Oklahoma's 1st congressional district

Oklahoma's 1st congressional district

Oklahoma's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Jim Bridenstine (R–Tulsa)
Distribution
  • 89.63% urban
  • 10.37% rural
Population (2010) 754,310
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+17[1]

Oklahoma's First Congressional District is in the northeastern corner of the state and borders Kansas. It is largely coextensive with the Tulsa metropolitan area. It includes all of Tulsa County, Washington County, Wagoner County, and parts of Rogers County and Creek County. Although it has long been reckoned as the Tulsa district, a small portion of Tulsa itself is located in the 3rd District.

Principal cities in the district (other than Tulsa) include Bartlesville, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, Sand Springs, and Wagoner.

The district is represented by Republican Jim Bridenstine.

Demographics

According to U.S. Census data as of 2010, whites alone make up 67.1% of the population, Afro-Americans 9.0%, Native Americans at 6.6%, Hispanics at 9.8%, Asians at 2.1 and other races at 5.4%.

Results from recent statewide elections

Year Office Results
2000 President Bush 62% - 38%
2004 President Bush 65% - 35%
2008 President McCain 64% - 36%
2012 President Romney 66% - 34%

History

The district was the only Congressional district represented by a Republican upon statehood.[2] For much of the district's history, it has shifted back and forth between the two political parties. However, it has leaned increasingly Republican since the second half of the 20th century. Since 1945, only one Democrat has served more than one term in the district. It has been in Republican hands without interruption since 1987. Mitt Romney received 66 percent of the vote in this district in 2012.

Oklahoma's current senior Senator, Jim Inhofe, represented this district from 1987 to 1994. His three successors, Steve Largent, John Sullivan and Jim Bridenstine, have all been Republicans.

List of representatives

Representative Years Party Notes
District created
Bird Segle McGuire Republican November 16, 1907 –
March 4, 1915		 First elected in 1907.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Retired.
James S. Davenport Democratic March 4, 1915 –
March 4, 1917		 Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected here in 1914
Lost re-election.
Thomas Alberter Chandler Republican March 4, 1917 –
March 4, 1919		 Elected in 1916.
Lost re-election.
Everette B. Howard Democratic March 4, 1919 –
March 4, 1921		 Elected in 1918.
Lost re-election.
Thomas Alberter Chandler Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 4, 1923		 Again elected in 1920.
Lost re-election.
Everette B. Howard Democratic March 4, 1923 –
March 4, 1925		 Elected in 1922.
Lost re-election.
Samuel J. Montgomery Republican March 4, 1925 –
March 4, 1927		 Elected in 1924.
Lost re-election.
Everette B. Howard Democratic March 4, 1927 –
March 4, 1929		 Elected in 1926.
Lost re-election.
Charles O'Connor Republican March 4, 1929 –
March 4, 1931		 Elected in 1928.
Lost re-election.
Wesley E. Disney Democratic March 4, 1931 –
January 3, 1945		 First elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
George Schwabe Republican January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1949		 First elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.
Dixie Gilmer Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951		 Elected in 1948.
Lost re-election.
George Schwabe Republican January 3, 1951 –
April 2, 1952		 Again elected in 1950.
Died
Vacant
Page Belcher Republican January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1973		 Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected here in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-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.
Retired.
James Robert Jones Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1987		 First elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
Jim Inhofe Republican January 3, 1987 –
November 15, 1994		 First elected in 1986
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Retired to run for U.S. Senate, and resigned when he won.
Vacant
Steve Largent Republican November 29, 1994 –
February 15, 2002		 First elected to finish Inhofe's term and to the next term.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Resigned to run for Governor
John Sullivan Republican February 15, 2002 –
January 3, 2013		 First elected to finish Largent's term.
Re-elected in November 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Lost renomination.
Jim Bridenstine Republican January 3, 2013 –
present		 First elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ Carney, George O., "McGuire, Bird Segle," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived May 31, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. (accessed May 28, 2010).

Coordinates: 36°12′N 95°48′W / 36.2°N 95.8°W / 36.2; -95.8

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