Alabama's 4th congressional district

Alabama's 4th congressional district
	Alabama's 4th congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Robert Aderholt; R–Haleyville
Area	8,524 sq mi (22,080 km2)
Distribution	65.38% rural[1]; 34.62% urban;
Population (2019)	687,453[2]
Median household; income	$47,531[3]
Ethnicity	88.36% White; 7.07% Black; 6.67% Hispanic; 0.9% Asian; 0.79% Native American;
Occupation	46% White-collar; 40.8% Blue-collar; 13.2% Gray-collar;
Cook PVI	R+30[4]

Alabama's 4th 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 Franklin, Colbert, Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Winston, Cullman, Lawrence, Marshall, Etowah, and DeKalb. It also includes parts of Jackson, Tuscaloosa, and Cherokee counties, as well as parts of the Decatur Metropolitan Area and the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.

It is currently represented by Republican Robert Aderholt. In the 2016 United States presidential election, the district was the only one in the country to give Donald Trump more than 80% of the vote, making it his strongest district in the country.[5]

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2016	President	Trump 80 - 18%
2012	President	Romney 75 - 24%
2008	President	McCain 76 - 22%
2004	President	Bush 71 - 28%
2000	President	Bush 61 - 37%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833
Dixon Hall Lewis	Nullifier	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th 26th	Redistricted from the 3rd district. and re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Redistricted to the at-large district.
Dixon Hall Lewis	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	23rd 24th 25th 26th
District inactive		March 3, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	All representatives elected at-large on a general ticket.
William Winter Payne	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Lost re-election.
Samuel Williams Inge	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Retired.
William Russell Smith	Unionist	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd 33rd 34th	Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Lost re-election.
	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Sydenham Moore	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – January 21, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Withdrew due to Civil War.
Vacant		January 21, 1861 – July 21, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
Charles Wilson Pierce	Republican	July 21, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected for partial term in 1868. Retired.
Charles Hays	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1877	41st 42nd 43rd 44th	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Retired.
Charles M. Shelley	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – July 20, 1882	45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Seat declared vacant after election contest by James Q. Smith.
Vacant		July 20, 1882 – November 7, 1882	47th
Charles M. Shelley	Democratic	November 7, 1882 – January 9, 1885	47th 48th	Elected to fill the vacancy. Also elected to the next term in 1882. Lost election contest.
George Henry Craig	Republican	January 9, 1885 – March 3, 1885	48th	Successfully contested Shelley's re-election. Lost re-election.
Alexander C. Davidson	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Lost renomination.
Louis Washington Turpin	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – June 4, 1890	51st	Elected in 1888. Lost election contest.
John Van McDuffie	Republican	June 4, 1890 – March 3, 1891	51st	Successfully contested Turpin's 1888 election. Lost re-election.
Louis Washington Turpin	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. McDuffie unsuccessfully contested the election. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Gaston A. Robbins	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 13, 1896	53rd 54th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Lost election contest.
William F. Aldrich	Republican	March 13, 1896 – March 3, 1897	54th	Successfully contested Robbins's 1894 election. Lost re-election.
Thomas S. Plowman	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – February 9, 1898	55th	Elected in 1896. Lost election contest.
William F. Aldrich	Republican	February 9, 1898 – March 3, 1899	55th	Successfully contested Plowman's 1896 election. Lost re-election.
Gaston A. Robbins	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 8, 1900	56th	Elected in 1898. Lost election contest.
William F. Aldrich	Republican	March 8, 1900 – March 3, 1901	56th	Successfully contested Robbins's 1898 election. Retired.
Sydney J. Bowie	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907	57th 58th 59th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired.
William Benjamin Craig	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	60th 61st	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Retired.
Fred L. Blackmon	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – February 8, 1921	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920 but died before that term began.
Vacant		February 8, 1921 – June 7, 1921	66th 67th
Lamar Jeffers	Democratic	June 7, 1921 – January 3, 1935	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	Elected to finish Blackmon's term. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Lost renomination.
Sam Hobbs	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1951	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st	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. Retired.
Kenneth A. Roberts	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1963	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the at-large district.
District inactive		January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	All representatives elected at-large on a general ticket.
Glenn Andrews	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	89th	Elected in 1964. Lost re-election.
Bill Nichols	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Tom Bevill	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-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. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired.
Robert Aderholt	Republican	January 3, 1997 – Present	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	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. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results

2006

2006 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Aderholt (incumbent)	128,484	70.18%
	Democratic	Barbara Bobo	54,382	29.71%
	Write-in		206	0.11%
Total votes			183,072	100%
	Republican hold

2008

2008 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Aderholt (incumbent)	196,741	74.76%
	Democratic	Nicholas B. Sparks	121,080	25.11%
	Write-in		349	0.13%
Total votes			263,167	100%
	Republican hold

2010

2010 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Aderholt (incumbent)	167,709	100%
Total votes			167,709	100%
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Aderholt (incumbent)	175,469	73.14%
	Democratic	Daniel Boman	64,438	26.86%
Total votes			239,907	100%
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Aderholt (incumbent)	132,831	98.57%
	Write-in		1,921	1.43%
Total votes			134,752	100%
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Aderholt (incumbent)	235,925	98.53%
	Write-in		3,519	1.47%
Total votes			239,444	100%
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Aderholt (incumbent)	184,255	79.77%
	Democratic	Lee Auman	46,492	20.13%
	Write-in		222	0.10%
Total votes			231,915	100%
	Republican hold

2020

2020 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Aderholt (incumbent)	258,955	82.50%
	Democratic	Rick Neighbors	54,704	17.43%
	Write-in		236	0.8%
Total votes			313,895	100%
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

Specific

http://proximityone.com/cd113_2010_ur.htm
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=01&cd=04
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=01&cd=04
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

General

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
"AL - District 04 - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.

External links

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[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.