Georgia's 6th congressional district

Georgia's 6th congressional district
Georgia's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Tom Price (R–Roswell)
Population (2010) 691,975 [1]
Ethnicity ?% White, 13.44% Black, 13.35% Hispanic
Cook PVI R+12[2]

Georgia's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is represented by Republican Tom Price, though the district's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.[3] The first election using the new district boundaries (listed below) was the 2012 congressional elections.

The district consists of many of the northern suburbs of Atlanta and includes portions of eastern Cobb County, northern Fulton County, and northern Dekalb County. The district includes all or portions of the cities of Roswell, Johns Creek, Tucker, Alpharetta, Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville, and Dunwoody.[4]

Counties

History

Georgia's 6th Congressional District has existed since the 29th Congress (1845–1847), the first Congress in which U.S. Representatives were elected from districts rather than at-large. Georgia gained a sixth U.S. Representative for the first time in the 13th Congress (1813–1815). The district was represented by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich from 1979 to 1999.

List of representatives

Congress Years Representative Party Constituency Electoral history Sources
District established following the 19th Congress.
20th
(1827–1829)		 March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1829
Tomlinson Fort		 Jacksonian Elected in 1826. [5]
Redistricted to the at-large district beginning with the 21st Congress.
Redistricted from the at-large district following the 28th Congress.
29th
(1845–1847)		 March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1851
Howell Cobb		 Democratic Re-elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Elected Speaker of the House in 1849.
Elected Governor of Georgia in 1851.		 [6]
30th
(1847–1849)


31st
(1849–1851)


32nd
(1851–1853)		 March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1855
Junius Hillyer		 Unionist First elected in 1850.
Re-elected in 1852.		 [7]
33rd
(1853–1855)		 Democratic
34th
(1855–1857)		 March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Howell Cobb		 Democratic Elected again in 1854.
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		 [6]
35th
(1857–1859)		 March 4, 1857 –
January 23, 1861
James Jackson		 Democratic First elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Resigned from office in 1861, following Georgia's secession from the Union.		 [8]
36th
(1859–1861)
Georgia seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861.
January 23, 1861 –
July 25, 1868		 Vacant Seat unclaimed during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
37th
(1861–1863)
38th
(1863–1865)
39th
(1865–1867)
40th
(1867–1869)
Georgia rejoined the Union on July 25, 1868.
July 25, 1868 –
March 4, 1869		 Vacant [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] District failed to elect a representative in the 1866 election.
41st
(1869–1871)		 March 4, 1869 –
December 22, 1870		 Vacant District failed to elect a representative in the 1868 election.
December 22, 1870 –
March 3, 1873
William P. Price		 Democratic First elected in an 1870 special election.
Re-elected in 1870.
Declined to seek re-election in 1872.		 [9]
42nd
(1871–1873)
43rd
(1873–1875)		 March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1893
James H. Blount		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] First elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Declined to seek re-election in 1892.		 [10]
44th
(1875–1877)
45th
(1877–1879)
46th
(1879–1881)
47th
(1881–1883)
48th
(1883–1885)		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
49th
(1885–1887)
50th
(1887–1889)
51st
(1889–1891)
52nd
(1891–1893)
53rd
(1893–1895)		 March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895		 Thomas B. Cabaniss Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Elected in 1892.
Failed to receive nomination for re-election in 1894.		 [11]
54th
(1895–1897)		 March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1915
Charles L. Bartlett		 Democratic First 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.
Declined to seek re-election in 1914.		 [12]
55th
(1897–1899)
56th
(1899–1901)
57th
(1901–1903)
58th
(1903–1905)		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
59th
(1905–1907)
60th
(1907–1909)
61st
(1909–1911)
62nd
(1911–1913)
63rd
(1913–1915)		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
64th
(1915–1917)		 March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1925
James W. Wise		 Democratic First elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Failed to attend the 68th Congress due to prolonged illness.
Declined to seek re-election in 1924.		 [13]
65th
(1917–1919)
66th
(1919–1921)
67th
(1921–1923)
68th
(1923–1925)		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
69th
(1925–1927)		 March 4, 1925 –
February 4, 1932
Samuel Rutherford		 Democratic First elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Died in office in 1932.		 [14]
70th
(1927–1929)
71st
(1929–1931)
72nd
(1931–1933)
February 4, 1932 –
March 2, 1932		 Vacant [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
March 2, 1932 –
March 3, 1933
Carlton Mobley		 Democratic Elected in a 1932 special election.
Declined to seek re-election in 1932.		 [15]
Redistricted from the 10th district, based on the 1930 census.

