Alabama's 5th congressional district
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Alabama's 5th 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 Colbert
, Lauderdale
, Lawrence
, Limestone
, Madison
and Jackson
. It also includes parts of Morgan County
.
It is currently represented by Republican Mo Brooks
, a former Madison County Commissioner. Brooks was elected in 2010 after defeating Democrat-turned-Republican incumbent Parker Griffith
in the 2010 Republican primary. Brooks later went on to defeat Democrat Steve Raby in the November general election.
Two major economic projects have lastingly impacted the 5th District and have indelibly dictated the politics of North Alabama
for most of the 20th Century. Before 1933, the Northern Alabama counties were characteristically poor, white and rural. The Tennessee Valley Authority
's (TVA) arrival changed much of that, slowly transforming the demographic towards technical and engineering employees. The second major project was the space and rocketry programs including Redstone Arsenal
in Huntsville
where the first large U.S. Ballistic missiles were developed. Additionally, NASA
built the Marshall Space Flight Center in the Huntsville-Decatur
area during the 1960s. In the late 1950s Northern Alabama came to be dominated by the high-tech and engineering industries, a trend which has continued up to the present. In recent years, the United Launch Alliance
has located its research center in Decatur. As a result, Huntsville has become the second largest and fastest growing metropolitan area in Alabama.
The district hasn't supported a Democrat for President since Jimmy Carter
's successful run in 1976. Democrats, however, hold most offices at the local level, as well as most of the district's seats in the Alabama state legislature, until the Republican historic election of November 2010 in north Alabama. In the mid 1990s, it was a seriously contested seat, with longtime Democratic incumbent Bud Cramer winning reelection by only 1,770 votes in 1994. However, Cramer was elected five more times with 70 percent or more of the vote and even ran unopposed in the Democratic landslide year of 2006. Cramer did not seek reelection in 2008. Parker Griffith
, a retired oncologist and State Senator
, won the open seat in November 2008
. However, in December 2009, Griffith became a Republican. Until Griffith's switch, the district had been one of the last in the former Confederacy
to have not been held by a Republican to the U.S. Congress since Reconstruction. Griffith was ousted in the Republican primary by current Representative Mo Brooks.
George W. Bush
won 60% of the vote in this district in 2004
. John McCain
also carried the 5th District in 2008
with 60.91% of the vote while Barack Obama
received 37.99%.
* Griffith switched party affiliation on December 22, 2009, and finished his term as a Republican.
Congressional district
A congressional district is “a geographical division of a state from which one member of the House of Representatives is elected.”Congressional Districts are made up of three main components, a representative, constituents, and the specific land area that both the representative and the...
in Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
. It encompasses the counties of Colbert
Colbert County, Alabama
Colbert County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of brothers George and Levi Colbert, Chickasaw Indian chiefs. George Colbert operated a ferry across the Tennessee River in 1790 near present day Cherokee....
, Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*86.4% White*10.0% Black*0.4% Native American*0.7% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*1.4% Two or more races*2.2% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
, Lawrence
Lawrence County, Alabama
Lawrence County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, as well as the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It was named after James Lawrence, a captain in the United States Navy from New Jersey. As of the 2010 census, the population was...
, Limestone
Limestone County, Alabama
Limestone County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is included in the Huntsville Metropolitan Area.It is also included in the merged Huntsville-Decatur Metro Area. Its name comes from Limestone Creek, a local stream. In 2000, the population was 65,676. As of 2010 the county's...
, Madison
Madison County, Alabama
Madison County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is a major part of the Huntsville Metropolitan Area.It is also included in the merged Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The county is named in honor of James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America, and the...
and Jackson
Jackson County, Alabama
Jackson County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and President of the United States of America. As of 2010, the population was 53,227. The county seat is Scottsboro. Jackson County is a prohibition or dry county,...
. It also includes parts of Morgan County
Morgan County, Alabama
Morgan County is the most populous county in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, and the second most populous county in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area in the U.S. State of Alabama. It was created by the Alabama Territorial legislature on February 6, 1818 from land acquired from the...
