West Virginia's 1st congressional district



























West Virginia's 1st congressional district

West Virginia US Congressional District 1 (since 2013).tif
West Virginia's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.

U.S. Representative


 
David McKinley
R–Wheeling
Population (2010) 615,991
Median income $47,450[1]
Ethnicity

  • 96.4% White

  • 1.8% Black

  • 0.7% Asian

  • 0.7% Hispanic

  • 0.2% Native American

  • 0.1% other

Cook PVI R+19[2]

West Virginia's 1st congressional district is located in the northern part of the state. It is the most regularly drawn of the state's three districts.


It includes the industrial Rust Belt area of the state's northern panhandle which includes the district's third largest city, Wheeling, as well as Fairmont, Clarksburg, and the college town of Morgantown, the home of the main campus of West Virginia University. The largest city in the district is Parkersburg; the second largest is Morgantown. It also includes many rural farm and timber producing areas. The district has almost no population change reported in the 2010 Census change relative to the other 2 districts, as growth around Morgantown and Parkersburg offset population loss elsewhere, and the district was carried over unchanged for the next ten-year cycle.


The district is currently represented by David McKinley, a Republican who has represented the district since 2011.


West Virginia has tended to give its congressmen very long tenures in Washington, and the 1st District is no exception. Only four men have represented the district since 1953: Bob Mollohan (D) (1953–1957), former Governor Arch Moore, Jr. (R) (1957–1969), Bob Mollohan again (1969–1983), Alan Mollohan (1983–2011) and McKinley.


Despite the lack of turnover in the congressional seat, historically the 1st was not safe for either party. The cities are ancestrally Democratic strongholds, while the rural areas are much more conservative and have a tendency to swing Republican more often. As late as 2014, state legislators were roughly split between both parties.


Historically, the district has been very Democratic, mirroring the state as a whole. However, West Virginia Democrats tend to be somewhat more socially conservative than their counterparts in the rest of the nation, and the district has been swept up in the growing Republican trend in the state at the national level. No Democrat since Bill Clinton (who did so by a plurality in a three-way race) has carried the 1st District in presidential elections. George W. Bush carried the district both times in 2000 with 54% of the vote and 2004 with 58% of the vote. John McCain carried the district in 2008 with 56.77% of the vote while Barack Obama received 41.51%.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Recent presidential elections


  • 3 List of representatives


  • 4 Historical district boundaries


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References





History


The First District has always been anchored in Wheeling, and as such has always included Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, and Wetzel counties[3]–the five counties usually reckoned as the Northern Panhandle. The original 1863 districting included also Tyler, Pleasants, Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Wood, Wirt, Gilmer, Calhoun and Lewis counties.[3] It was essentially the successor of Virginia's 11th congressional district.


In 1882, the counties of Tyler, Doddridge, Harrison, Gilmer, Lewis and Braxton were added to the core counties.[3] In 1902, the core counties were joined by Marion, Harrison, and Lewis counties.[3] In the 1916 redistricting it included only the five core counties and Marion and Taylor.[3] The district was unchanged in the 1934 and 1954 redistrictings.[3] In 1962, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion and Taylor joined the five core counties.[3] The 1972 redistricting added Tyler, Pleasants, and Woods and deleted Taylor.[3] The 1982 redistricting added Taylor back to the district.[3]


1992 began the district as currently constituted, consisting of Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Wetzel and Wood counties.[3] In 2002 Gilmer was added.[3] For the election cycle that begins in 2012 the district was unchanged.[3]



Recent presidential elections


































Election results from presidential races
Year
Office
Results
2000

President

Bush 54 - 43%
2004

President

Bush 58 - 42%
2008

President

McCain 57 - 42%
2012

President

Romney 62 - 36%
2016

President

Trump 68 - 26%




List of representatives























































































































































































Representative
Party
Years
Electoral history
District created
December 17, 1863

Jacob B. Blair.jpg Jacob B. Blair

Unconditional Unionist
December 17, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
Retired

Chester D. Hubbard.jpg Chester D. Hubbard

Unconditional Unionist
March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867
Lost re-election

Republican
March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1869

Isaac Harding Duval.jpg Isaac H. Duval

Republican
March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871
Retired

JohnJDavisWV.jpg John J. Davis

Democratic
March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1875
Retired

BenjaminWilsonWV.jpg Benjamin Wilson

Democratic
March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1883
Lost re-election

Nathan Goff, Jr. - Brady-Handy.jpg Nathan Goff Jr.

Republican
March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1889
Retired

No image.svg John O. Pendleton

Democratic
March 4, 1889 –
February 26, 1890
Lost contested election

George W. Atkinson.gif George W. Atkinson

Republican
February 26, 1890 –
March 3, 1891
Retired

No image.svg John O. Pendleton

Democratic
March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1895
Lost renomination

BlackburnBDoverner.jpg Blackburn B. Dovener

Republican
March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1907
Lost renomination

No image.svg William P. Hubbard

Republican
March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1911
Retired

John William Davis.jpg John W. Davis

Democratic
March 4, 1911 –
August 29, 1913
Resigned to become U.S. Solicitor General
Vacant
August 29, 1913 –
October 14, 1913

Matthewneely.jpg Matthew M. Neely

Democratic
October 14, 1913 –
March 3, 1921
Lost re-election

BenjaminLRosenbloom.jpg Benjamin L. Rosenbloom

Republican
March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1925
Retired to run for U.S. Senate

Carl G. Bachmann.jpg Carl G. Bachmann

Republican
March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1933
Lost re-election

RobertLRamsay.jpg Robert L. Ramsay

Democratic
March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939
Lost re-election

No image.svg A. C. Schiffler

Republican
January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
Lost re-election

RobertLRamsay.jpg Robert L. Ramsay

Democratic
January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
Lost re-election

No image.svg A. C. Schiffler

Republican
January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
Lost re-election

Matthewneely.jpg Matthew M. Neely

Democratic
January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
Lost re-election

No image.svg Francis J. Love

Republican
January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
Lost re-election

RobertLRamsay.jpg Robert L. Ramsay

Democratic
January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1953
Lost renomination

Robert H. Mollohan.jpg Bob Mollohan

Democratic
January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1957
Retired to run for Governor

Arch A. Moore, Jr..jpg Arch A. Moore Jr.

Republican
January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1969
Retired to run for Governor

Robert H. Mollohan.jpg Bob Mollohan

Democratic
January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1983
Retired

Alan Mollohan, official 109th Congress photo.jpg Alan Mollohan

Democratic
January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 2011
Lost renomination

Davidmckinley.jpg David McKinley

Republican
January 3, 2011 –
Present

Elected in 2010


Historical district boundaries





2003 - 2013




See also




  • West Virginia's congressional districts

  • List of United States congressional districts




References





  1. ^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=54&cd=01


  2. ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ abcdefghijkl West Virginia Blue Book, pp. 534 (2012 edition)





  • 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



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