Georgia's 5th congressional district
U.S. House district for Georgia
Georgia's 5th congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative Distribution 99.97% urban[1] 0.03% rural Population (2022) 759,771[2] Median household income $80,430[3] Ethnicity Cook PVI D+32[4]
Georgia's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia . The district was represented by Democrat John Lewis from January 3, 1987, until his death on July 17, 2020. Kwanza Hall was elected to replace Lewis on December 1, 2020, and served until January 3, 2021, when Nikema Williams took his place. Hall was elected in a special election for the balance of Lewis' 17th term. He chose not to run in the general election for a full two-year term, which was won by Williams.
Reapportionment
The district's boundaries were redrawn following the 2010 census , which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.[5] The first election using the new district boundaries (listed below) were the 2012 congressional elections .
Geography
Based in central Fulton and parts of DeKalb and Clayton counties, the majority black district includes almost three-fourths of Atlanta , the state capital and largest city. It also includes some of the surrounding suburbs, including East Point , Druid Hills , and Forest Park .[6] With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+32, it is the most Democratic district in Georgia.[4]
Counties
Recent results in statewide elections
List of members representing the district
Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
District map
District created March 4, 1827
Charles Eaton Haynes (Sparta )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
20th
Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1826 . Redistricted to the at-large district .
District inactive
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1845
John Henry Lumpkin (Rome )
Democratic
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849
29th 30th
Elected in 1844 .Re-elected in 1846 .[data missing ]
Thomas C. Hackett (Rome )
Democratic
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
31st
Elected in 1848 .[data missing ]
Elijah Webb Chastain (Toccoa )
Unionist
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
32nd 33rd
Elected in 1851 .Re-elected in 1853 .[data missing ]
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
John Henry Lumpkin (Rome )
Democratic
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th
Elected in 1855 .[data missing ]
Augustus R. Wright (Rome )
Democratic
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
35th
Elected in 1857 .[data missing ]
John William Henderson Underwood (Rome )
Democratic
March 4, 1859 – January 23, 1861
36th
Elected in 1859 . Withdrew.
Vacant
January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th
Civil War and Reconstruction
Charles H. Prince (Augusta )
Republican
July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869
40th
Elected to finish the term .[data missing ]
Vacant
March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870
41st
Stephen A. Corker (Waynesboro )
Democratic
December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1871
Elected after the disqualification of Charles H. Prince .[data missing ]
Dudley M. DuBose (Washington )
Democratic
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
42nd
Elected in 1870 .[data missing ]
James C. Freeman (Griffin )
Republican
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
43rd
Elected in 1872 .[data missing ]
Milton A. Candler (Atlanta )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
44th 45th
Elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 .[data missing ]
Nathaniel J. Hammond (Atlanta )
Democratic
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1887
46th 47th 48th 49th
Elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 .Re-elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 .[data missing ]
John D. Stewart (Griffin )
Democratic
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
50th 51st
Elected in 1886 .Re-elected in 1888 .[data missing ]
Leonidas F. Livingston (Covington )
Democratic
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1911
52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st
Elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 .Re-elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .[data missing ]
William S. Howard (Kirkwood )
Democratic
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919
62nd 63rd 64th 65th
Elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .[data missing ]
William David Upshaw (Atlanta )
Democratic
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1927
66th 67th 68th 69th
Elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 . Lost renomination.
Leslie Jasper Steele (Decatur )
Democratic
March 4, 1927 – July 24, 1929
70th 71st
Elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 . Died.
Vacant
July 14, 1929 – October 2, 1929
71st
Robert Ramspeck (Atlanta )
Democratic
October 2, 1929 – December 31, 1945
71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th
Elected to finish Steele's term .Re-elected in 1930 .Re-elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 . Resigned to return to working in the aviation industry.
Vacant
December 31, 1945 – February 12, 1946
79th
Helen Douglas Mankin (Atlanta )
Democratic
February 12, 1946 – January 3, 1947
Elected to finish Ramspeck's term . Lost renomination, and then lost re-election as a write-in candidate.