.
It is currently represented by Republican Mo Brooks
Mo Brooks
Morris Jackson "Mo" Brooks, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life:Brooks was born in 1954 in Charleston, South Carolina,and moved to Huntsville, Alabama, in 1963...
, a former Madison County Commissioner. Brooks was elected in 2010 after defeating Democrat-turned-Republican incumbent Parker Griffith
Parker Griffith
Parker Griffith, M.D. is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party, having switched from the Democratic Party on December 22, 2009, but lost the Republican primary and his term ended in January 2011.-Early life, education and...
in the 2010 Republican primary. Brooks later went on to defeat Democrat Steve Raby in the November general election.
Character
North Alabama
North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama, generally considered to include 12 counties: Cherokee, Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, and Winston, with a combined population of 958,247, or 20.84% of the state's population as...
for most of the 20th Century. Before 1933, the Northern Alabama counties were characteristically poor, white and rural. The Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected...
's (TVA) arrival changed much of that, slowly transforming the demographic towards technical and engineering employees. The second major project was the space and rocketry programs including Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal is a United States Army base and a census-designated place adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area...
in Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....
where the first large U.S. Ballistic missiles were developed. Additionally, NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
built the Marshall Space Flight Center in the Huntsville-Decatur
Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area
The Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area is the most populated sub-region of North Alabama, and is the second fastest growing region in the State of Alabama, with 510,088 living within the CSA...
area during the 1960s. In the late 1950s Northern Alabama came to be dominated by the high-tech and engineering industries, a trend which has continued up to the present. In recent years, the United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. U.S...
has located its research center in Decatur. As a result, Huntsville has become the second largest and fastest growing metropolitan area in Alabama.
The district hasn't supported a Democrat for President since Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
's successful run in 1976. Democrats, however, hold most offices at the local level, as well as most of the district's seats in the Alabama state legislature, until the Republican historic election of November 2010 in north Alabama. In the mid 1990s, it was a seriously contested seat, with longtime Democratic incumbent Bud Cramer winning reelection by only 1,770 votes in 1994. However, Cramer was elected five more times with 70 percent or more of the vote and even ran unopposed in the Democratic landslide year of 2006. Cramer did not seek reelection in 2008. Parker Griffith
Parker Griffith
Parker Griffith, M.D. is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party, having switched from the Democratic Party on December 22, 2009, but lost the Republican primary and his term ended in January 2011.-Early life, education and...
, a retired oncologist and State Senator
Alabama Senate
The Alabama State Senate is the upper house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama. The body is composed of 35 members representing an equal amount of districts across the state, with each district containing at least 127,140 citizens...
, won the open seat in November 2008
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
. However, in December 2009, Griffith became a Republican. Until Griffith's switch, the district had been one of the last in the former Confederacy
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
to have not been held by a Republican to the U.S. Congress since Reconstruction. Griffith was ousted in the Republican primary by current Representative Mo Brooks.
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
won 60% of the vote in this district in 2004
United States presidential election, 2004
The United States presidential election of 2004 was the United States' 55th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior U.S. Senator...
. John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
also carried the 5th District in 2008
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
with 60.91% of the vote while Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
received 37.99%.
List of representatives
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| 23rd 23rd United States Congress -House of Representatives:For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census .- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren... |
March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 | John Murphy John Murphy (Alabama) John Murphy was the fourth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama, serving two terms from 1825 to 1829. Born in 1786 in Columbia, North Carolina, he also represented Alabama in the United States House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835.Under date of April 2, 1834, John Quincy Adams records in his... |
Jacksonian Jacksonian democracy Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era. The Democratic-Republican Party of... |
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| 24th 24th United States Congress -House of Representatives:During this congress one House seat was added for each of the new states of Arkansas and Michigan.-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :... |
March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837 | Francis Strother Lyon Francis Strother Lyon Francis Strother Lyon was a prominent Alabama attorney and politician. He served two terms in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War after being an antebellum member of the United States Congress.-Early life:Lyon was born in Stokes County, North Carolina... |
Anti-Jacksonian | ||
| 25th 25th United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Richard Mentor Johnson * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James K. Polk -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... |
March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839 | Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic... |
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| 26th 26th United States Congress -House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :*President: Richard M. Johnson *President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :*Speaker: Robert M.T. Hunter -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... |
March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841 | James Dellet James Dellet James Dellet was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama. He was born on February 18, 1788 in Camden, New Jersey. He moved to Columbia, South Carolina with his parents in 1800. In 1810, he graduated from the University of South Carolina at... |
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District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket | ||||
| 28th 28th United States Congress -House of Representatives:Following the 1840 United States Census, Congress reapportioned the House to include 223 seats . During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Florida .- Senate :*President: Vacant... -30th 30th United States Congress The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849, during the last two years of... |
March 4, 1843 - March 4, 1849 | George S. Houston George S. Houston George Smith Houston was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878.... |
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March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 | David Hubbard David Hubbard David Hubbard was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, cousin of Samuel Houston.Born near the town of Old Liberty , Bedford County, Virginia, Hubbard attended the county schools and an academy.... |
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March 4, 1851 - January 21, 1861 | George S. Houston George S. Houston George Smith Houston was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878.... |
Withdrew | ||
| 37th 37th United States Congress The Thirty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1861 to March 4, 1863, during the first two... -39th 39th United States Congress The Thirty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1865 to March 4, 1867, during the first month of... |
(1861–1868) | Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... and Reconstruction |
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July 21, 1868 - March 3, 1869 | John Benton Callis John Benton Callis John Benton Callis was a postbellum U.S. Representative from Alabama and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
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| 41st 41st United States Congress -House of Representatives:- Senate :* President : Schuyler Colfax* President pro tempore: Henry B. Anthony - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James G. Blaine -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... -42nd 42nd United States Congress The Forty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873, during the third and fourth... |
March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1873 | Peter Myndert Dox Peter Myndert Dox Peter Myndert Dox was an American politician who served the state of Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1869 and 1873. He was born in Geneva, Ontario County, New York on September 11, 1813, and graduated from Hobart College at Geneva in 1833. He studied law, was admitted to the... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877 | John Henry Caldwell John Henry Caldwell John Henry Caldwell was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Caldwell attended the common schools of Huntsville and Bacon College, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.... |
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| 45th 45th United States Congress -House of Representatives:-Leadership:-Senate:*President: William A. Wheeler *President pro tempore: Thomas W. Ferry -House of Representatives:*Speaker: Samuel J. Randall -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state... |
March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879 | Robert Fulwood Ligon | |||
| 46th 46th United States Congress The Forty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1879 to March 4, 1881, during the last two years of... -48th 48th United States Congress The Forty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1883 to March 4, 1885, during the last two years... |
March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1885 | Thomas Williams Thomas Williams (Alabama) Thomas Williams was a United States Representative from Alabama.Williams was born near Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from the University of East Tennessee in Knoxville... |
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| 49th 49th United States Congress The Forty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1885 to March 4, 1887, during the first two years... |
March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887 | Thomas William Sadler Thomas William Sadler Thomas William Sadler was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born near Russellville, Alabama, Sadler moved with his parents to Jefferson County, Alabama, in 1833.He pursued an academic course.... |
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| 50th 50th United States Congress The Fiftieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889, during the third and fourth... -54th 54th United States Congress - House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :... |
March 4, 1887 - April 21, 1896 | James E. Cobb James E. Cobb James Edward Cobb was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Thomaston, Georgia, Cobb attended the public schools, and was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, in June 1856.He studied law.... |
Lost contested election | ||
| 54th 54th United States Congress - House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :... |
April 21, 1896 - March 3, 1897 | Albert Taylor Goodwyn Albert Taylor Goodwyn Albert Taylor Goodwyn was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.-Early life and military career:Born at Robinson Springs, Alabama, Goodwyn attended Robinson Springs Academy and South Carolina College at Columbia . During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army and served until June... |
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Won contested election | |
| 55th 55th United States Congress -House of Representatives:* Republican: 206 * Democratic: 124* Populist: 22* Silver Republican: 3* Silver: 1* Independent Republican: 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Garret Hobart * President pro tempore: William P... -56th 56th United States Congress -House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones... |
March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1901 | Willis Brewer Willis Brewer Willis Brewer was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born near Livingston, Alabama, Brewer attended the common schools.He entered the Confederate States Army at the age of eighteen years.Journalist, author, and planter.... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
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| 57th 57th United States Congress -House of Representatives:*Democratic: 151*Republican: 200 *Populist: 5*Silver : 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , until September 14, 1901, vacant thereafter.... -58th 58th United States Congress - House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:... |
March 4, 1901 - March 20, 1904 | Charles Winston Thompson Charles Winston Thompson Charles Winston Thompson was an American banker and politician. He served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Alabama's 5th district from 1901 till his death.-Biography:... |
Died | ||
| 58th 58th United States Congress - House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:... -66th 66th United States Congress The Sixty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1919 to March 4, 1921, during the last two years of... |
May 19, 1904 - November 1, 1920 | J. Thomas Heflin J. Thomas Heflin James Thomas Heflin , nicknamed "Cotton Tom", was a leading proponent of white supremacy, most notably as a United States Senator from Alabama.-Biography:... |
Resigned to fill US Senate seat | ||
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December 14, 1920 - August 16, 1928 | William B. Bowling William B. Bowling William Bismarck Bowling was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Calhoun County, Alabama, Bowling attended the common schools, and graduated from the State normal school, Jacksonville, Alabama, in 1892.... |
Resigned after being appointed judge for 5th Alabama Circuit | ||
| 70th 70th United States Congress The Seventieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1927 to March 3, 1929, during the last two years of... -71st 71st United States Congress The Seventy-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1931, during the first two years... |
Nobvember 6, 1928 - March 3, 1933 | LaFayette L. Patterson Lafayette L. Patterson LaFayette Lee Patterson was a United States Representative from Alabama. He served three terms in the U. S. Congress, from 1928 to 1933.... |
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March 3, 1933 - January 3, 1935 | Miles C. Allgood Miles C. Allgood Miles Clayton Allgood was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Chepultepec , Blount County, Alabama, Allgood attended the common schools of his native county and was graduated from the State Normal College at Florence, Alabama , in 1898.He taught school in Blount County... |
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January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1945 | Joe Starnes Joe Starnes Joe Starnes was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.-Biography:Born in Guntersville, Alabama, Starnes attended the public schools.... |
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January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1963 | Albert Rains Albert Rains Albert McKinley Rains was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Grove Oak, Alabama, Rains attended the public schools, Snead Seminary, Boaz, Alabama, State Teachers College , Jacksonville, Alabama, and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1928 and... |
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January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1965 | District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket | |||
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January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1977 | Robert E. Jones, Jr. Robert E. Jones, Jr. Robert E. Jones, Jr. was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the 8th district of Alabama. He was the last to represent that district before it was removed as a result of the 1970 United States Census. Presently there are seven U.S. House districts in Alabama.-Early... |
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2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic Party | Robert E. Cramer | 200,999 | 73.1 |
Republican Party | Gerry Wallace | 74,145 | 26.9 |
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2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic Party | Robert E. Cramer | unopposed | 100 |
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2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Democratic Party | Parker Griffith Parker Griffith Parker Griffith, M.D. is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party, having switched from the Democratic Party on December 22, 2009, but lost the Republican primary and his term ended in January 2011.-Early life, education and... * |
156,529 | 52 |
Republican Party | Wayne Parker | 147,190 | 48 |
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2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
Republican Party | Mo Brooks Mo Brooks Morris Jackson "Mo" Brooks, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life:Brooks was born in 1954 in Charleston, South Carolina,and moved to Huntsville, Alabama, in 1963... |
130,927 | 57.9 |
Democratic Party | Steve Raby Steve Raby Stephen Walker "Steve" Raby is the former 2010 Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for Alabama's 5th congressional district.-Early life and education:... |
95,078 | 42.1 |
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