Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

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 Bryan Steil.

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Bryan Steil R–Janesville
Area	1,679.95 sq mi (4,351.1 km^2)
Distribution	15.87% rural
Population (2018 est.)	717,716[1]
Median income	$67,231[2]
Ethnicity	80% white[3] 10% Hispanic 6% black 2% Asian 2% other 0% Native American
Cook PVI	R+5[4]

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 Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012, 52.12%–47.88%.[5] It stayed Republican in 2016, with a majority of voters polling for Donald Trump.[6]

Recent election results from statewide races

Currently, this is a swing district that leans Republican.

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Al Gore 49% – George W. Bush 47%
2004	President	George W. Bush 54% – John Kerry 46%
2008	President	Barack Obama 51% – John McCain 48%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 52% – Barack Obama 47%
2016	President	Donald Trump 53% – Hillary Clinton 42%
	Senate	Ron Johnson 56% – Russ Feingold 42%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		June 5, 1848
William P. Lynde	Democratic	June 5, 1848 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected to the short term in 1848. Lost re-election.
Charles Durkee	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected to the regular term in 1848. [data unknown/missing]
Daniel Wells Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	33rd 34th	[data unknown/missing]
John F. Potter	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863	35th 36th 37th	[data unknown/missing]
James S. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862 general election. Withdrew from 1864 election. Defeated in 1866 general election.
Halbert E. Paine	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39th 40th 41st	[data unknown/missing]
Alexander Mitchell	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district.
Charles G. Williams	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883	43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
John Winans	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
Lucien Caswell	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	[data unknown/missing]
Clinton Babbitt	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing]
Henry A. Cooper	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1919	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing]
Clifford E. Randall	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry A. Cooper	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1931	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	[data unknown/missing] Died, elected to 72nd Congress, but died before serving
Vacant		March 1, 1931 – October 13, 1931
Thomas R. Amlie	Republican	October 13, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected to finish Cooper's term. [data unknown/missing]
George Washington Blanchard	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas R. Amlie	Progressive	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]
Stephen Bolles	Republican	January 3, 1939 – July 8, 1941	76th 77th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		July 8, 1941 – August 29, 1941
Lawrence H. Smith	Republican	August 29, 1941 – January 22, 1958	77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected to finish Bolles's term. Died.
Vacant		January 22, 1958 – January 3, 1959
Gerald T. Flynn	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry C. Schadeberg	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965	87th 88th	[data unknown/missing]
Lynn E. Stalbaum	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	89th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry C. Schadeberg	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971	90th 91st	[data unknown/missing]
Les Aspin	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 20, 1993	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Vacant		January 20, 1993 – May 4, 1993
Peter Barca	Democratic	May 4, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected to finish Aspin's term. Lost re-election.
Mark Neumann	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999	104th 105th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Paul Ryan	Republican	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2019	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Bryan Steil	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th	Elected in 2018.

References

1. "My Congressional District". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
2. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=55&cd=01
3. https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US5501-congressional-district-1-wi/
4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
5. Presidential Canvass Results
6. "White working-class voters flipped Wisconsin red". Retrieved June 29, 2018.

• 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

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Ohio's 8th congressional district	Home district of the Speaker October 29, 2015 – January 3, 2019	Succeeded by California's 12th congressional district