Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southeastern Wisconsin, covering Kenosha County, Racine County and most of Walworth County, as well as portions of Rock County, Waukesha County and Milwaukee County. The district's current Representative is Republican Paul Ryan, the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, who was the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in the United States presidential election, 2012.

A swing district, it was carried by George W. Bush in 2004 with 53%; the district voted for Barack Obama over John McCain in 2008, 51.40-47.45%; and the district voted for Ryan's running mate Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012, 52.12%-47.88%.^[1]

List of representatives

Congress(es)	Representative	Party	Years	Notes
District created			June 5, 1848
30th	William P. Lynde	Democratic	June 5, 1848 – March 3, 1849
31st–32nd	Charles Durkee	Free Soil Party	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853
33rd–34th	Daniel Wells, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857
35th–37th	John F. Potter	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863
38th	James S. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
39th–41st	Halbert E. Paine	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871
42nd	Alexander Mitchell	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to the 4th district
43rd–47th	Charles G. Williams	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883
48th	John Winans	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
49th–51st	Lucien Caswell	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891
52nd	Clinton Babbitt	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
53rd–65th	Henry A. Cooper	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1919
66th	Clifford E. Randall	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
67th–71st	Henry A. Cooper	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1931	Died, elected to 72nd Congress, but died before serving
Vacant			March 1, 1931 – October 13, 1931
72nd	Thomas R. Amlie	Republican	October 13, 1931 – March 3, 1933
73rd	George Washington Blanchard	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
74th–75th	Thomas R. Amlie	Progressive	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939
76th–77th	Stephen Bolles	Republican	January 3, 1939 – July 8, 1941	Died
Vacant			July 8, 1941 – August 29, 1941
77th–85th	Lawrence H. Smith	Republican	August 29, 1941 – January 22, 1958	Died
Vacant			January 22, 1958 – January 3, 1959
86th	Gerald T. Flynn	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961
87th–88th	Henry C. Schadeberg	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965
89th	Lynn E. Stalbaum	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
90th–91st	Henry C. Schadeberg	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971
92nd–103rd	Les Aspin	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 20, 1993	Resigned after being appointed United States Secretary of Defense
Vacant			January 20, 1993 – May 4, 1993
103rd	Peter W. Barca	Democratic	May 4, 1993 – January 3, 1995
104th–105th	Mark Neumann	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999
106th–Current	Paul Ryan	Republican	January 3, 1999 – Incumbent

Competitiveness

The first district is a swing district.

Election results from presidential races:

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

As of April 2015, two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district are alive.

References

• 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

External links

• Paul Ryan's website

Coordinates: 42°41′43″N 88°02′47″W / 42.69528°N 88.04639°W / 42.69528; -88.04639