U.S. House district for Missouri
Missouri's 7th congressional district consists of Southwest Missouri. The district includes Springfield , the home of Missouri State University , and the popular tourist destination city of Branson . Located along the borders of Kansas , Oklahoma , and Northwest Arkansas , the district occupies part of the Bible Belt with a strong socially conservative trend. George W. Bush defeated John Kerry here 67% to 32% in the 2004 election . Republican John McCain defeated Democrat Barack Obama 63.1% to 35.3% in the 2008 election . Republican and Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama 67.6% to 30.3% in the 2012 election . In the 2020 election, Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Joe Biden 69.91% to 28.93%. As of 2020, this district is the second most strongly Republican district in Missouri and is one of the most strongly Republican districts in the United States .
The district is currently represented by Republican Billy Long of Springfield . He survived primary challenges on August 7, 2020. He defeated Democrat Teresa Montseny in the general election in November.[3]
Election results from presidential races
List of members representing the district
Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1853
Samuel Caruthers
Whig
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
33rd 34th 35th
Elected in 1852 .Re-elected in 1854 .Re-elected in 1856 . Retired.
Opposition
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Democratic
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John W. Noell
Democratic
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
36th 37th
Elected in 1858 .Re-elected in 1860 . Redistricted to the 3rd district .
Benjamin F. Loan
Unconditional Unionist
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
38th 39th 40th
Elected in 1862 .Re-elected in 1864 .Re-elected in 1866 . Lost re-election.
Republican
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869
Joel F. Asper
Republican
March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
41st
Elected in 1868 . Retired.
Isaac Parker
Republican
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
42nd
Elected in 1870 . Redistricted to the 9th district .
Thomas T. Crittenden
Democratic
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
43rd
Elected in 1872 . Retired.
John F. Philips
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
44th
Elected in 1874 . Lost re-election.
Thomas T. Crittenden
Democratic
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
45th
Elected in 1876 . Retired.
Alfred M. Lay
Democratic
March 4, 1879 – December 8, 1879
46th
Elected in 1878 . Died.
Vacant
December 8, 1879 – January 26, 1880
John F. Philips
Democratic
January 26, 1880 – March 3, 1881
Elected to finish Lay's term . Lost re-election.
Theron M. Rice
Greenback
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
47th
Elected in 1880 . Retired.
Aylett H. Buckner
Democratic
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
48th
Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1882 . Retired.
John E. Hutton
Democratic
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
49th 50th
Elected in 1884 .Re-elected in 1886 . Retired.
Richard H. Norton
Democratic
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893
51st 52nd
Elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 . Lost re-election.
John T. Heard
Democratic
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
53rd
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1892 . Lost re-election.
John P. Tracey
Republican
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
54th
Elected in 1894 . Lost re-election.
James Cooney
Democratic
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903
55th 56th 57th
Elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 . Lost renomination.
Courtney W. Hamlin
Democratic
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
58th
Elected in 1902 . Lost re-election.
John Welborn
Republican
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
59th
Elected in 1904 . Lost re-election.
Courtney W. Hamlin
Democratic
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919
60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th
Elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 . Lost renomination.
Samuel C. Major
Democratic
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
66th
Elected in 1918 . Lost re-election.
Roscoe C. Patterson
Republican
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
67th
Elected in 1920 . Lost re-election.
Samuel C. Major
Democratic
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929
68th 69th 70th
Elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 . Lost re-election.
John W. Palmer
Republican
March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931
71st
Elected in 1928 . Lost re-election.
Samuel C. Major
Democratic
March 4, 1931 – July 28, 1931
72nd
Elected in 1930 . Died.
Vacant
July 28, 1931 – September 29, 1931
Robert D. Johnson
Democratic
September 29, 1931 – March 3, 1933
Elected to finish Major's term . Redistricted to at-large and lost renomination.
District inactive
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
73rd
All representatives elected at-large on a general ticket
Dewey Short
Republican
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1957
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th
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 . Lost re-election.
Charles H. Brown
Democratic
January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961
85th 86th
Elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 . Lost re-election.
Durward G. Hall
Republican
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd
Elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 . Retired.
Gene Taylor
Republican
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1989
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th
Elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 . Retired.
Mel Hancock
Republican
January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1997
101st 102nd 103rd 104th
Elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 . Retired.
Roy Blunt
Republican
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th
Elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
Billy Long
Republican
January 3, 2011 – present
112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th
Elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 . Retiring to run for U.S. senator .
Counties
The district from 2003 - 2013
There are a total of 10 counties included in MO-07.
Largest cities
The 10 largest cities in MO-07 are as follows.
Rank
City
County
Population (2010)
Population (2015 Estimates)
1
Springfield
Greene /Christian
159,498
166,810
2
Joplin
Jasper /Newton
50,150
51,818
3
Nixa
Christian
19,022
20,984
4
Ozark
Christian
17,820
19,120
5
Republic
Christian /Greene
14,751
16,005
6
Carthage
Jasper
14,378
14,319
7
Neosho
Newton
11,835
12,156
8
Branson
Taney /Stone
10,520
11,431
9
Webb City
Jasper
10,996
11,165
10
Bolivar
Polk
10,325
10,714
Median household incomes
Rank
County
Income (2008)
1
Christian
$50,200
2
Greene
$44,185
3
Newton
$43,872
4
Stone
$40,487
5
Jasper
$40,243
6
Taney
$39,771
7
Lawrence
$39,210
8
Polk
$37,199
9
Barry
$35,889
10
McDonald
$33,448
Median family incomes
Rank
County
Income (2008)
1
Christian
$58,806
2
Greene
$56,047
3
Newton
$51,178
4
Jasper
$49,007
5
Taney
$47,664
6
Stone
$46,675
7
Lawrence
$45,843
8
Polk
$45,263
9
Barry
$41,861
10
McDonald
$38,848
Election results
Congressional
Presidential
2008
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 presidential election . U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona ) swept the district with 63.07 percent of the vote while U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois ) received 35.39 percent, a 27.68-percent margin of victory for the GOP. McCain received less than 60 percent in only Greene County, where Obama may have been helped by the college subplot presence of Missouri State University.
Primaries
2008
Republican
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary . Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas ) carried every county in MO-07 over U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona ) and former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts ).
Democratic
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary . Former U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York ) carried every county in the district by convincing margins over U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois ).
Gubernatorial
2008
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri gubernatorial election . Former Attorney General and now Governor Jay Nixon (D) lost the district to his challenger, former U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof (R).
See also
References
^ "My Congressional District" .
^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index" . The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021 .
^ "Election 2020: Billy Long keeps seat in U.S. Congress representing southwest Missouri" . www.msn.com . Retrieved November 4, 2020 .
^ "1998 Election Results" . Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2008 .
^ Official Manual of Missouri, 2003-2004, page 627.
^ Official Manual of Missouri, 2005-2006, page 637
^ Official Manual of Missouri, 2007-2008, page 649
^ "2008 Election Results" . Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2009 .
^ [1] 2010 Election Results
^ [2] 2012 Election Results
^ [3] 2014 Election Results
^ [4] 2016 Election Results
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