Virginia's 1st congressional district

Virginia's first congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia. It is a district with many upper middle class people in the Northern portion of the district and rural middle class people in the southern.

Virginia's 1st congressional district
Virginia's 1st congressional district boundaries from January 3, 2013 to January 3, 2017.
Representative	Rob Wittman R–Montross
Distribution	69.54% urban[1] 30.46% rural
Population (2016)	776,836[2]
Median income	$88,049[3]
Ethnicity	72.01% white 15.86% black 9.35% Hispanic 3.57% Asian 0.43% Native American
Cook PVI	R+8[4]

Virginian politicians now sometimes refer to it as "America's First District" since during the 20th century it included Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World. However, Jamestown Island and the historic settlement were redistricted to the 2nd congressional district in 2017.[5][6][7] Moreover, in the 18th and early 19th century, it comprised northwestern Virginia (that became Frederick County, Virginia as well as the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia after the American Civil War). For years, the first district also included the other two points of the Historic Triangle–Williamsburg, the longtime capital of the colony, and Yorktown, where the decisive battle of the Revolutionary War was fought.[8][9] The district continues to include major military installations, and has been represented by Republican Rob Wittman since 2007.

2016 redistricting

This image shows the 2016 court-ordered VA Congressional districts.

As of 2016, the adjacent 3rd district has been ruled unconstitutional. New districts have been drawn. [10][11]

Recent results in statewide elections

Year	Office	Results
1996	President	Dole 52%–40%[12]
	Senator	Warner 58%–42%[13]
1997	Governor	Gilmore 60%–38%[14]
	Lieutenant Governor	Hager 55%–40%[15]
	Attorney General	Earley 62%–38%[16]
2000	President	Bush 58%–39%[17]
	Senator	Allen 56%–44%[18]
2001	Governor	Earley 51%–49%[19]
	Lieutenant Governor	Katzen 53%–46%[20]
	Attorney General	Kilgore 66%–34%[21]
2002	Senator	Warner 85%–8%–6%[22]
2004	President	Bush 60%–39%[23]
2005	Governor	Kilgore 51%–46%[24]
	Lieutenant Governor	Bolling 56%–43%[25]
	Attorney General	McDonnell 56%–44%[26]
2006	Senator	Allen 54%–44%[27]
2008	President	McCain 51%–48%[28]
	Senator	Warner 61%–37%[29]
2009	Governor	McDonnell 65%–35%[30]
	Lieutenant Governor	Bolling 62%–38%[31]
	Attorney General	Cuccinelli 58%–42%[32]
2012	President	Romney 53%–45%[33]
	Senator	Allen 53%–47%[34]
2013	Governor	Cuccinelli 52%–41%–6%[35]
	Lieutenant Governor	Jackson 51%–49%[36]
	Attorney General	Obenshain 56%–44%[37]
2014	Senator	Gillespie 56%–42%[38]
2016	President	Trump 53%–40% [39]
2017	Governor	Gillespie 54%–44%[40]
2018	Senator	Stewart 49%–48%[41]

Area covered

It covers all or part of the following political subdivisions:

Counties

• Caroline
• Essex
• Fauquier
• Gloucester
• Hanover
• James City
• King and Queen
• King George
• King William
• Lancaster
• Mathews
• Middlesex
• New Kent
• Northumberland
• Prince William
• Richmond County
• Spotsylvania
• Stafford
• Westmoreland

Cities

The entirety of:

• Fredericksburg

Historic district boundaries

2003–2013

The Virginia First District started in 1788 covering the counties of Berkeley, Frederick, Hampshire, Hardy, Harrison, Monongalia, Ohio, Randolph and Shenandoah.[42] Of these only Shenandoah and Frederick Counties are in Virginia today; the rest are now part of West Virginia. The modern counties of Clarke, Warren and most of Page as well as the independent city of Winchester were included as part of Frederick and Shenandoah counties in 1788. In West Virginia all the current state north and east of a generalized line running from Wood County to Pocahontas County was in the congressional district. The one exception was that Pendleton County, West Virginia was in Virginia's 3rd congressional district.

