Missouri's 7th congressional district

Missouri's 7th congressional district
Missouri's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2013
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 defeated Democrat Jamie Schoolcraft, physician's assistant and former mayor of Willard in the final election in November.^[3]

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	[data unknown/missing]
	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	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Benjamin F. Loan	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th 39th 40th	[data unknown/missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869
Joel F. Asper	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing]
Isaac Parker	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 9th district.
Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
John F. Philips	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas T. Crittenden	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing]
Alfred M. Lay	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – December 8, 1879	46th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		December 8, 1879 – January 10, 1880
John F. Philips	Democratic	January 10, 1880 – March 3, 1881		Elected January 10, 1880 to finish Lay's term and seated January 26, 1880. 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. [data unknown/missing]
John E. Hutton	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[data unknown/missing]
Richard H. Norton	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing]
John T. Heard	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 6th district. [data unknown/missing]
John P. Tracey	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
James Cooney	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing]
Courtney W. Hamlin	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[data unknown/missing]
John Welborn	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	[data unknown/missing]
Courtney W. Hamlin	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	[data unknown/missing]
Roscoe C. Patterson	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68th 69th 70th	[data unknown/missing]
John W. Palmer	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel C. Major	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – July 28, 1931	72nd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		July 28, 1931 – September 29, 1931
Robert D. Johnson	Democratic	September 29, 1931 – March 3, 1933		[data unknown/missing]
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	[data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Brown	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961	85th 86th	[data unknown/missing]
Durward G. Hall	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	[data unknown/missing]
Gene Taylor	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1989	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	[data unknown/missing]
Mel Hancock	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1997	101st 102nd 103rd 104th	[data unknown/missing]
Roy Blunt	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Billy Long	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2010.

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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