Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
	Wisconsin's 1st congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Representative
	Bryan Steil; R–Janesville
Area	1,679.95 sq mi (4,351.1 km2)
Distribution	15.87% rural;
Population (2019)	721,691
Median household; income	$68,695
Ethnicity	80% White; 10% Hispanic; 6% Black; 2% Asian; 2% other; 0% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+7

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 Bryan Steil.

Among the district's previous representatives are U.S. Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and Speaker of the House and 2012 Vice Presidential-nominee Paul Ryan.

A slightly Republican-leaning 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 Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012, 52.12%–47.88%.^[5] It stayed Republican in 2016, with a majority of voters polling for Donald Trump.^[6]

Recent election results from statewide races[]

Currently, it is a swing district that leans Republican.

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Al Gore 49% – George W. Bush 47%
2004	President	George W. Bush 54% – John Kerry 46%
2008	President	Barack Obama 51% – John McCain 48%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 52% – Barack Obama 47%
2016	President	Donald Trump 53% – Hillary Clinton 42%
2016	Senate	Ron Johnson 56% – Russ Feingold 42%
2018	Senate	Leah Vukmir 50% – Tammy Baldwin 49%
2020	President	Donald Trump 53% – Joe Biden 44%

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District
District created June 5, 1848					1st congressional district (red) used solely for the initial spring 1848 election.
William Pitt Lynde	Democratic	June 5, 1848 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected to the short term in 1848. Lost re-election.
Charles Durkee	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected to the regular term in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Retired.	1st congressional district (red) for the fall 1848 general election and every election through 1860.
Daniel Wells Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	33rd 34th	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Retired.
John F. Potter	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863	35th 36th 37th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Lost re-election.
James S. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. Withdrew from re-election.	1st congressional district (red) for the 1862 general election and every election through 1870.
Halbert E. Paine	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871	39th 40th 41st	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Retired.
Alexander Mitchell	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Charles G. Williams	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883	43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost re-election.	1st congressional district (red) for the 1872 general election and every election through 1880.
John Winans	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Retired to run for mayor of Janesville.
Lucien B. Caswell	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Lost renomination.
Clinton Babbitt	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Lost re-election.
Henry Allen Cooper	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1919	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost renomination and lost re-election as an independent.
Clifford E. Randall	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected in 1918. Lost renomination.
Henry Allen Cooper	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1931	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930 but died before next term began.
Vacant		March 1, 1931 – October 13, 1931	71st 72nd
Thomas Ryum Amlie	Republican	October 13, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected to finish Cooper's term. Lost renomination.
George Washington Blanchard	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	Elected in 1932. Renominated but withdrew prior to election.
Thomas Ryum Amlie	Progressive	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	74th 75th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Stephen Bolles	Republican	January 3, 1939 – July 8, 1941	76th 77th	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Died.
Vacant		July 8, 1941 – August 29, 1941	77th
Lawrence H. Smith	Republican	August 29, 1941 – January 22, 1958	77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected to finish Bolles's term. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Died.
Vacant		January 22, 1958 – January 3, 1959	85th
Gerald T. Flynn	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Elected in 1958. Lost re-election.
Henry C. Schadeberg	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965	87th 88th	Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
Lynn E. Stalbaum	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	89th	Elected in 1964. Lost re-election.
Henry C. Schadeberg	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971	90th 91st	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Lost re-election.
Les Aspin	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 20, 1993	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Vacant		January 20, 1993 – May 4, 1993	103rd
Peter W. Barca	Democratic	May 4, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected to finish Aspin's term. Lost re-election.
Mark Neumann	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999	104th 105th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Paul Ryan	Republican	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2019	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired.
Bryan Steil	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results[]

2012[]

Wisconsin 1st Congressional District 2012 ^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Ryan (Incumbent)	200,423	54.90
	Democratic	Rob Zerban	158,414	43.39
	Libertarian	Keith Deschler	6,054	1.66
	none	Scattering	167	0.05
Total votes			365,058	100.0

2014[]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2014^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Ryan (incumbent)	182,316	63.3
	Democratic	Rob Zerban	105,552	36.6
	N/A	Write-ins	302	0.1
Total votes			288,170	100.0
	Republican hold

2016[]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2016^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Ryan (incumbent)	230,072	64.9
	Democratic	Ryan Solen	107,003	30.2
	Independent	Spencer Zimmerman	9,429	2.7
	Libertarian	Jason Lebeck	7,486	2.1
	N/A	Write-ins	255	0.1
Total votes			354,245	100.0
	Republican hold

2018[]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2018^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryan Steil	177,492	54.6
	Democratic	Randy Bryce	137,508	42.2
	Independent	Ken Yorgan	10,006	3.1
	Independent	Joseph Kexel (write-in)	7	0.0
	N/A	Write-ins	304	0.1
Total votes			325,317	100.0
	Republican hold

2020[]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, 2020^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryan Steil (incumbent)	238,271	59.3
	Democratic	Roger Polack	163,170	40.6
	Write-in		313	0.1
Total votes			401,754	100.0
	Republican hold

References[]

^ "My Congressional District". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ "Census profile: Congressional District 1, WI". Census Reporter.
^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ "Presidential Canvass Results".
^ "White working-class voters flipped Wisconsin red". Retrieved June 29, 2018.
^ "Wisconsin Government Accountability Board County by County Congress Seats" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. November 21, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
^ Scatterings votes are included as they were reported to the Clerk of the House of Representatives"Election Statistics US House of Representatives - 2012". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
^ "Wisconsin Statewide Results General Election - November 4, 2014 Official Results". Wisconsin Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
^ "Wisconsin Elections Commission". Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ "Canvass Results for 2020 General Election" (PDF). Wisconsin Elections Commission. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

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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

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Ohio's 8th congressional district	Home district of the Speaker October 29, 2015 – January 3, 2019	Succeeded by California's 12th congressional district

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

[Census-1] "My Congressional District". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

[2] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[3] "Census profile: Congressional District 1, WI". Census Reporter.

[Cook-4] "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[5] "Presidential Canvass Results".

[6] "White working-class voters flipped Wisconsin red". Retrieved June 29, 2018.

[WGAB-7] "Wisconsin Government Accountability Board County by County Congress Seats" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. November 21, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2013.

[ScatNote-8] Scatterings votes are included as they were reported to the Clerk of the House of Representatives"Election Statistics US House of Representatives - 2012". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.

[Generalelection-9] "Wisconsin Statewide Results General Election - November 4, 2014 Official Results". Wisconsin Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

[General-10] "Wisconsin Elections Commission". Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.

[clerk2018-11] Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

[WIgenr-12] "Canvass Results for 2020 General Election" (PDF). Wisconsin Elections Commission. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

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