Oklahoma's 1st congressional district

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Oklahoma's 1st congressional district
Population (2000)	690,131
Median income	$38,610
Ethnic composition	76.1% White, 9.4% Black, 1.4% Asian, 5.3% Hispanic, 5.9% Native American, 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+13

Oklahoma's First Congressional District is in the northeastern corner of the state and it borders Kansas (to the north). It includes the Tulsa metropolitan area (as well as all of Tulsa County). It also includes Washington County, Wagoner County, and parts of Rogers County and Creek County.

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

As of 2006, the district is represented by Republican John Sullivan.

George W. Bush received 65% of the vote in this district in 2004.

[edit] List of representatives

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	District residence
Bird Segle McGuire	1907	1915	Republican	Tulsa
James S. Davenport	1915	1917	Democrat
Thomas Alberter Chandler	1917	1919	Republican
Everette B. Howard	1919	1921	Democrat
Thomas Alberter Chandler	1921	1923	Republican
Everette B. Howard	1923	1925	Democrat
Samuel J. Montomery	1925	1927	Republican
Everette B. Howard	1927	1929	Democrat
Charles O'Connor	1929	1931	Republican	Tulsa
Wesley E. Disney	1931	1945	Democrat
George Schwabe	1945	1949	Republican	Nowata
Dixie Gilmer	1949	1951	Democrat	Tulsa
George Schwabe	1951	1953	Republican	Nowata
Page Belcher	1953	1973	Republican	Tulsa
James Robert Jones	1973	1987	Democrat	Tulsa
Jim Inhofe	1987	1994	Republican	Tulsa
Steve Largent	1995	2002	Republican	Tulsa
John Sullivan	2002	currently serving	Republican	Tulsa

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