Georgia's 1st congressional district

Georgia's 1st congressional district
Georgia's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Buddy Carter (R–Pooler)
Cook PVI	R+9[1]

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.^[2] 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
James Jackson	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1st	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Anthony Wayne	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
John Milledge	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.
George R. Gilmer	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
Thomas B. King	Whig	March 4, 1845 – 1850 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	29th 30th 31st	Resigned.
Joseph W. Jackson	Democratic	March 4, 1850 – March 3, 1851	31st	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Nullifier	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd
James L. Seward	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859	33rd 34th 35th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Peter Early Love	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
Joseph W. Clift	Republican	July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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		Elected to finish Clift's term.
Archibald T. MacIntyre	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Morgan Rawls	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 24, 1874	43rd	Lost contested election.
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 to finish Hartridge's term.
John C. Nicholls	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George R. Black	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John C. Nicholls	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas M. Norwood	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Rufus E. Lester	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
James W. Overstreet	Democratic	October 3, 1906 – March 3, 1907		Elected to finish Lester's term.
Charles G. Edwards	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1917	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James W. Overstreet	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923	65th 66th 67th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
R. Lee Moore	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles G. 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	First elected to finish Edwards's term.
Hugh Peterson	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947	74th 75th 76th 77th 77th 78th 79th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Prince H. Preston Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1961	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
G. Elliott Hagan	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ronald B. Ginn	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lindsay Thomas	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	First elected in 1982 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jack Kingston	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2015	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	The district from 2003 to 2007 The district from 2007 to 2013 First elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Buddy Carter	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	114th	First elected in 2014

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
Voter 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
Voter 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
Voter 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
Voter 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
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2012

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2012)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Kingston*	157,181	62.98
	Democratic	Lesli Messinger	92,399	37.02
Total votes			249,580	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2014

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2014)^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buddy Carter	95,337	60.91
	Democratic	Brian Reese	61,175	39.09
Total votes			156,512	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2016

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2016)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Buddy Carter	209,859	100.00
Total votes			209,859	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

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)
Lindsay Thomas	1983–1993	November 20, 1943
Jack Kingston	1993–2015	April 24, 1955

See also

• Georgia's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
2. Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed 2011-12-27
3. http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/42277/113204/en/summary.html
4. http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/54042/149045/en/summary.html
5. http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/63991/182993/en/summary.html

• 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

• PDF map of Georgia's 1st district at nationalatlas.gov
• Georgia's 1st district at GovTrack.us

Coordinates: 31°09′32″N 81°29′21″W / 31.1589°N 81.4892°W