In the redistribution which followed the 1850 census (in force 1853–1863), the First District comprised sixteen counties in eastern Virginia. The counties included (amongst others) Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Richmond, Warwick and Westmoreland. In an 1862 Union special election three out of the sixteen counties in the Union district supplied returns.

The First District is noted for its strong presence of military institutions, including the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Increasing numbers of military and retired voters have swung the district to the right.[43]

Recent election results

2000 Virginia's 1st congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	JoAnn Davis	151,344	57.5
	Democratic	Lawrence A. Davies	97,399	37.0
	Independent	Sharon A. Wood	9,652	3.7
	Independent	Josh Billings	4,082	1.6
	Write-ins		537	0.2
Total votes			263,014	100.00
	Republican hold

2002 Virginia's 1st congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	JoAnn Davis (Incumbent)	113,168	95.9
	Write-ins		4,829	4.1
Total votes			117,997	100.00
	Republican hold

2004 Virginia's 1st congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	JoAnn Davis (Incumbent)	225,071	78.6
	Independent	William A. Lee	57,434	20.0
	Write-ins		4,029	1.4
Total votes			286,534	100.00
	Republican hold

2006 Virginia's 1st congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	JoAnn Davis (Incumbent)	143,889	63.0
	Democratic	Shawn M. O'Donnell	81,083	35.5
	Independent	Marvin F. Pixton III	3,236	1.4
	Write-ins		326	0.1
Total votes			228,534	100.00
	Republican hold

2007 Virginia's 1st congressional district special election[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Wittman	42,772	60.8
	Democratic	Philip Forgit	26,282	37.3
	Independent	Lucky R. Narain	1,253	1.8
	Write-ins		75	0.1
Total votes			70,382	100.00
	Republican hold

2008 Virginia's 1st Congressional District election[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Wittman (Incumbent)	203,839	56.6
	Democratic	Bill Day	150,432	41.8
	Libertarian	Nathan Larson	5,265	1.5
	Write-in		756	0.2
Total votes			360,292	100
	Republican hold

2010 Virginia's 1st Congressional District election[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Wittman (Incumbent)	135,564	63.9
	Democratic	Krystal M. Ball	73,824	34.8
	Independent Greens	G. Gail Parker	2,544	1.2
	Write-in		304	0.1
Total votes			212,236	100
	Republican hold

2012 Virginia's 1st Congressional District election[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Wittman (Incumbent)	200,845	56.3
	Democratic	Adam M. Cook	147,036	41.2
	Independent Greens	G. Gail Parker	8,308	2.3
	Write-in		617	0.2
Total votes			356,806	100
	Republican hold

2014 Virginia's 1st Congressional District election[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Wittman (Incumbent)	131,851	62.9
	Democratic	Norm Mosher	72,054	34.4
	Independent Greens	G. Gail Parker	5,097	2.4
	Write-in		604	0.3
Total votes			209,606	100
	Republican hold

2016 Virginia's 1st Congressional District election[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Wittman (Incumbent)	230,213	59.86
	Democratic	Matt Rowe	140,785	36.61
	Independent	Glenda Parker	12,866	3.35
		Write-in	737	0.19
Total votes			384,601	100.00
	Republican hold

2018 Virginia's 1st Congressional District election[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Wittman (Incumbent)	183,250	55.18
	Democratic	Vangie Williams	148,464	44.70
		Write-in	387	0.12
Total votes			332,101	100.00
	Republican hold

