July 22, 1868			Civil War and Reconstruction
40th	Francis William Kellogg	Republican	July 22, 1868 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
41st	Alfred Buck	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
42nd	Benjamin Sterling Turner	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
43rd	Frederick Bromberg	Liberal Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
44th	Jeremiah Haralson	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
45th	James T. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
46th 47th 48th	Thomas H. Herndon	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 28, 1883	Died
48th	Vacant		March 28, 1883 – December 3, 1883
48th 49th 50th	James T. Jones	Democratic	December 3, 1883 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
51st 52nd 53rd 54th	Richard Henry Clarke	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1897	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd	George W. Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1915	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
64th 65th	Oscar Lee Gray	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	John McDuffie	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 2, 1935	Resigned to become U.S. District Judge
74th	Vacant		March 2, 1935 – July 30, 1935
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Frank W. Boykin	Democratic	July 30, 1935 – January 3, 1963	Lost re-election for the at-large seat
88th	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965			District inactive, all representatives elected at-large
89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th	Jack Edwards	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1985	Retired, endorsed Sonny Callahan as successor
99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Sonny Callahan	Republican	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2003	Retired
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	Jo Bonner	Republican	January 3, 2003 – August 2, 2013	Resigned to become vice-chancellor in University of Alabama System[2]
113th	Vacant		August 2, 2013 – December 17, 2013	Alabama's 1st congressional district special election, 2013
113th 114th	Bradley Byrne	Republican	December 17, 2013 – present

Recent Candidates

Republican candidates

• Sonny Callahan - winning candidate in 2000
• Jo Bonner - winning candidate in 2002, 2004 and 2006

Democratic candidates

• Judy Belk - runner-up candidate in 2002 and 2004
• Vivian Beckerle - runner-up candidate in 2006

Libertarian candidates

• Dick Coffee - third place candidate in 2002

Recent election results in congressional races

2002

2004

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Jo Bonner	161,067	63.16%	2.62%
	Democratic	Judy Belk	93,938	36.84%	0.97%
	Republican hold

2006

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Jo Bonner	112,944	68.16%	5.00%
	Democratic	Vivian Beckerle	52,770	31.84%	5.00%
	Republican hold

2008

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Jo Bonner	210,660	98.30%	30.14%
	Republican hold

2010

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Jo Bonner	129,063	82.58%	15.72%
	Constitution	David M. Walter	26,357	16.87%	16.87%
	Republican hold

2012

2013 (Special)

A special election was held following the resignation of Jo Bonner (R) on August 2, 2013 to become vice chancellor for the University of Alabama.^[3] Primary elections were held on September 24. A runoff in the Republican primary took place on November 5 and the general election was pushed back to December 17.^[4] Republican Bradley Byrne won the election by a wide margin in the strongly conservative district.^[5]

2014

Alabama's 1st congressional district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Bradley Byrne	103,320	68.32%	31.68%
	Democratic	Burton LeFlore	47,913	31.68%	31.68%
	Republican hold

Living former Members

As of April 2015, there are three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st congressional district who are currently living at this time.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Alabama's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

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

External links

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