Missouri's 6th congressional district

Missouri's 6th congressional district
	Missouri's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Sam Graves; R–Tarkio
Median income	$58,778[1]
Cook PVI	R+16[2]

Missouri's 6th congressional district takes in a large swath of land in northern Missouri, stretching across nearly the entire width of the state from Kansas to Illinois. Its largest voting population is centered in the northern portion of the Kansas City metropolitan area and the town of St. Joseph. The district includes nearly all of Kansas City north of the Missouri River (including Kansas City International Airport).

Rep. Graves (left) with George W. Bush at the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri. March, 2007.

The district takes in all or parts of the following counties: Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, De Kalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Jackson, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Marion, Mercer, Monroe, Nodaway, Pike, Platte, Putnam, Ralls, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, Sullivan, Worth.

Notable representatives from the district include governors John Smith Phelps and Austin A. King as well as Kansas City Mayor Robert T. Van Horn. In 1976, Jerry Litton was killed on election night as he flew to a victory party after winning the Democratic nomination for United States Senate. The visitors center at Smithville Lake is named in Litton's memory. Democrat Pat Danner, a former aid to Jerry Litton, won the seat in 1992 becoming the first woman to be elected in the district defeating a 16-year Republican incumbent.

George W. Bush beat John Kerry in this district 57%-43% in 2004. The district is represented by Republican Sam Graves, who has held the seat since 2001. Graves easily held on to his seat what was expected to be a tough 2008 election, defeating former Kansas City mayor Kay Waldo Barnes by 22 percentage points.

Historically, the 6th was not safe for either party. However, in recent years, it has trended Republican, mirroring the increasingly conservative bent of the more rural areas of Missouri that historically voted for Yellow Dog Democrats. But recent trends in the suburbs of Kansas City could make the district more competitive.

Redistricting following 2010 Census

After Missouri lost a Congressional seat following the 2010 Census (in part because of losses in population in several rural northern Missouri counties), the 6th was expanded to include most of Missouri north of the Missouri River, stretching from border to border from Kansas to Illinois. The biggest geographic addition was in northeast Missouri (including Kirksville, Missouri and Hannibal, Missouri), which used to be the northern half of the old 9th district.[3]

The 6th lost Cooper and Howard counties to the 4th district, and Gladstone in southwestern Clay County to the 5th district.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1853
John S. Phelps	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1863	33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th	Redistricted from the 5th district. [data unknown/missing]
Austin A. King	Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert T. Van Horn	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39th 40th 41st	[data unknown/missing]
Abram Comingo	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 8th district.
Harrison E. Havens	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 4th district. [data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Morgan	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]
James R. Waddill	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing]
Ira S. Hazeltine	Greenback	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
John Cosgrove	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
John T. Heard	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893	49th 50th 51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.
David A. De Armond	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – November 23, 1909	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st	Redistricted from the 12th district. Died.
Vacant		November 23, 1909 – February 1, 1910	61st
Clement C. Dickinson	Democratic	February 1, 1910 – March 3, 1921	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	Elected to finish De Armond's term. [data unknown/missing]
William O. Atkeson	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
Clement C. Dickinson	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68th 69th 70th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas J. Halsey	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	[data unknown/missing]
Clement C. Dickinson	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the At-large district
None		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
Reuben T. Wood	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	74th 75th 76th	Redistricted from the At-large district
Philip A. Bennett	Republican	January 3, 1941 – December 7, 1942	77th	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Died.
Vacant		December 7, 1942 – January 12, 1943	77th 78th
Marion T. Bennett	Republican	January 12, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78th 79th 80th	Elected to finish his father's term. [data unknown/missing]
George H. Christopher	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	[data unknown/missing]
Orland K. Armstrong	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	82nd	[data unknown/missing]
William C. Cole	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	83rd	[data unknown/missing]
William Raleigh Hull Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1973	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	[data unknown/missing]
Jerry Litton	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – August 3, 1976	93rd 94th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. senator. Died.
Vacant		August 3, 1976 – November 2, 1976	94th
Tom Coleman	Republican	November 2, 1976 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected to finish Litton's term. Lost re-election.
Pat Danner	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	103rd 104th 105th 106th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Sam Graves	Republican	January 3, 2001 – present	107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2000.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results	Political parties that won the district
2000	President	George W. Bush 53 - Al Gore 44%	Republican Party (United States)
2004	President	George W. Bush 57 - John Kerry 42%	Republican Party (United States)
2008	President	John McCain 54 - Barack Obama 45%	Republican Party (United States)
2012	President	Mitt Romney 60 - Barack Obama 38%	Republican Party (United States)
2016	President	Donald Trump 63 - Hillary Clinton 32%	Republican Party (United States)

Election results

1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004• 2006• 2008

1996

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 1996[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Danner	169,006	68.6%
	Republican	Jeff Bailey	72,064	29.3%
	Libertarian	Karl H. Wetzel	5,212	2.1%
Total votes			246,282	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

1998

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 1998[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Danner (Incumbent)	136,774	70.9%
	Republican	Jeff Bailey	51,679	26.8%
	Libertarian	Karl H. Wetzel	4,324	2.2%
Total votes			129,777	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

2000

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2000[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel B. Graves, Jr.	138,925	50.9%
	Democratic	Steve Danner	127,792	46.8%
	Libertarian	Jimmy Dykes	3,696	1.4%
	Independent	Marie Richey	2,788	1.0%
Total votes			273,201	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

2002

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2002[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (Incumbent)	131,151	63.0%
	Democratic	Cathy Rinehart	73,202	35.2%
	Libertarian	Erik Buck	3,735	1.8%
Total votes			208,088	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2004

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2004[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (Incumbent)	196,516	63.83%
	Democratic	Charles S. Broomfield	106,987	34.75%
	Libertarian	Erik Buck	4,352	1.41%
Total votes			307,885	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2006

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2006[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (Incumbent)	150,882	61.64%
	Democratic	Sara Jo Shettles	87,477	35.73%
	Libertarian	Erik Buck	4,757	1.94%
	Progressive	Shirley A. Yurkonis	1,679	0.69%
Total votes			244,795	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2008

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2008[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (Incumbent)	196,526	59.4%
	Democratic	Kay Barnes	121,894	36.9%
	Libertarian	Dave Browning	12,279	3.7%
Total votes			330,699	100%
Majority			62,353	18.8%
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

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References

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=29&cd=06
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
1996 Election Results
1998 Election Results
2000 Election Results
2002 Election Results
Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 2005-2006, page 637
Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 2007-2008, page 649
2008 Election Results

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
https://web.archive.org/web/20131013222920/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=29&cd=06

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

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] 1996 Election Results

[5] 1998 Election Results

[6] 2000 Election Results

[7] 2002 Election Results

[8] Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 2005-2006, page 637

[9] Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 2007-2008, page 649

[10] 2008 Election Results