For other uses, see GA-1 (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Georgia's 1st House of Representatives district.
Georgia's 1st congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Buddy Carter
R–St. Simons
Distribution
  • 70.98% urban[1]
  • 29.02% rural
Population (2024) 806,580[2]
Median household
income		 $72,484[2]
Ethnicity
  • 57.6% White
  • 27.5% Black
  • 7.8% Hispanic
  • 4.1% Two or more races
  • 2.2% Asian
  • 0.8% other
Cook PVI R+8[3]

Georgia's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is currently represented by Republican Buddy Carter. The district's boundaries were redrawn following the 2010 United States census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.[4] The first election using the new district boundaries were the 2012 congressional elections.

The district comprises the entire coastal area of Sea Islands and much of the southeastern part of the state. In addition to Savannah, the district includes the cities of Brunswick, Jesup, and Waycross.

There are three military bases in the district:

  • Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, at Kings Bay in Camden County
  • Fort Stewart, near Hinesville in Liberty County
  • Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah

Counties and communities

Much of the district is located along Georgia's marshy coast, such as this area in Glynn County containing the Sidney Lanier Bridge

For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 court order), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.[5][6]

Appling County (3)

All three communities

Bacon County (2)

Alma, Rockingham

Brantley County (5)

All five communities

Bryan County (3)

All three communities

Camden County (5)

All five communities

Charlton County (2)

Folkston, Homeland

Chatham County (18)

All 18 communities

Effingham County (3)

Guyton (part; also 12th), Rincon, Springfield (part; also 12th)

Glynn County (7)

All seven communities

Liberty County (8)

All eight communities

Long County (1)

Ludowici

McIntosh County (3)

All three communities

Pierce County (5)

All five communities

Ware County (7)

All seven communities

Wayne County (4)

All four communities

Recent election results from statewide races

Year Office Results[7]
2008 President McCain 55% - 44%
2012 President Romney 57% - 43%
2016 President Trump 57% - 40%
Senate Isakson 60% - 36%
2018 Governor Kemp 57% - 42%
Lt. Governor Duncan 58% - 42%
Attorney General Carr 58% - 42%
2020 President Trump 56% - 43%
2021 Senate (Reg.) Perdue 56% - 44%
Senate (Spec.) Loeffler 56% - 44%
2022 Senate Walker 56% - 44%
Governor Kemp 60% - 39%
Lt. Governor Jones 58% - 39%
Attorney General Carr 59% - 40%
Secretary of State Raffensperger 60% - 37%
2024 President Trump 58% - 42%

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1789

James Jackson
(Savannah)		 Anti-Administration March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1791		 1st Elected in 1789.
Lost re-election.		 1789–1791
"Lower district": Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Greene, Liberty, Richmond, Washington, and Wilkes counties[8]

Anthony Wayne
(Richmond and Kew)		 Anti-Administration March 4, 1791 –
March 21, 1792		 2nd Elected in 1791.
Seat declared vacant due to dispute over validity of election result.		 1791–1793
"Southern (or Eastern) district": Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, and Liberty counties[9]
Vacant March 21, 1792 –
November 22, 1792

John Milledge
(Augusta)		 Anti-Administration November 22, 1792 –
March 3, 1793		 Elected July 9, 1792 to finish Wayne's term and seated November 22, 1792.
Redistricted to the at-large district.
District inactive March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1827
Edward Fenwick Tattnall
(Savannah)		 Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
????, 1827		 20th Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1826.
Resigned before Congress convened.		 1827–1829
[data missing]
Vacant ????, 1827 –
October 1, 1827

George Rockingham Gilmer
(Lexington)		 Jacksonian October 1, 1827 –
March 3, 1829		 Elected October 1, 1827 to finish Tattnall's term and seated December 3, 1827.[10]
Redistricted to the at-large district and although re-elected in 1828, failed to accept the position within the legal time frame and the governor ordered a new election.
District inactive March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1845

