Georgia's 1st congressional district

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Georgia's 1st congressional district
Population (2000) 629,761
Median income $36,158
Ethnic composition 72.6% White, 22.7% Black, 0.9% Asian, 4.1% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI R+14

Georgia's 1st Congressional District has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by Jack Kingston (Republican) since 1993.

The 1st District comprises the entire coastal area of Sea Islands, where many of the large cotton and rice plantations flourished in the nineteenth century, and much of the rural southeastern part of the state. This section of the South was solidly Democratic country for many years after General Sherman's troops marched through Georgia, but voters here are conservative on cultural, military, and economic issues. In addition to Savannah, the district includes a few modest-sized towns such as Brunswick, Waycross, and Valdosta. However, much of the district is rural, with cotton and tobacco fields. There are five military bases in the district: Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, at Kings Bay in Camden County, Fort Stewart, near Hinesville in Liberty County, Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, and Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta.

Georgia's First was the first congressional district featured on The Colbert Report's 434 part series "Better Know A District" segment on October 18, 2005.

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The district in the form used in the 2002 and 2004 elections.
The district in the form used in the 2002 and 2004 elections.
Years Congress Representative Party Notes
1789–1799 1st–5th Abraham Baldwin
1799–1801 6th James Jones Federalist
1801–1803 7th John Milledge Democratic-Republican
1803–1807 8th–9th Peter Early Democratic-Republican
1807–1811 10th–11th Howell Cobb Democratic-Republican
1811–1815 12th–13th William Barnett Democratic-Republican
1815–1817 14th Richard H. Wilde Democratic-Republican
1817–1825 15th–18th Joel Abbott Democratic-Republican
1825–1831 19th–21st Charles E. Hayes
1831–1833 22nd Daniel Newman
1833–1836 23rd–24th John E. Coffee Democratic-Republican
1836–1841 24th–26th William Crosby Dawson Whig
1841–1844 27th–28th Mark A. Cooper [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic
1844–1845 28th Alexander H. Stevens Whig
1845–1849 29th–30th Thomas B. King Whig
1849–1853 31st–32nd Joseph W. Jackson Democratic
1853–1859 33rd–35th James L. Seward Democratic
1859–1861 36th Peter Early Love Democratic
1861–1867 Civil War and Reconstruction
1867–1869 40th Joseph W. Clift Republican
1869–1871 41st William W. Paine Democratic
1871–1873 42nd Archibal T. MacIntyre Democratic
1873–1874 43rd Morgan Rawls Democratic
1874–1875 43rd Andrew Sloan Republican
1875–1877 44th Julian Hartridge Democratic
1877–1879 45th William Bennett Fleming Democratic
1879–1881 46th John C. Nicholls Democratic
1881–1883 47th George R. Black Democratic
1883–1885 48th John C. Nicholls Democratic
1885–1889 49th–50th Thomas M. Norwood Democratic
1889–1905 51st–58th Rufus E. Lester Democratic
1905–1907 59th James W. Overstreet Democratic
1907–1917 60th–64th Charles G. Edwards Democratic
1917–1923 65th–67th James W. Overstreet Democratic
1923–1925 68th R. Lee Moore Democratic
1925–1931 69th–71st Charles G. Edwards Democratic
1931–1935 72nd–73rd Homer C. Parker Democratic
1935–1947 74th–79th Hugh Peterson Democratic
1947–1961 80th–86th Prince H. Preston Jr. Democratic
1961–1973 87th–92nd G. Elliot Hagan Democratic
1973–1983 93rd–97th Ronald B. Ginn Democratic
1983–1993 98th–102nd Robert Lindsey Thomas Democratic
1993–present 103rd–110th Jack Kingston Republican
Preceded by
None		 The Colbert Report's Better Know A District Succeeded by
Massachusetts 4th

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