Missouri's 1st congressional district

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Missouri's 1st congressional district
Missouri's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D–St. Louis)
Distribution	99.21% urban, 0.79% rural
Population (2010)	739,775
Median income	$36,314
Ethnicity	46.9% White, 49.8% Black, 1.5% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	D+27

Missouri's first congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes all of St. Louis City and much of northern St. Louis County.

Its current representative is Democrat William Lacy Clay, Jr., who was elected in 2001. Clay's father, Bill Clay, had previously represented the district for over thirty years.

List of representatives

Congress	Years	Representative	Party	Notes
District created March 4, 1847
30th-31st	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	James B. Bowlin	Democratic	Redistricted from the At-large district
32nd	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	John F. Darby	Whig
33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Thomas Hart Benton	Democratic
34th	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	Luther M. Kennett	Opposition
35th	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	Francis P. Blair, Jr.	Republican
36th	March 4, 1859 – June 8, 1860	John R. Barret	Democratic	Lost contested election
	June 8, 1860- June 25, 1860	Francis P. Blair, Jr.	Republican	Won contested election, Resigned
	June 25, 1860 – October 3, 1860	Vacant
	October 3, 1860 – March 3, 1861	John R. Barret	Democratic
37th-38th	March 4, 1861 – June 10, 1864	Francis P. Blair, Jr.	Republican	Lost contested election
38th	June 10, 1864 – March 3, 1865	Samuel Knox	Unconditional Unionist	Won contested election
39th	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	John Hogan	Democratic
40th	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	William A. Pile	Republican
41st-42nd	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	Erastus Wells	Democratic	Redistricted to the 2nd district
43rd	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Edwin O. Stanard	Republican
44th	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	Edward C. Kehr	Democratic
45th	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Anthony F. Ittner	Republican
46th-47th	March 3, 1879 – March 3, 1883	Martin L. Clardy	Democratic	Redistricted to the 10th district
48th-53rd	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895	William H. Hatch	Democratic	Redistricted from the 12th district
54th	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	Charles N. Clark	Republican
55th	March 4, 1897 – June 1, 1897	Vacant
55th-64th	June 1, 1897 – March 3, 1917	James T. Lloyd	Democratic	Elected after death of Rep-elect Richard P. Giles
65th-66th	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921	75px Milton A. Romjue	Democratic
67th	March 4, 1921 – December 5, 1922	Frank C. Millspaugh	Republican	Resigned
	December 5, 1922 – March 4, 1923	Vacant
68th-72nd	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	75px Milton A. Romjue	Democratic	Redistricted to the At-large district
73rd	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
74th-77th	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943	75px Milton A. Romjue	Democratic	Redistricted to the At-large district
78th-80th	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	75px Samuel W. Arnold	Republican
81st-82nd	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Clare Magee	Democratic
83rd-90th	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1969	Frank M. Karsten	Democratic	Redistricted from the 13th district
91st-106th	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 2001	Bill Clay	Democratic
107th-Present	January 3, 2001 – present	Lacy Clay	Democratic

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Missouri's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/
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