Georgia's 1st congressional district
Georgia's 1st congressional district | |
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Georgia's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
Current Representative | Buddy Carter (R–Pooler) |
Distribution |
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Population (2016) | 734,172[2] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+9[3] |
Georgia's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. The district is currently represented by Republican Buddy Carter, though the district's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.[4] The first election using the new district boundaries (listed below) were the 2012 congressional elections.
The district comprises the entire coastal area of Sea Islands and much of the southeastern part of the state. In addition to Savannah, the district includes the cities of Brunswick, Jesup, and Waycross.
There are four military bases in the district:
- Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, at Kings Bay in Camden County
- Fort Stewart, near Hinesville in Liberty County
- Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah
- Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta
Counties
- Bacon County
- Brantley County
- Bryan County
- Camden County
- Charlton County
- Chatham County
- Clinch County
- Echols County
- Effingham County (Partial, see also Georgia's 12th district)
- Glynn County
- Liberty County
- Long County
- Lowndes County (Partial, see also Georgia's 8th district)
- McIntosh County
- Pierce County
- Ware County
- Wayne County
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | Congress | Notes |
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Anti- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
1st | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Anti- Administration |
March 4, 1791 – March 21, 1792 |
2nd | Seat declared vacant due to dispute over his residency. | |
Vacant | March 21, 1792 – November 22, 1792 | |||
Anti- Administration |
November 22, 1792 – March 3, 1793 |
Elected to finish Wayne's term. | ||
Redistricted to the at-large district in 1793 | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1827 | |||
Redistricted from the at-large district in 1827 | ||||
Vacant | March 4, 1827 – October 1, 1827 |
20th | Representative-elect Edward F. Tattnall resigned before the start of term. | |
Jacksonian | October 1, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
First elected in 1827 | ||
Redistricted to the At-large district in 1829 | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1845 | |||
Redistricted from the At-large district in 1845 | ||||
Whig | March 4, 1845 – 1850 [Data unknown/missing.] |
29th 30th 31st |
Resigned. | |
Democratic | March 4, 1850 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Nullifier | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | ||
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 |
33rd 34th 35th |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1859 – January 23, 1861 |
36th | Resigned. | |
Vacant | January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868 |
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th |
Civil War and Reconstruction | |
Republican | July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869 |
40th | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Vacant | March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870 |
41st | Representative-elect Joseph W. Clift was not permitted to qualify. | |
Democratic | December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1871 |
Elected to finish Clift's term. | ||
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 24, 1874 |
43rd | Lost contested election. | |
Republican | March 24, 1874 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Won contested election. | |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – January 8, 1879 |
44th 45th |
Died. | |
Vacant | January 8, 1879 – February 10, 1879 |
45th | ||
Democratic | February 10, 1879 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | Elected to finish Hartridge's term. | |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1889 – June 16, 1906 |
51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th |
Died. | |
Vacant | June 16, 1906 – October 3, 1906 |
59th | ||
Democratic | October 3, 1906 – March 3, 1907 |
Elected to finish Lester's term. | ||
Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1917 |
60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923 |
65th 66th 67th |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 |
68th | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | March 4, 1925 – July 13, 1931 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Died. | |
Vacant | July 13, 1931 – September 9, 1931 |
72nd | ||
Democratic | September 9, 1931 – January 3, 1935 |
72nd 73rd |
First elected to finish Edwards's term. | |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947 |
74th 75th 76th 77th 77th 78th 79th |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1961 |
80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973 |
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th |
[Data unknown/missing.] | |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
First elected in 1982 [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2015 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate. | |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – Present |
114th 115th |
First elected in 2014 |
Recent election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Kingston* | 103,661 | 72.14 | |
Democratic | Don Smart | 40,026 | 27.85 | |
No party | Others | 13 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 143,700 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Kingston* | 188,347 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 188,347 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Kingston* | 94,961 | 68.50 | |
Democratic | Jim Nelson | 43,668 | 31.50 | |
Total votes | 138,629 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Kingston* | 165,911 | 66.53 | |
Democratic | Bill Gillespie | 83,486 | 33.47 | |
Total votes | 249,397 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Kingston* | 117,270 | 71.63 | |
Democratic | Oscar L. Harris, II | 46,449 | 28.37 | |
Total votes | 163,719 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Kingston* | 157,181 | 62.98 | |
Democratic | Lesli Messinger | 92,399 | 37.02 | |
Total votes | 249,580 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 72.19 | |||
Republican hold | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Buddy Carter | 95,337 | 60.91 | |
Democratic | Brian Reese | 61,175 | 39.09 | |
Total votes | 156,512 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Buddy Carter | 210,243 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 210,243 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2018
General election date: November 6th, 2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Buddy Carter (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Lisa Ring | |||
Total votes |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the district
As of May 2015, there are two living former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 1st congressional district.
Representative | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Lindsay Thomas | 1983–1993 | November 20, 1943 |
Jack Kingston | 1993–2015 | April 24, 1955 |
See also
References
- ↑ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov.
- ↑ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed 2011-12-27
- ↑ "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.
- ↑ "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.
- ↑ "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.
- ↑ "GA - Primary Election Results". nytimes.com.
- 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