Oklahoma's 1st congressional district

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Oklahoma's 1st congressional district
Current Representative		John A. Sullivan (R–Tulsa)
Distribution	89.63% urban, 10.37% rural
Population (2000)	690,131
Median income	$38,610
Ethnicity	76.1% White, 9.4% Black, 1.4% Asian, 5.3% Hispanic, 5.9% Native American, 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+16

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.

As of 2010^[update], the district is represented by Republican John Sullivan.

Demographics

According to U.S. Census data, the district is 89.63 percent urban, 20.18 percent non-white, and has a population that is 5.32 percent Latino and 4.70 percent foreign-born.^[1]

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	McCain 64% - 36%
2004	President	Bush 65% - 35%
2000	President	Bush 62% - 38%

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, but has more recently leaned Republican, with the last three representatives from the GOP party. George W. Bush received 65 percent of the vote in this district in 2004.

List of representatives

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	District residence	Notes
District created		November 16, 1907
Bird Segle McGuire	November 16, 1907	March 4, 1915	Republican	Tulsa
James S. Davenport	March 4, 1915	March 4, 1917	Democratic		Redistricted from the 3rd district
Thomas Alberter Chandler	March 4, 1917	March 4, 1919	Republican
Everette B. Howard	March 4, 1919	March 4, 1921	Democratic
Thomas Alberter Chandler	March 4, 1921	March 4, 1923	Republican
Everette B. Howard	March 4, 1923	March 4, 1925	Democratic
Samuel J. Montgomery	March 4, 1925	March 4, 1927	Republican
Everette B. Howard	March 4, 1927	March 4, 1929	Democratic
Charles O'Connor	March 4, 1929	March 4, 1931	Republican	Tulsa
Wesley E. Disney	March 4, 1931	January 3, 1945	Democratic
George Schwabe	January 3, 1945	January 3, 1949	Republican	Nowata
Dixie Gilmer	January 3, 1949	January 3, 1951	Democratic	Tulsa
George Schwabe	January 3, 1951	April 2, 1952	Republican	Nowata	Died
Vacant		April 2, 1952 – January 3, 1953
Page Belcher	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1973	Republican	Enid, then Tulsa	Redistricted from the 8th district
James Robert Jones	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1987	Democratic	Tulsa
Jim Inhofe	January 3, 1987	November 15, 1994	Republican	Tulsa	Resigned after being elected to the US Senate
Vacant		November 15, 1994 – November 29, 1994
Steve Largent	November 29, 1994	February 15, 2002	Republican	Tulsa	Resigned to run for Governor
John Sullivan	February 15, 2002	present	Republican	Tulsa	Incumbent

References

1. ^ Rep. Sullivan: District Demographics, That's My Congress (accessed May 11, 2010).
2. ^ Carney, George O., "McGuire, Bird Segle," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed May 28, 2010).

• 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