Georgia's 1st congressional district

Georgia's 1st congressional district
	Georgia's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Buddy Carter; R–Pooler
Distribution	70.98% urban; 29.02% rural;
Population (2019)	749,949
Median household; income	$55,542
Ethnicity	62.99% White; 29.66% Black; 6.57% Hispanic; 1.4% Asian; 0.34% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+9

Georgia's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is currently represented by Republican Buddy Carter, though the district's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 United States Census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.^[5] The first election using the new district boundaries 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

Recent results in presidential elections

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 62% - Al Gore 38%
2004	President	George W. Bush 66% - John Kerry 34%
2008	President	John McCain 55% - Barack Obama 44.4%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 56% - Barack Obama 43%
2016	President	Donald Trump 56.4% - Hillary Clinton 41%
2018	Governor	Brian Kemp 56% - Stacey Abrams 42%
2020	President	Donald Trump 55% - Joe Biden 43%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
James Jackson	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1st	Elected in 1789. Lost re-election.	1789–1791 "Lower district": Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Greene, Liberty, Richmond, Washington, and Wilkes counties^[6]
Anthony Wayne	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 21, 1792	2nd	Elected in 1791. Seat declared vacant due to dispute over his residency.	1791–1793 "Southern (or Eastern) district": Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, and Liberty counties^[7]
Vacant		March 21, 1792 – November 22, 1792
John Milledge	Anti-Administration	November 22, 1792 – March 3, 1793		Elected July 9, 1792 to finish Wayne's term and seated November 22, 1792. Redistricted to the at-large district.
District not in use		March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1827
Edward Fenwick Tattnall	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – ????, 1827	20th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1826. Resigned before Congress convened.	1827–1829
Vacant		????, 1827 – October 1, 1827
George Rockingham Gilmer	Jacksonian	October 1, 1827 – March 3, 1829		Elected October 1, 1827 to finish Tattnall's term and seated December 3, 1827.^[8] Redistricted to the at-large district and although re-elected in 1828, failed to accept the position within the legal time frame and the governor ordered a new election.
District not in use		March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1845
Thomas Butler King	Whig	March 4, 1845 – 1850	29th 30th 31st	Resigned.	1845–1853
Joseph Webber Jackson	Democratic	March 4, 1850 – March 3, 1851	31st
Joseph Webber Jackson	Nullifier	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd
James Lindsay Seward	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859	33rd 34th 35th		1853–1861
Peter Early Love	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – January 23, 1861	36th	Resigned.	1853–1861
Vacant		January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
Joseph W. Clift	Republican	July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th		1868–1873
Vacant		March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870	41st	Representative-elect Joseph W. Clift was not permitted to qualify.
William W. Paine	Democratic	December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected to finish Clift's term.
Archibald T. MacIntyre	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd
Morgan Rawls	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 24, 1874	43rd	Lost contested election.	1873–1883
Andrew Sloan	Republican	March 24, 1874 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Won contested election.
Julian Hartridge	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – January 8, 1879	44th 45th	Died.
Vacant		January 8, 1879 – February 10, 1879	45th
William Bennett Fleming	Democratic	February 10, 1879 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected January 23, 1879 to finish Hartridge's term and seated February 10, 1879.
John C. Nicholls	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th
George Robinson Black	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th
John C. Nicholls	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th		1883–1893
Thomas M. Norwood	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th
Rufus E. Lester	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – June 16, 1906	51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	Died.
1893–1903
1903–1913
	Vacant		June 16, 1906 – October 3, 1906	59th
	James W. Overstreet	Democratic	October 3, 1906 – March 3, 1907	59th	Elected to finish Lester's term.
	Charles Gordon Edwards	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1917	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th
1913–1923				60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th
1913–1923	James W. Overstreet	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923	65th 66th 67th
Robert Lee Moore	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th		1923–1933
Charles Gordon Edwards	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – July 13, 1931	69th 70th 71st 72nd	Died.
Vacant		July 13, 1931 – September 9, 1931	72nd
Homer C. Parker	Democratic	September 9, 1931 – January 3, 1935	72nd 73rd	Elected to finish Edwards's term.
1933–1943			72nd 73rd	Elected to finish Edwards's term.
1933–1943	Hugh Peterson	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th
1943–1953				74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th
1943–1953	Prince Hulon Preston Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1961	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th
1953–1963				80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th
1953–1963	George Elliott Hagan	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd
1963–1973				87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd
Ronald 'Bo' Ginn	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th		1973–1983
Lindsay Thomas	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1982.	1983–1993
Jack Kingston	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2015	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	Elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1993–2003
					2003–2007
					2007–2013
Buddy Carter	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014.	2007–2013
Buddy Carter	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014.	2013–present

Recent election results

2002

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Kingston*	188,347	100.00
Total votes			188,347	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Kingston*	94,961	68.50
	Democratic	Jim Nelson	43,668	31.50
Total votes			138,629	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Kingston*	165,911	66.53
	Democratic	Bill Gillespie	83,486	33.47
Total votes			249,397	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2012)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2014)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buddy Carter	95,337	60.91
	Democratic	Brian Reese	61,175	39.09
Total votes			156,512	100.00
	Republican hold

2016

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2016)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buddy Carter	210,243	100.00
Total votes			210,243	100.00
	Republican hold

2018

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2018)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buddy Carter	144,501	57.77
	Democratic	Lisa Ring	105,633	42.23
Total votes			250,134	100.00
	Republican hold

2020

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2020)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buddy Carter	189,457	58.03
	Democratic	Joyce Griggs	135,238	41.07
Total votes			324,695	100.00
	Republican hold

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.
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=13&cd=01
^ "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
^ https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/b2773w18h
^ https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/qb98mf82q
^ "Twentieth Congress March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved May 9, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
^ "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.
^ "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.
^ "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.
^ "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.
^ Raffensperger, Brad. "November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results - Totals include all Absentee and Provisional Ballots". Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

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

[1] Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov.

[2] Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[3] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=13&cd=01

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[justiceapproval-5] Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed 2011-12-27

[6] ttps://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/b2773w18h

[7] ttps://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/qb98mf82q

[20th_Roster-8] "Twentieth Congress March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved May 9, 2019 – via History.house.gov.

[9] "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.

[10] "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.

[11] "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.

[12] "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.

[General-13] Raffensperger, Brad. "November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results - Totals include all Absentee and Provisional Ballots". Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

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