Georgia's 1st congressional district
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Represented by Jack Kingston.
The 1st District comprises the entire coastal area of Sea Islands, where many of the large cotton and rice plantations flourished in the nineteenth century, and much of the rural southeastern part of the state. This section of the South was solidly Democratic country for many years after General Sherman’s troops marched through Georgia, but voters here are conservative on cultural, military, and economic issues. In addition to Savannah, the district includes a few modest-sized towns such as Warner Robins, Brunswick, Waycross, and Valdosta. However, much of the district is rural, with cotton and tobacco fields. There are five military bases in the district: Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, at Kings Bay in Camden County, Fort Stewart, near Hinesville in Liberty County, Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, and Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta.
Featured on The Colbert Report's "Better Know A District" segment on October 18, 2005.
[edit] Past Representation
| Term | Congress | Congressman | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1789-1799 | 1st-5th | Abraham Baldwin | |
| 1799-1801 | 6th | James Jones | Federalist |
| 1801-1803 | 7th | John Milledge | Democratic-Republican |
| 1803-1807 | 8th-9th | Peter Early | Democratic-Republican |
| 1807-1811 | 10th-11th | Howell Cobb | Democratic-Republican |
| 1811-1815 | 12th-13th | William Barnett | Democratic-Republican |
| 1815-1817 | 14th | Richard H. Wilde | Democratic-Republican |
| 1817-1825 | 15th-18th | Joel Abbott | Democratic-Republican |
| 1825-1831 | 19th-21st | Charles E. Hayes | |
| 1831-1833 | 22nd | Daniel Newman | |
| 1833-1836 | 23rd-24th | John E. Coffee | Democratic-Republican |
| 1836-1841 | 24th-26th | William Crosby Dawson | Whig |
| 1841-1844 | 27th-28th | Mark A. Cooper | Democrat |
| 1844-1845 | 28th | Alexander H. Stevens | Whig |
| 1845-1849 | 29th-30th | Thomas B. King | Whig |
| 1849-1853 | 31st-32nd | Joseph W. Jackson | Democrat |
| 1853-1859 | 33rd-35th | James L. Seward | Democrat |
| 1859-1861 | 36th | Peter Early Love | Democrat |
| Civil War 1861-1867 | |||
| 1867-1869 | 40th | Joseph W. Clift | Republican |
| 1869-1871 | 41st | William W. Paine | Democrat |
| 1871-1873 | 42nd | Archibal T. MacIntyre | Democrat |
| 1873-1874 | 43rd | Morgan Rawls | Democrat |
| 1874-1875 | 43rd | Andrew Sloan | Republican |
| 1875-1877 | 44th | Julian Hartridge | Democrat |
| 1877-1879 | 45th | William Bennett Fleming | Democrat |
| 1879-1881 | 46th | John C. Nicholls | Democrat |
| 1881-1883 | 47th | George R. Black | Democrat |
| 1883-1885 | 48th | John C. Nicholls | Democrat |
| 1885-1889 | 49th-50th | Thomas M. Norwood | Democrat |
| 1889-1905 | 51st-58th | Rufus E. Lester | Democrat |
| 1905-1907 | 59th | James W. Overstreet | Democrat |
| 1907-1917 | 60th-64th | Charles G. Edwards | Democrat |
| 1917-1923 | 65th-67th | James W. Overstreet | Democrat |
| 1923-1925 | 68th | R. Lee Moore | Democrat |
| 1925-1931 | 69th-71st | Charles G. Edwards | Democrat |
| 1931-1935 | 72nd-73rd | Homer C. Parker | Democrat |
| 1935-1947 | 74th-79th | Hugh Peterson | Democrat |
| 1947-1961 | 80th-86th | Prince H. Preston Jr. | Democrat |
| 1961-1973 | 87th-92nd | G. Elliot Hagan | Democrat |
| 1973-1983 | 93rd-97th | Ronald B. Ginn | Democrat |
| 1983-1993 | 98th-102nd | Robert Lindsey Thomas | Democrat |
| 1993- | 103rd- | Jack Kingston | Republican |
| Preceded by: Initial |
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Succeeded by: Massachusetts' 4th |
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