73rd
(1933–1935)		 March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1965
Carl Vinson		 Democratic [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
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.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Declined to seek re-election in 1964.		 [16]
74th
(1935–1937)
75th
(1937–1939)
76th
(1939–1941)
77th
(1941–1943)
78th
(1943–1945)		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
79th
(1945–1947)
80th
(1947–1949)
81st
(1949–1951)
82nd
(1951–1953)
83rd
(1953–1955)		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
84th
(1955–1957)
85th
(1957–1959)
86th
(1959–1961)
87th
(1961–1963)
88th
(1963–1965)		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
89th
(1965–1967)		 January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1979
John J. Flynt, Jr.		 Democratic First elected in 1964, after having represented the 4th district since the 83rd Congress.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Declined to seek re-election in 1978.		 [17]
90th
(1967–1969)
91st
(1969–1971)
92nd
(1971–1973)
93rd
(1973–1975)		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
94th
(1975–1977)
95th
(1977–1979)
96th
(1979–1981)		 January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1999
Newt Gingrich		 Republican First 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.
Re-elected in 1994.
First elected Speaker of the House in 1995.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected Speaker of the House in 1997.
Re-elected in 1998.
Resigned from office in 1999, prior to the start of the 106th Congress.		 [18]
97th
(1981–1983)
98th
(1983–1985)		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
99th
(1985–1987)
100th
(1987–1989)
101st
(1989–1991)
102nd
(1991–1993)
103rd
(1993–1995)		 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
104th
(1995–1997)
105th
(1997–1999)
106th
(1999–2001)		 January 3, 1999 –
February 23, 1999		 Vacant Vacant [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
February 23, 1999 –
January 3, 2005
Johnny Isakson		 Republican First elected in a 1999 special election.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Retired to run for U.S. Senate.		 [19]
107th
(2001–2003)
108th
(2003–2005)		 Parts of Cobb, Cherokee, and Fulton counties.
109th
(2005–2007)		 January 3, 2005 –
present
Tom Price		 Republican First elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.		 [20]
110th
(2007–2009)		 Cherokee County and parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties.
111th
(2009–2011)
112th
(2011–2013)
113th
(2013–2015)		 Parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties.
114th
(2015–2017)
Congress Years Representative Party Constituency Electoral history Sources

Election Results

1974

Georgia's 6th Congressional District Election (1974)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John James Flynt, Jr.* 49,082 51.45
Republican Newt Gingrich 46,308 48.55
Total votes ' 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

2002

Georgia's 6th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Johnny Isakson* 163,209 79.91
Democratic Jeff Weisberger 41,043 20.09
Total votes 204,252 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

2004

Georgia's 6th Congressional District Election (2004)[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price 267,542 100.00
Total votes 267,542 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

2006

Georgia's 6th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price* 144,958 72.39
Democratic Steve Sinton 55,294 27.61
Total votes 200,252 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

2008

Georgia's 6th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price* 231,520 68.48
Democratic Bill Jones 106,551 31.52
Total votes 338,071 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

2010

Georgia's 6th Congressional District Election (2010)[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price* 198,100 99.91
Write-in Sean Greenberg 188 0.09
Total votes 198,288 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

2012

Georgia's 6th Congressional District Election (2012)[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Price* 189,669 64.51
Democratic Jeff Kazanow 104,365 35.49
Total votes 294,034 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th congressional district

As of May 2015, there are two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th congressional district who are currently living at this time.

Representative Term of office Date of birth (and age)
Newt Gingrich 1979–1999 June 14, 1943
Johnny Isakson 1999–2005 December 28, 1944

See also

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Analysis of 2012 Congressional maps, Georgia Legislature. Last accessed 2012-01-01
  2. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
  3. ↑ Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed 2011-12-27
  4. ↑ 2012 Congressional maps - Metro Atlanta, Georgia Legislature. Last accessed 2012-01-01
  5. ↑ Tomlinson Fort at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  6. 1 2 Howell Cobb at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  7. ↑ Junius Hillyer at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  8. ↑ James Jackson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  9. ↑ William Pierce Price at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  10. ↑ James Henderson Blount at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  11. ↑ Thomas Banks Cabaniss at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  12. ↑ Charles Lafayette Bartlett at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  13. ↑ James Walter Wise at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  14. ↑ Samuel Rutherford at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  15. ↑ William Carlton Mobley at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  16. ↑ Carl Vinson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  17. ↑ John James Flynt, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  18. ↑ Newton Leroy Gingrich at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  19. ↑ Johnny Isakson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  20. ↑ Tom Price at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  21. ↑ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2004_1102/federal.htm
  22. ↑ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2010_1102/swall.htm
  23. ↑ http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/42277/113204/en/summary.html

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Preceded by
Massachusetts's 1st congressional district		 Home district of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
December 22, 1849 – March 4, 1851 		Succeeded by
Kentucky's 1st congressional district
Preceded by
Washington's 5th congressional district		 Home district of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
January 4, 1995 – January 3, 1999 		Succeeded by
Illinois's 14th congressional district

Coordinates: 34°00′47″N 84°20′44″W / 34.01306°N 84.34556°W / 34.01306; -84.34556

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