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Alexander White	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	1st 2nd	Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Lost re-election.
Robert Rutherford	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th	Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Lost re-election.
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
Daniel Morgan	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	5th	Elected in 1797. Retired.
Robert Page	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	6th	Elected in 1799. Retired.
John Smith	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1801. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
John G. Jackson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – September 28, 1810	8th 9th 10th 11th	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Re-elected in 1809. Resigned.
Vacant		September 29, 1810 – December 20, 1810	11th
William McKinley	Democratic-Republican	December 21, 1810 – March 3, 1811		Elected in November 1810 to finish Jackson's term and seated December 21, 1810. Lost re-election.
Thomas Wilson	Federalist	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1811. Lost re-election.
John G. Jackson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Retired.
James Pindall	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – July 26, 1820	15th 16th	Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Resigned.
Vacant		July 27, 1820 – October 22, 1820	16th
Edward B. Jackson	Democratic-Republican	October 23, 1820 – March 3, 1823	16th 17th	Elected to finish Pindall's term and seated November 13, 1820. Re-elected in 1821. Retired.
Thomas Newton Jr.	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st	Redistricted from the 21st district and Re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Election invalidated.
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 9, 1830
George Loyall	Jackson	March 9, 1830 – March 3, 1831	21st	Won election contest. Lost re-election.
Thomas Newton Jr.	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
George Loyall	Jackson	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Francis Mallory	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Joel Holleman	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – December 1, 1840	26th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		December 2, 1840 – December 27, 1840
Francis Mallory	Whig	December 28, 1840 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected to finish Holleman's term. Retired.
Archibald Atkinson	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John S. Millson	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the Virginia's 2nd district.
Thomas H. Bayly	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – June 23, 1856	33rd 34th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		June 24, 1856 – November 30, 1856	34th
Muscoe R. H. Garnett	Democratic	December 1, 1856 – March 3, 1861	34th 35th 36th	Elected to finish Bayly's term. Retired.
Vacant		March 4, 1861 – October 24, 1861	37th
Joseph E. Segar	Unionist	October 24, 1861 – February 11, 1862		Elected late. Declared by the House to be not entitled to the seat.[51]
Vacant		February 11, 1862 – March 16, 1862
Joseph E. Segar	Unionist	March 16, 1862 – May 17, 1864	37th 38th	Elected to finish his own term.[51] Re-elected in 1863. Declared by the House to be not entitled to the seat.[51]
Vacant		May 17, 1864 – January 30, 1870	38th 39th 40th 41st	Civil War
Richard S. Ayer	Republican	January 31, 1870 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John Critcher	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
James B. Sener	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Beverly B. Douglas	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – December 22, 1878	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		December 23, 1878 – January 22, 1879	45th
Richard L. T. Beale	Democratic	January 23, 1879 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	Elected to finish Douglas's term. Retired.
George T. Garrison	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Robert M. Mayo	Readjuster	March 4, 1883 – March 20, 1884	48th	Election invalidated
George T. Garrison	Democratic	March 20, 1884 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Thomas Croxton	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Thomas H. B. Browne	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William A. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – April 17, 1918	52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		April 18, 1918 – July 2, 1918	65th
S. Otis Bland	Democratic	July 2, 1918 – March 3, 1933	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected to finish Jones's term. Re-elected in November 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the at-large seat.
District not used		March 4, 1933– January 3, 1935	73rd
S. Otis Bland	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – February 16, 1950	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Died.
Vacant		February 16, 1950 – May 2, 1950	81st
Edward J. Robeson Jr.	Democratic	May 2, 1950 – January 3, 1959	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected to finish Bland's term. Re-elected in November 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost renomination.
Thomas N. Downing	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired.
Paul Trible	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Herbert H. Bateman	Republican	January 3, 1983 – September 11, 2000	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th	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 and died.
Vacant		September 11, 2000 – January 3, 2001	106th
Jo Ann Davis	Republican	January 3, 2001 – October 6, 2007	107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Died.
Vacant		October 6, 2007 – December 11, 2007	110th
Rob Wittman	Republican	December 11, 2007 – Present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected to finish Davis's term. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.

See also

• Virginia's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts
• Virginia's 1st congressional district special election, 2007
• Virginia's 1st congressional district election, 2008
• Virginia's 1st congressional district election, 2010

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External links

• http://www.va1gop.org/
• http://www.1stcdvademocrats.info/
• http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd?state=VA&district=1