7th Congressional District of Alabama: Difference between revisions
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===Before 1992=== | ===Before 1992=== | ||
* [[Claude Harris, Jr]] (D), 1987 - 1993 | * [[Claude Harris, Jr]] (D), 1987 - 1993 | ||
* [[Richard | * [[Richard Shelby]] (D), 1979 - 1987 | ||
* [[Walter Flowers]] (D), 1973 - 1979 | * [[Walter Flowers]] (D), 1973 - 1979 | ||
* [[Tom Bevill]] (D), 1967 - 1973 | * [[Tom Bevill]] (D), 1967 - 1973 | ||
* [[James | * [[James Martin]], (R), 1965 - 1967 | ||
* [[Carl Elliott]] (D), 1949 - 1965 | * [[Carl Elliott]] (D), 1949 - 1965 | ||
* [[Carter Manasco]], (D), 1943 - 1949 | * [[Carter Manasco]], (D), 1943 - 1949 | ||
* [[Walter | * [[Walter Bankhead]] (D), 1941 - 1943 | ||
* [[Zadoc | * [[Zadoc Weatherford]] (D), 1939 - 1941 | ||
* [[William | * [[William Bankhead]] (D), 1933 - 1939 | ||
* [[Miles | * [[Miles Allgood]] (D), 1923 - 1933 | ||
* [[John | * [[John Burnett]] (D), 1899 - 1923 | ||
* [[Milford | * [[Milford Howard]] (Populist), 1895 - 1899 | ||
* [[William Henry Denson]] (D), 1893 - 1895 | * [[William Henry Denson]] (D), 1893 - 1895 | ||
* [[William | * [[William Forney]] (D), 1877 - 1893 | ||
* Unallocated during [[Civil War]] and [[Reconstruction]], 1861 - 1877 | * Unallocated during [[Civil War]] and [[Reconstruction]], 1861 - 1877 | ||
* [[Jabez Curry]] (D), 1857 - 1861 | * [[Jabez Curry]] (D), 1857 - 1861 | ||
Revision as of 12:22, 13 September 2010
The 7th Congressional District of Alabama is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. The 7th District is currently represented by Artur Davis.
The district was redrawn in 1992 to create the state's first majority African-American district. The boundaries enclose most of the "Black Belt" as well as predominantly African-American portions of Jefferson County and Birmingham. The demographics of the district have made it a Democratic Party stronghold while, at the same time, reducing the influence of traditionally Democratic black voters in other districts.
As of the 2000 U. S. Census, the 8,780 square-mile 7th District's population is 635,300, of which 61.7% are African-American. 72.2% live in urban areas (primarily Birmingham, Bessemer, Tuscaloosa, Selma and Demopolis). The district's median per capita income was $26,672.
Representation
Since 1992
- Artur Davis (D), 2003 -
- Earl F. Hilliard (D), 1993 - 2003
Before 1992
- Claude Harris, Jr (D), 1987 - 1993
- Richard Shelby (D), 1979 - 1987
- Walter Flowers (D), 1973 - 1979
- Tom Bevill (D), 1967 - 1973
- James Martin, (R), 1965 - 1967
- Carl Elliott (D), 1949 - 1965
- Carter Manasco, (D), 1943 - 1949
- Walter Bankhead (D), 1941 - 1943
- Zadoc Weatherford (D), 1939 - 1941
- William Bankhead (D), 1933 - 1939
- Miles Allgood (D), 1923 - 1933
- John Burnett (D), 1899 - 1923
- Milford Howard (Populist), 1895 - 1899
- William Henry Denson (D), 1893 - 1895
- William Forney (D), 1877 - 1893
- Unallocated during Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861 - 1877
- Jabez Curry (D), 1857 - 1861
- Sampson Willis Harris (D) 1855 - 1857
- James Ferguson Dowdell (D), 1853 - 1855
- Alexander White (Whig), 1851 - 1853
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon (D), 1844 - 1851
- Felix Grundy McConnell (D), 1843 - 1844