Missouri's 6th congressional district

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.
"MO-6" redirects here. MO-6 may also refer to Missouri Route 6.
Missouri's 6th congressional district
Missouri's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Sam Graves
R–Tarkio
Median income$58,778[1]
Cook PVIR+16[2]

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

See also

References
  1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=29&cd=06
  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

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