Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
District map as of 2002
Current Representative		Paul Ryan (R–Janesville)
Area	1,679.95 mi²
Distribution	84.13% urban, 15.87% rural
Population (2000)	670,458
Median income	$50,372
Ethnicity	90.1% White, 4.7% Black, 1.0% Asian, 5.7% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% other
Occupation	27.4% blue collar, 57.7% white collar, 14.9% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+1

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^[1]. The district's current Representative is Republican Paul Ryan.

A swing district, George W. Bush carried the district in 2004 with 53% of the vote but the district narrowly voted for Barack Obama over John McCain in 2008, 51.40-47.45%.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Notes
District created		June 5, 1848
William P. Lynde	Democratic	June 5, 1848 – March 3, 1849
Charles Durkee	Free Soil Party	March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853
Daniel Wells, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1857
John F. Potter	Republican	March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1863
James S. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1865
Halbert E. Paine	Republican	March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1871
Alexander Mitchell	Democratic	March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873	Redistricted to the 4th district
Charles G. Williams	Republican	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1883
John Winans	Democratic	March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885
Lucien Caswell	Republican	March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1891
Clinton Babbitt	Democratic	March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893
Henry A. Cooper	Republican	March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1919
Clifford E. Randall	Republican	March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1921
Henry A. Cooper	Republican	March 4, 1921 - March 1, 1931	Died
Vacant		March 1, 1931 - October 13, 1931
Thomas R. Amlie	Republican	October 13, 1931 - March 3, 1933
George Washington Blanchard	Republican	March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935
Thomas R. Amlie	Progressive	January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1939
Stephen Bolles	Republican	January 3, 1939 - July 8, 1941	Died
Vacant		July 8, 1941 - August 29, 1941
Lawrence H. Smith	Republican	August 29, 1941 - January 22, 1958	Died
Vacant		January 22, 1958 - January 3, 1959
Gerald T. Flynn	Democratic	January 3, 1959 - January 3, 1961
Henry C. Schadeberg	Republican	January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1965
Lynn E. Stalbaum	Democratic	January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1967
Henry C. Schadeberg	Republican	January 3, 1967 - January 3, 1971
Les Aspin	Democratic	January 3, 1971 - January 20, 1993	Resigned after being appointed United States Secretary of Defense
Vacant		January 20, 1993 - May 4, 1993
Peter W. Barca	Democratic	May 4, 1993 - January 3, 1995
Mark Neumann	Republican	January 3, 1995 - January 3, 1999
Paul Ryan	Republican	January 3, 1999 - Present	Incumbent

References

^ Map of Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District

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

External links

Paul Ryan's website

Wisconsin's congressional districts

All districts: Territory 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The 9th-11th districts are obsolete See also: Wisconsin's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps