Connecticut's 1st congressional district

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Connecticut's 1st congressional district
Area	673 mi²
Distribution	93.4% urban, 6.6% rural
Population (2000)	681,113
Median income	$50,227
Ethnic composition	71.6% White, 12.6% Black, 2.4% Asian, 11.4% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI	D+14

Connecticut's 1st Congressional District is currently represented by Democrat John Larson, who has represented the district since 1999.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Municipalities 2 Demographics 3 Representatives 4 References

[edit] Geography

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The First District encompasses much of central Connecticut and includes municipalities within Hartford, Litchfield, and Middlesex counties.

The district has been considered the metropolitan Hartford district since its inception. The 2002 reapportionment caused certain more distant areas to be added to the district from the defunct Sixth District such as Bristol and Winsted, thus creating a more elongated district.

[edit] Municipalities

Barkhamsted Berlin Bloomfield Bristol Colebrook Cromwell East Granby East Hartford

East Windsor Glastonbury Granby Hartford Hartland Manchester Middletown New Hartford

Newington Portland Rocky Hill Southington South Windsor Torrington West Hartford

Wethersfield Winchester Windsor Windsor Locks

Source: Representative John B. Larson: First District. U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved on 2006-10-03.

[edit] Demographics

John Kerry defeated George W. Bush 60% to 39% in this district in 2004.

The district has the lowest Republican voter performance of the five Connecticut house seats and has elected only Democrats to the House since 1956.

Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 25, 2005[1]
Party		Active Voters	Inactive Voters	Total Voters	Percentage
	Democratic	156,784	11,392	168,176	40.39%
	Republican	71,932	3,348	75,280	18.08%
	Unaffiliated	161,327	11,299	172,626	41.46%
	Minor Parties	301	29	330	0.07%
Total		390,334	26,068	416,412	100%

2006 House Election

Democrat 154,539 (74%)

Republican 53,010 (26%)

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District organized from Connecticut's At-large congressional district in 1837
Isaac Toucey	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Joseph Trumbull	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843
Thomas H. Seymour	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845		Declined Nomination
James Dixon	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849
Loren P. Waldo	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851		Lost Re-election
Charles Chapman	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853		Retired to run for Governor
James T. Pratt	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855		Lost Re-election
Ezra Clark, Jr.	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857		Changed party
Ezra Clark, Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859		Lost Re-election
Dwight Loomis	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863		Retired
Henry C. Deming	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867		Lost Re-election
Richard D. Hubbard	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869		Declined Nomination
Julius L. Strong	Republican	March 4, 1869 – September 7, 1872		Died
Vacant		September 7, 1872 – December 2, 1872
Joseph R. Hawley	Republican	December 2, 1872 – March 3, 1875		Lost Re-election
George M. Landers	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Joseph R. Hawley	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881		Retired to run for US Senate
John R. Buck	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883		Lost Re-election
William W. Eaton	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885		Lost Re-election
John R. Buck	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887		Lost Re-election
Robert J. Vance	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889		Lost Re-election
William E. Simonds	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891		Lost Re-election
Lewis Sperry	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895		Lost Re-election
E. Stevens Henry	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913		Retired
Augustine Lonergan	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
P. Davis Oakey	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917		Lost Re-election
Augustine Lonergan	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921
E. Hart Fenn	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931		Retired
Augustine Lonergan	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
Herman P. Kopplemann	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939		Lost Re-election
William J. Miller	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941		Lost Re-election
Herman P. Kopplemann	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943		Lost Re-election
William J. Miller	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945		Lost Re-election
Herman P. Kopplemann	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947		Lost Re-election
William J. Miller	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949		Lost Re-election
Abraham A. Ribicoff	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953		Retired to run for US Senate
Thomas J. Dodd	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957		Retired to run for US Senate
Edwin H. May, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959		Lost Re-election
Emilio Q. Daddario	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971	Hartford	Retired
William R. Cotter	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – September 8, 1981	Hartford	Died
Vacant		September 9, 1981 – January 11, 1982
Barbara B. Kennelly	Democratic	January 12, 1982 – January 3, 1999	Hartford	Retired following an unsuccessful bid for governor
John Larson	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – present	East Hartford	Incumbent

[edit] References

v • d • e Connecticut's congressional districts At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 The 6th and At-large districts are obsolete. See also: Connecticut's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps