Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Paul Ryan (R–Janesville)
Area	1,679.95 sq mi (4,351.1 km2)
Distribution	84.13% urban 15.87% rural
Population (2016)	715,327[1]
Median income	$61,589 (USD)[1]
Ethnicity	87.1[1]% White 5.4% Black 1.8% Asian 10.1% Hispanic 0.5% Native American 5.2% other
Occupation	27.4% Blue-collar 57.7% White-collar 14.9% Gray-collar
Cook PVI	R+5[2]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southeastern Wisconsin, covering Kenosha County, Racine County, and most of Walworth County, as well as portions of Rock County, Waukesha County, and Milwaukee County. The district's current Representative is Republican Paul Ryan, the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, who was the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in the United States presidential election of 2012. Ryan will not seek reelection in 2018.^[3]

A swing district, it was carried by George W. Bush in 2004 with 53%; the district voted for Barack Obama over John McCain in 2008, 51.40-47.45% and the district voted for Ryan's running mate Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012, 52.12%-47.88%.^[4]

The district has a high population of working-class whites in manufacturing jobs who supported Donald Trump in 2016.^[5]

Recent election results from statewide races

Currently, this is a swing district that leans Republican.

List of representatives

Cong ress(es)	Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created			June 5, 1848
30th	William P. Lynde	Democratic	June 5, 1848 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing.]
31st 32nd	Charles Durkee	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing.]
33rd 34th	Daniel Wells, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing.]
35th 36th 37th	John F. Potter	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing.]
38th	James S. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing.]
39th 40th 41st	Halbert E. Paine	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing.]
42nd	Alexander Mitchell	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to the 4th district
43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th	Charles G. Williams	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing.]
48th	John Winans	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing.]
49th 50th 51st	Lucien Caswell	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing.]
52nd	Clinton Babbitt	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing.]
53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	Henry A. Cooper	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1919	[Data unknown/missing.]
66th	Clifford E. Randall	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	[Data unknown/missing.]
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Henry A. Cooper	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1931	Died, elected to 72nd Congress, but died before serving
Vacant			March 1, 1931 – October 13, 1931	[Data unknown/missing.]
72nd	Thomas R. Amlie	Republican	October 13, 1931 – March 3, 1933	[Data unknown/missing.]
73rd	George Washington Blanchard	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	[Data unknown/missing.]
74th 75th	Thomas R. Amlie	Progressive	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	[Data unknown/missing.]
76th 77th	Stephen Bolles	Republican	January 3, 1939 – July 8, 1941	Died
Vacant			July 8, 1941 – August 29, 1941	[Data unknown/missing.]
77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Lawrence H. Smith	Republican	August 29, 1941 – January 22, 1958	Died
Vacant			January 22, 1958 – January 3, 1959	[Data unknown/missing.]
86th	Gerald T. Flynn	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	[Data unknown/missing.]
87th 88th	Henry C. Schadeberg	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965	[Data unknown/missing.]
89th	Lynn E. Stalbaum	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	[Data unknown/missing.]
90th 91st	Henry C. Schadeberg	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971	[Data unknown/missing.]
92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Les Aspin	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 20, 1993	Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Vacant			January 20, 1993 – May 4, 1993	[Data unknown/missing.]
103rd	Peter W. Barca	Democratic	May 4, 1993 – January 3, 1995	[Data unknown/missing.]
104th 105th	Mark Neumann	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999	Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Paul Ryan	Republican	January 3, 1999 – Present	Retiring in 2018.

Living former members of the House

As of April 2018, there are two living former members of the House from the District.

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

• Paul Ryan's website

Coordinates: 42°41′43″N 88°02′47″W / 42.69528°N 88.04639°W / 42.69528; -88.04639