Missouri's 1st congressional district

Missouri's 1st congressional district
	Missouri's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013
	William Lacy Clay Jr.; D–St. Louis
Distribution	99.21% urban; 0.79% rural;
Population (2018)	728,365
Median income	$46,850[1]
Ethnicity	49.3% black; 40.9% white; 3.4% Hispanic; 3.1% Asian; 3.0% other; 0.3% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+29[2]

Missouri's first congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes all of St. Louis City and much of northern St. Louis County, including the cities of Maryland Heights, University City, Ferguson and Florissant. The district is easily the most Democratic in Missouri, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+29; the next most Democratic district in the state, the Kansas City-based 5th, has a PVI of D+7.[2] It is roughly half African-American.

Its current representative is Democrat William Lacy Clay Jr., who was elected in 2001. Clay's father, Bill Clay, had previously represented the district for over 30 years. Cori Bush, a progressive Democrat and leader in the Ferguson protests, beat Clay in the August 4, 2020 primary. Bush lost the same primary in 2018 by 20 points to Clay.[3]

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1847
James B. Bowlin	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Redistricted from the at-large district. [data unknown/missing]
John F. Darby	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas Hart Benton	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Lost re-election.
Luther M. Kennett	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
Francis P. Blair Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing]
John R. Barret	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – June 8, 1860	36th	Lost contested election
Francis P. Blair Jr.	Republican	June 8, 1860 – June 25, 1860		Won contested election, Resigned.
Vacant		June 25, 1860 – October 3, 1860
John R. Barret	Democratic	October 3, 1860 – March 3, 1861		Elected to finish Blair's term. [data unknown/missing]
Francis P. Blair Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1861 – June 10, 1864	37th 38th	Lost contested election
Samuel Knox	Unconditional Unionist	June 10, 1864 – March 3, 1865	38th	Won contested election
John Hogan	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data unknown/missing]
William A. Pile	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	[data unknown/missing]
Erastus Wells	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Edwin O. Stanard	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Edward C. Kehr	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Anthony F. Ittner	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing]
Martin L. Clardy	Democratic	March 3, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 10th district.
William H. Hatch	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895	48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd	Redistricted from the 12th district. [data unknown/missing]
Charles N. Clark	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1897 – June 1, 1897	55th
James T. Lloyd	Democratic	June 1, 1897 – March 3, 1917	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Elected after the death of member-elect Richard P. Giles.
Milton A. Romjue	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]
Frank C. Millspaugh	Republican	March 4, 1921 – December 5, 1922	67th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		December 5, 1922 – March 3, 1923	67th
Milton A. Romjue	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the at-large district.
District inactive		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	All representatives elected at-large on a general ticket
Milton A. Romjue	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943	74th 75th 76th 77th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1934. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel W. Arnold	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing]
Clare Magee	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing]
Frank M. Karsten	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1969	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	Redistricted from the 13th district. [data unknown/missing]
Bill Clay	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 2001	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th	Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired.
Lacy Clay	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – present	107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Lost renomination.

Recent election results from presidential races

Year	Results	Winning party
2000	Al Gore 72 – George W. Bush 26%	Democratic
2004	John Kerry 75 – George W. Bush 25%	Democratic
2008	Barack Obama 80 – John McCain 19%	Democratic
2012	Barack Obama 80 – Mitt Romney 19%	Democratic
2016	Hillary Clinton 77 – Donald Trump 19%	Democratic

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

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References

Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "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.
Summer Ballentine (August 5, 2020). "Protest leader Bush ousts 20-year US Rep. Clay in Missouri". Associated Press.

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.

External links

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

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] Summer Ballentine (August 5, 2020). "Protest leader Bush ousts 20-year US Rep. Clay in Missouri". Associated Press.