Alabama's 4th congressional district

Coordinates: 34°1′31.25″N 87°7′57.25″W / 34.0253472°N 87.1325694°W / 34.0253472; -87.1325694

Alabama's 4th congressional district
Alabama's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Robert Aderholt (R–Haleyville)
Area 8,524 sq mi (22,080 km2)
Distribution
  • 34.62[1]% urban
  • 65.38% rural
Population (2016) 683,273[2]
Median income $41,110
Ethnicity
Occupation
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
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

CongressRepresentativePartyYearsNotes
District created March 4, 1833
23rd-24th Dixon Hall Lewis 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 William Winter Payne Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 Redistricted from the At-large district
30th-31st Samuel Williams Inge Democratic March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851
32nd William Russell Smith 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 Sydenham Moore Democratic March 4, 1857 – January 21, 1861 Withdrew
37th-39th (1861–1868) Civil War and Reconstruction
40th Charles Wilson Pierce Republican July 21, 1868 – March 3, 1869
41st-44th Charles Hays Republican March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1877
45th-47th Charles M. Shelley Democratic March 4, 1877 – July 20, 1882 Seat declared vacant after being contested by James Q. Smith
45th-48th Charles M. Shelley Democratic November 7, 1882 – January 9, 1885 Elected to fill his own vacancy, lost contested election
48th George Henry Craig Republican January 9, 1885 – March 3, 1885 Won contested election
49th-50th Alexander C. Davidson Democratic March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
51st Louis Washington Turpin Democratic March 4, 1889 – June 4, 1890 Lost contested election
John Van McDuffie Republican June 4, 1890 – March 3, 1891 Won contested election
52nd Louis Washington Turpin Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 Redistricted to the 9th district
53rd – 54th Gaston A. Robbins Democratic March 4, 1893 – March 13, 1896 Lost contested election
54th William F. Aldrich Republican March 13, 1896 – March 3, 1897 Won contested election
55th Thomas S. Plowman Democratic March 4, 1897 – February 9, 1898 Lost contested election
William F. Aldrich Republican February 9, 1898 – March 3, 1899 Won contested election
56th Gaston A. Robbins Democratic March 4, 1899 – March 8, 1900 Lost contested election
William F. Aldrich Republican March 8, 1900 – March 3, 1901 Won contested election
57th-59th Sydney J. Bowie Democratic March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907
60th-61st William B. Craig Democratic March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911
62nd-66th Fred Blackmon Democratic March 4, 1911 – February 8, 1921 Died
67th-73rd Lamar Jeffers Democratic June 7, 1921 – January 3, 1935
74th-81st Sam Hobbs Democratic January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1951
82nd-87th Kenneth A. Roberts 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 Glenn Andrews Republican January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
90th-92nd Bill Nichols Democratic January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 Redistricted to the 3rd district
93rd-104th Tom Bevill Democratic January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997 Redistricted from the 7th district
105th- current Robert Aderholt Republican January 3, 1997 – present

Election results

2002

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Robert B. Aderholt* 167,709 100%
Majority 167,709 100%
Total votes 167,709 100%
Republican hold

2012

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Alabama's 4th congressional district election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
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

2003 - 2013

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
  2. ↑ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=01&cd=04
  3. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. ↑
  • 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
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