Alabama's 4th congressional district
Coordinates: 34°1′31.25″N 87°7′57.25″W / 34.0253472°N 87.1325694°W
Alabama's 4th congressional district | |
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Alabama's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
Current Representative | Robert Aderholt (R–Haleyville) |
Area | 8,524 sq mi (22,080 km2) |
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Population (2016) | 683,273[2] |
Median income | $41,110 |
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Cook PVI | R+30[3] |
Alabama's 4th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It encompasses the counties of Franklin, Colbert, Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Winston, Cullman, Lawrence, Marshall, Etowah, and DeKalb. It also includes parts of Jackson, Tuscaloosa, and Cherokee counties, as well as parts of the Decatur Metropolitan Area and the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.
It is currently represented by Republican Robert Aderholt. In the 2016 United States Presidential Election, the district was the only one in the country to give Donald Trump more than 80% of the vote, making it the President's strongest district in the country. [4] Alabama’s Fourth Congressional District also had 166 opioid prescriptions per 100 people, the highest rate of any district in the nation according to a study published by Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Voting
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2016 | President | Trump 80 - 18% |
2012 | President | Romney 75 - 24% |
2008 | President | McCain 76 - 22% |
2004 | President | Bush 71 - 28% |
2000 | President | Bush 61 - 37% |
List of representatives
Congress | Representative | Party | Years | Notes | ||
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District created March 4, 1833 | ||||||
23rd-24th | Nullifier | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Redistricted from the 3rd district | |||
25th-26th | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | Redistricted to the At-large district | |||
27th | District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket | |||||
28th-29th | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | Redistricted from the At-large district | |||
30th-31st | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 | ||||
32nd | Unionist | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | ||||
33rd | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | ||||
34th | American | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | ||||
35th-36th | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – January 21, 1861 | Withdrew | |||
37th-39th | (1861–1868) | Civil War and Reconstruction | ||||
40th | Republican | July 21, 1868 – March 3, 1869 | ||||
41st-44th | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1877 | ||||
45th-47th | Democratic | March 4, 1877 – July 20, 1882 | Seat declared vacant after being contested by James Q. Smith | |||
45th-48th | Democratic | November 7, 1882 – January 9, 1885 | Elected to fill his own vacancy, lost contested election | |||
48th | Republican | January 9, 1885 – March 3, 1885 | Won contested election | |||
49th-50th | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | ||||
51st | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – June 4, 1890 | Lost contested election | |||
Republican | June 4, 1890 – March 3, 1891 | Won contested election | ||||
52nd | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | Redistricted to the 9th district | |||
53rd – 54th | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 13, 1896 | Lost contested election | |||
54th | Republican | March 13, 1896 – March 3, 1897 | Won contested election | |||
55th | Democratic | March 4, 1897 – February 9, 1898 | Lost contested election | |||
Republican | February 9, 1898 – March 3, 1899 | Won contested election | ||||
56th | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 8, 1900 | Lost contested election | |||
Republican | March 8, 1900 – March 3, 1901 | Won contested election | ||||
57th-59th | Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907 | ||||
60th-61st | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 | ||||
62nd-66th | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – February 8, 1921 | Died | |||
67th-73rd | Democratic | June 7, 1921 – January 3, 1935 | ||||
74th-81st | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1951 | ||||
82nd-87th | Democratic | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1963 | Redistricted to the At-large district | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket | ||||
89th | Republican | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | ||||
90th-92nd | Democratic | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 | Redistricted to the 3rd district | |||
93rd-104th | Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997 | Redistricted from the 7th district | |||
105th- current | Republican | January 3, 1997 – present |
Election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Robert B. Aderholt* | 139,705 | 87% | ||
Libertarian | Tony Hughes McLendon | 20,858 | 13% | ||
Write-in | Write-ins | 538 | 0.33% | ||
Majority | 118,847 | 74% | |||
Total votes | 161,101 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Robert B. Aderholt* | 191,110 | 75% | ||
Democratic | Carl Cole | 64,278 | 25% | ||
Write-in | Write-ins | 336 | 0.13% | ||
Majority | 126,832 | 50% | |||
Total votes | 255,724 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Robert B. Aderholt* | 128,484 | 70% | ||
Democratic | Barbara Bobo | 54,382 | 30% | ||
Write-in | Write-ins | 206 | 0.11% | ||
Majority | 74,102 | 40% | |||
Total votes | 183,072 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Robert B. Aderholt* | 196,741 | 75% | ||
Democratic | Nicholas B. Sparks | 66,077 | 25% | ||
Write-in | Write-ins | 349 | 0.13% | ||
Majority | 130,664 | 50% | |||
Total votes | 263,167 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Robert B. Aderholt* | 167,709 | 100% | ||
Majority | 167,709 | 100% | |||
Total votes | 167,709 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Robert B. Aderholt* | 175,469 | 73% | ||
Democratic | Daniel H. Boman | 64,438 | 27% | ||
Majority | 111,031 | 46% | |||
Total votes | 239,907 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Robert B. Aderholt* | 132,831 | 99% | ||
Write-in | Write-ins | 1,921 | 1% | ||
Majority | 130,910 | 97% | |||
Total votes | 134,752 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert Aderholt* | 235,925 | 99% | |
No party | Write-ins | 3,519 | 1% | |
Total votes | 239,444 | 100% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Living former Members
As of May 2015, there are no former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 4th congressional district that are currently living. The most recent representative to die was Tom Bevill (1973-1997) on March 28, 2005.
Historical district boundaries
See also
External links
References
- ↑ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
- ↑ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=01&cd=04
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑
- 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