James C. Davis (Stone Mountain )
Democratic
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1963
80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th
Elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 . Lost renomination.
Charles L. Weltner (Atlanta )
Democratic
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967
88th 89th
Elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 . Retired after refusing to endorse Lester Maddox for Governor of Georgia .
Fletcher Thompson (East Point )
Republican
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973
90th 91st 92nd
Elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 . Retired to run for U.S. senator .
Andrew Young (Atlanta )
Democratic
January 3, 1973 – January 29, 1977
93rd 94th 95th
Elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 . Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations .
Vacant
January 29, 1977 – April 6, 1977
95th
Wyche Fowler (Atlanta )
Democratic
April 6, 1977 – January 3, 1987
95th 96th 97th 98th 99th
Elected to finish Young's term .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 . Retired to run for U.S. senator .
John Lewis (Atlanta )
Democratic
January 3, 1987 – July 17, 2020
100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th
Elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-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 . Died.
2003–2007
2007–2013
2013–2023
Vacant
July 17, 2020 – December 3, 2020
116th
Kwanza Hall (Atlanta )
Democratic
December 3, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Elected to finish Lewis's term . Was not a candidate for the next term.
Nikema Williams (Atlanta )
Democratic
January 3, 2021 – present
117th 118th
Elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .
2023–2025
Election results
Year
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
1844 (29th Congress )
Y John Henry Lumpkin
Democratic
7,720
61.2
Miller
Whig
4,889
38.8
1846 (30th Congress )
Y John Henry Lumpkin
Democratic
5,349
79.4
Crook
Whig
1,263
18.8
1848 (35th Congress )
Y Thomas C. Hackett
Democratic
8,767
59.8
James M. Calhoun
Whig
5,904
40.2
1851 (32nd Congress )
Y Elijah Webb Chastain
Union
13,882
65.0
Stiles
Whig
7,481
35.0
1853 (33rd Congress )
Y Elijah Webb Chastain
Democratic
8,118
50.8
Tumlin
Democratic
7,866
49.2
1855 (34th Congress )
Y John Henry Lumpkin
Democratic
11,290
58.6
Tumlin
7,978
41.4
1857 (35th Congress )
Y Augustus R. Wright
Democratic
9,669
63.0
Hooper
Independent Democrat
5,690
37.1
1859 (36th Congress )
Y John Underwood
Democratic
12,339
85.1
Shackleford
Opp.
2,162
14.9
Georgia announced its secession from the Union, January 28, 1861.
April 20, 1868 (40th Congress ) Special election
Y Charles H. Prince [7]
Republican
Hilliard
Democratic
January 1871 (45th Congress ) Special election
Y Stephen Alfestus Corker
Democratic
1870 (42nd Congress )
Y Dudley M. Du Bose
Democratic
15,363
62.3
Isham S. Fannin
Republican
9,302
37.7
1872 (43rd Congress )
Y James C. Freeman
Republican
10,910
50.7
Glenn
Liberal Republican
10,631
49.4
1874 (44th Congress )
Y Milton A. Candler
Democratic
12,450
66.5
Mills
Republican
6,273
33.5
1876 (45th Congress )
Y Milton A. Candler
Democratic
18,083
67.5
Markham
Republican
8,714
32.5
1878 (46th Congress )
Y Nathaniel Job Hammond
Democratic
10,269
55.6
Arnold
Greenback
8,196
44.4
1880 (47th Congress )
Y Nathaniel Job Hammond
Democratic
11,947
62.6
Clark
Republican
7,133
37.4
1882 (48th Congress )
Y Nathaniel Job Hammond
Democratic
10,788
65.2
Buck
Independent Republican
5,756
34.8
1884 (49th Congress )
Y Nathaniel Job Hammond
Democratic
9,008
63.7
Martin
Republican
5,130
36.3
1886 (50th Congress )
Y John D. Stewart
Democratic
2,999
100.0
1888 (55th Congress )
Y John D. Stewart
Democratic
10,971
68.6
George S. Thomas
Republican
5,032
31.4
1890 (52nd Congress )
Y Leonidas F. Livingston
Democratic
8,688
70.7
Will Haight
Republican
3,608
29.3
1892 (53rd Congress )
Y Leonidas F. Livingston
Democratic
9,732
60.2
Samuel Small
Populist & Republican
6,447
39.9
1894 (54th Congress )
Y Leonidas F. Livingston
Democratic
7,781
59.7
Robert Todd
Populist
5,264
40.4
1896 (55th Congress )
Y Leonidas F. Livingston
Democratic
9,258
58.0
J. C. Hendrix
Republican
6,715
42.0
1898 (56th Congress )
Y Leonidas F. Livingston
Democratic
3,027
97.6
1900 (57th Congress )
Y Leonidas F. Livingston
Democratic
8,828
76.6
Charles I. Brannan
Independent
2,685
23.3
1902 (58th Congress )
Y Leonidas F. Livingston
Democratic
2,485
100.0
1904 (59th Congress )
Y Leonidas F. Livingston
Democratic
9,387
71.4
C. P. Goree
Republican
3,760
28.6
1906 (60th Congress )
Y Leonidas F. Livingston
Democratic
3,030
100.0
1908 (65th Congress )
Y Leonidas F. Livingston
Democratic
8,909
100.0
1910 (62nd Congress )
Y William Schley Howard
Democratic
4,091
100.0
1912 (63rd Congress )
Y William Schley Howard
Democratic
12,000
100.0
1914 (64th Congress )
Y William Schley Howard
Democratic
4,780
88.2
Dewar
Progressive
640
11.8
1916 (65th Congress )
Y William Schley Howard
Democratic
13,174
88.8
Moore
1,656
11.2
1918 (66th Congress )
Y William D. Upshaw
Democratic
5,251
100.0
1920 (67th Congress )
Y William D. Upshaw
Democratic
10,649
70.1
John W. Martin
Republican
4,544
29.9
1922 (68th Congress )
Y William D. Upshaw
Democratic
4,646
93.1
Max H. Wilensky
347
7.0
1924 (69th Congress )
Y William D. Upshaw
Democratic
16,608
100.0
1926 (70th Congress )
Y Leslie J. Steele
Democratic
2,919
99.9
1928 (75th Congress )
Y Leslie J. Steele
Democratic
19,328
100.0
October 2, 1929 (75th Congress ) Special election
Y Robert Ramspeck
Democratic
1930 (72nd Congress )
Y Robert Ramspeck
Democratic
10,752
100.0
1932 (73rd Congress )
Y Robert Ramspeck
Democratic
26,657
100.0
1934 (74th Congress )
Y Robert Ramspeck
Democratic
5,206
100.0
1936 (75th Congress )
Y Robert Ramspeck
Democratic
35,540
89.4
H. H. Alexander
Republican
4,213
10.6
1938 (76th Congress )
Y Robert Ramspeck
Democratic
6,906
97.2
1940 (77th Congress )
Y Robert Ramspeck
Democratic , Independent
41,677
99.9
1942 (78th Congress )
Y Robert Ramspeck
Democratic
9,176
96.0
1944 (79th Congress )
Y Robert Ramspeck
Democratic
50,257
94.5
H. H. Alexander
Independent
2,929
5.5
February 12, 1946 (79th Congress ) Special election
Y Helen Douglas Mankin
Democratic
1946 (80th Congress )
Y James C. Davis
Democratic
31,444
61.6
Helen Douglas Mankin
Independent (Write-in )
19,527
38.3
1948 (85th Congress )
Y James C. Davis
Democratic
54,637
99.6
1950 (82nd Congress )
Y James C. Davis
Democratic
49,317
100.0
1952 (83rd Congress )
Y James C. Davis
Democratic
83,920
100.0
1954 (84th Congress )
Y James C. Davis
Democratic
54,069
64.4
Charles A. Moye Jr.
Republican
29,911
35.6
1956 (85th Congress )
Y James C. Davis
Democratic
85,292
59.2
Randolph W. Thrower
Republican
58,777
40.8
1958 (86th Congress )
Y James C. Davis
Democratic
32,135
100.0
1960 (87th Congress )
Y James C. Davis
Democratic
80,023
99.7
1962 (88th Congress )
Y Charles Weltner
Democratic
60,583
55.6
L. J. O'Callaghan
Republican
48,466
44.4
1964 (89th Congress )
Y Charles Weltner
Democratic
65,803
54.0
L. J. O'Callaghan
Republican
55,983
46.0
1966 (90th Congress )
Y Fletcher Thompson
Republican
55,423
60.1
Archie Lindsey
Democratic
36,751
39.9
1968 (95th Congress )
Y Fletcher Thompson
Republican
79,258
55.6
Charles Weltner
Democratic
63,183
44.4
1970 (92nd Congress )
Y Fletcher Thompson
Republican
78,540
57.4
Andrew Young
Democratic
58,394
42.6
1972 (93rd Congress )
Y Andrew Young
Democratic
72,289
52.8
Rodney M. Cook
Republican
64,495
47.1
1974 (94th Congress )
Y Andrew Young
Democratic
69,221
71.6
Wyman C. Lowe
Republican
27,397
28.3
1976 (95th Congress )
Y Andrew Young
Democratic
96,056
66.7
Ed Gadrix
Republican
47,998
33.3
1977 (95th Congress ) Special election
Wyche Fowler
Democratic
29,898
39.6
John Lewis
Democratic
21,531
28.6
Paul Coverdell
Republican
16,509
21.9
April 5, 1977 (95th Congress ) Special runoff
Y Wyche Fowler
Democratic
54,378
62.4
John Lewis
Democratic
32,732
37.6
1978 (96th Congress )
Y Wyche Fowler
Democratic
52,739
75.5
Thomas P. Bowles Jr.
Republican
17,132
24.5
1980 (97th Congress )
Y Wyche Fowler
Democratic
101,646
74.0
F. William Dowda
Republican
35,640
26.0
1982 (98th Congress )
Y Wyche Fowler
Democratic
53,264
80.8
J.E. (Billy) McKinney
Independent
9,047
13.7
Paul Jones
Republican
3,633
5.5
1984 (99th Congress )
Y Wyche Fowler
Democratic
151,233
100.0
1986 (100th Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
93,229
75.3
Portia A. Scott
Republican
30,562
24.7
1988 (105th Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
135,194
78.2
J. W. Tibbs Jr.
Republican
37.693
21.8
1990 (102nd Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
86,037
75.6
J. W. Tibbs Jr.
Republican
27,781
24.4
1992 (103rd Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
147,445
72.1
Paul R. Stabler
Republican
56,960
27.9
1994 (104th Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
85,094
69.1
Dale Dixon
Republican
37,999
30.9
1996 (105th Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
136,555
100.0
1998 (106th Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
109,177
78.5
John H. Lewis Sr.
Republican
29,877
21.5
2000 (107th Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
137,333
77.2
Hank Schwab
Republican
40,606
22.8
2002 (108th Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
116,259
100.0
2004 (109th Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
201,773
100.0
2006 (110th Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
122,380
100.0
2008 (111th Congress )
Y John Lewis
Democratic
122,345
100.0
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020 special election
2020
2022
See also
References
^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)" . www.census.gov . US Census Bureau Geography.
^ "My Congressional District" . www.census.gov . Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau.
^ "My Congressional District" . www.census.gov . Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau.
^ a b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . Cook Political Report . July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023 .
^ Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps Archived January 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed December 27, 2011
^ 2012 Congressional maps - Metro Atlanta , Georgia Legislature. Last accessed January 1, 2012
^ Prince was seated despite the fact that Georgia had not yet been readmitted to the Union. On the opening of the 45th United States Congress in March 1869, he claimed that his election of 1868 entitled him to sit in that Congress, but this claim was rejected by Congress.
^ "Results Summary" . Georgia Secretary of State . Retrieved September 30, 2020 .
^ "Results Summary" . Georgia Secretary of State . Retrieved December 14, 2020 .
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