Missouri's 7th congressional district

Missouri's 7th congressional district
Missouri's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2013
U.S. Representative	Billy Long R–Springfield
Distribution	59.28% urban 40.72% rural
Population (2010)	748,406
Median income	$47,225[1]
Ethnicity	91.5% White 1.5% Black 1.2% Asian 3.3% Hispanic 2.4% other
Cook PVI	R+23[2]

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 2016 election, Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton 70.4% to 24.7%. As of 2017, 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, 2018. He will face Democrat Jamie Schoolcraft, physician's assistant and former mayor of Willard in the final election in November.^[3]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Notes
District created March 4, 1853
Samuel Caruthers	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John W. Noell	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	Redistricted to the 3rd district
Benjamin F. Loan	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869
Joel F. Asper	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
Isaac Parker	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to the 9th district
Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
John F. Philips	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Alfred M. Lay	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – December 8, 1879	Died
Vacant		December 8, 1879 – January 10, 1880
John F. Philips	Democratic	January 10, 1880 – March 3, 1881
Theron M. Rice	Greenback	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Aylett H. Buckner	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	Redistricted from the 13th district
John E. Hutton	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
Richard H. Norton	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893
John T. Heard	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Redistricted from the 6th district
John P. Tracey	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
James Cooney	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903
Courtney W. Hamlin	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
John Welborn	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
Courtney W. Hamlin	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
Roscoe C. Patterson	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929
John W. Palmer	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – July 28, 1931	Died
Vacant		July 28, 1931 – September 29, 1931
Robert D. Johnson	Democratic	September 29, 1931 – March 3, 1933
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
Dewey Short	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1957
Charles H. Brown	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961
Durward G. Hall	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973
Gene Taylor	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1989
Mel Hancock	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1997
Roy Blunt	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011	Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Billy Long	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	Incumbent

Election results from presidential races

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.

Median household incomes

Median family incomes

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

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

References

• 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
• https://www.census.gov/
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