Alabama's 4th congressional district

Coordinates: 34°1′31.25″N 87°7′57.25″W / 34.0253472°N 87.1325694°W

Alabama's 4th congressional district
Alabama's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Robert Aderholt (R–Haleyville)
Area	8,524 mi^2
Distribution	26.5% urban, 73.5% rural
Population (2000)	635,300
Median income	$31,344
Ethnicity	90.4% White, 5.1% Black, 0.2% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.8% other
Occupation	40.8% blue collar, 46% white collar, 13.2% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+28[1]

Alabama's 4th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It encompasses the counties of Franklin, Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Winston, Cullman, Lawrence, Marshall, Etowah, and DeKalb. It also includes parts of Jackson and Cherokee counties, as well as parts of the Decatur Metropolitan Area and the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.

It is currently represented by Republican Robert Aderholt.

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Romney 75 - 24%
2008	President	McCain 76 - 22%
2004	President	Bush 71 - 28%
2000	President	Bush 61 - 37%

List of representatives

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	Notes
District created March 4, 1833
23rd-24th	Dixon Hall Lewis	Nullifier	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	Redistricted from the 3rd district
25th-26th		Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	Redistricted to the At-large district
27th	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
28th-29th	William Winter Payne	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	Redistricted from the At-large district
30th-31st	Samuel Williams Inge	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851
32nd	William Russell Smith	Unionist	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
33rd		Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
34th		American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
35th-36th	Sydenham Moore	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – January 21, 1861	Withdrew
37th-39th	(1861–1868)			Civil War and Reconstruction
40th	Charles Wilson Pierce	Republican	July 21, 1868 – March 3, 1869
41st-44th	Charles Hays	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1877
45th-47th	Charles M. Shelley	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – July 20, 1882	Seat declared vacant after being contested by James Q. Smith
45th-48th	Charles M. Shelley	Democratic	November 7, 1882 – January 9, 1885	Elected to fill his own vacancy, lost contested election
48th	George Henry Craig	Republican	January 9, 1885 – March 3, 1885	Won contested election
49th-50th	Alexander C. Davidson	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
51st	Louis Washington Turpin	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – June 4, 1890	Lost contested election
	John Van McDuffie	Republican	June 4, 1890 – March 3, 1891	Won contested election
52nd	Louis Washington Turpin	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 9th district
53rd – 54th	Gaston A. Robbins	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 13, 1896	Lost contested election
54th	William F. Aldrich	Republican	March 13, 1896 – March 3, 1897	Won contested election
55th	Thomas S. Plowman	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – February 9, 1898	Lost contested election
	William F. Aldrich	Republican	February 9, 1898 – March 3, 1899	Won contested election
56th	Gaston A. Robbins	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 8, 1900	Lost contested election
	William F. Aldrich	Republican	March 8, 1900 – March 3, 1901	Won contested election
57th-59th	Sydney J. Bowie	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907
60th-61st	William B. Craig	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911
62nd-66th	Fred Blackmon	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – February 8, 1921	Died
67th-73rd	Lamar Jeffers	Democratic	June 7, 1921 – January 3, 1935
74th-81st	Sam Hobbs	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1951
82nd-87th	Kenneth A. Roberts	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to the At-large district
88th	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965			District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
89th	Glenn Andrews	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
90th-92nd	Bill Nichols	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted to the 3rd district
93rd-104th	Tom Bevill	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997	Redistricted from the 7th district
105th-114th	Robert Aderholt	Republican	January 3, 1997 – present

Election results

2002

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert B. Aderholt*	139,705	86.72%
	Libertarian	Tony Hughes McLendon	20,858	12.95%
	Write-in	Write-ins	538	0.33%
Majority			118,847	73.77%
Total votes			161,101	100.00
	Republican hold

2004

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert B. Aderholt*	191,110	74.73%
	Democratic	Carl Cole	64,278	25.14%
	Write-in	Write-ins	336	0.13%
Majority			126,832	49.59%
Total votes			255,724	100.00
	Republican hold

2006

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert B. Aderholt*	128,484	70.18%
	Democratic	Barbara Bobo	54,382	29.71%
	Write-in	Write-ins	206	0.11%
Majority			74,102	40.47%
Total votes			183,072	100.00
	Republican hold

2008

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert B. Aderholt*	196,741	74.76%
	Democratic	Nicholas B. Sparks	66,077	25.11%
	Write-in	Write-ins	349	0.13%
Majority			130,664	49.65%
Total votes			263,167	100.00
	Republican hold

2010

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert B. Aderholt*	167,709	100.00%
Majority			167,709	100.00%
Total votes			167,709	100.00
	Republican hold

2012

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert B. Aderholt*	175,469	73.14%
	Democratic	Daniel H. Boman	64,438	26.86%
Majority			111,031	46.28%
Total votes			239,907	100.00
	Republican hold

2014

Alabama's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert B. Aderholt*	132,831	98.6%
	Write-in	Write-ins	1,921	1.4%
Majority			130,910	97.2%
Total votes			134,752	100.00
	Republican hold

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Living former Members

As of May 2015, there are no former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 4th congressional district that are currently living.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Alabama's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

External links

• CNN coverage of the 2006 election
• CNN converage of the 2004 election
• CNN converage of the 2002 election
• CNN converage of the 2000 election

References

1. "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
2. http://ballotpedia.org/Alabama%27s_4th_Congressional_District_elections,_2014

• 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