Thomas Butler King
(Waynesville)		 Whig March 4, 1845 –
1850
[data missing]		 29th
30th
31st		 Elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Resigned.		 1845–1853
[data missing]
Joseph Webber Jackson
(Savannah)		 Democratic March 4, 1850 –
March 3, 1851		 31st Elected to finish King's term.
Re-elected in 1851.
[data missing]
Nullifier March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 32nd

James Lindsay Seward
(Thomasville)		 Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1859		 33rd
34th
35th		 Elected in 1853.
Re-elected in 1855.
Re-elected in 1857.
[data missing]		 1853–1861
[data missing]

Peter Early Love
(Thomasville)		 Democratic March 4, 1859 –
January 23, 1861		 36th Elected in 1859.
Resigned.
Vacant January 23, 1861 –
July 25, 1868		 36th
37th
38th
39th
40th		 Civil War and Reconstruction

Joseph W. Clift
(Savannah)		 Republican July 25, 1868 –
March 3, 1869		 40th Elected in 1868 to finish term.
[data missing]		 1868–1873
[data missing]
Vacant March 4, 1869 –
December 22, 1870		 41st Representative-elect Joseph W. Clift was not permitted to qualify.
William W. Paine
(Savannah)		 Democratic December 22, 1870 –
March 3, 1871		 Elected to finish Clift's term.

Archibald T. MacIntyre
(Thomasville)		 Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873		 42nd Elected in 1870.
[data missing]

Morgan Rawls
(Guyton)		 Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 24, 1874		 43rd Lost contested election. 1873–1883
[data missing]
Andrew Sloan
(Savannah)		 Republican March 24, 1874 –
March 3, 1875		 43rd Won contested election.
[data missing]
Julian Hartridge
(Savannah)		 Democratic March 4, 1875 –
January 8, 1879		 44th
45th		 Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Elected in 1878.
Died.
Vacant January 8, 1879 –
February 10, 1879		 45th
William Bennett Fleming
(Savannah)		 Democratic February 10, 1879 –
March 3, 1879		 45th Elected January 23, 1879 to finish Hartridge's term.
[data missing]
John C. Nicholls
(Blackshear)		 Democratic March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881		 46th Elected in 1878.
[data missing]

George Robison Black
(Sylvania)		 Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883		 47th Elected in 1880.
[data missing]
John C. Nicholls
(Savannah)		 Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885		 48th Elected in 1882.
[data missing]		 1883–1893
[data missing]

Thomas M. Norwood
(Savannah)		 Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889		 49th
50th		 Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
[data missing]

Rufus E. Lester
(Savannah)		 Democratic March 4, 1889 –
June 16, 1906		 51st
52nd
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th
58th
59th		 Elected in 1888.
Re-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.
Died.
1893–1903
[data missing]
1903–1913
[data missing]
Vacant June 16, 1906 –
October 3, 1906		 59th

James W. Overstreet
(Sylvania)		 Democratic October 3, 1906 –
March 3, 1907		 Elected to finish Lester's term.
[data missing]

Charles Gordon Edwards
(Savannah)		 Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1917		 60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th		 Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Retired.
1913–1923
[data missing]

James W. Overstreet
(Sylvania)		 Democratic March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1923		 65th
66th
67th		 Elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Lost renomination.
Robert Lee Moore
(Statesboro)		 Democratic March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1925		 68th Elected in 1922.
Lost renomination.		 1923–1933
[data missing]

Charles Gordon Edwards
(Savannah)		 Democratic March 4, 1925 –
July 13, 1931		 69th
70th
71st
72nd		 Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Died.
Vacant July 13, 1931 –
September 9, 1931		 72nd
Homer C. Parker
(Statesboro)		 Democratic September 9, 1931 –
January 3, 1935		 72nd
73rd		 Elected to finish Edwards's term.
Re-elected in 1932.
Lost renomination.
1933–1943
[data missing]
Hugh Peterson
(Ailey)		 Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1947		 74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th		 Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Lost renomination.
1943–1953
[data missing]

Prince Hulon Preston Jr.
(Statesboro)		 Democratic January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1961		 80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th		 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.
Lost renomination.
1953–1963
[data missing]

George Elliott Hagan
(Sylvania)		 Democratic 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.
Lost renomination.
1963–1973
[data missing]

Ronald 'Bo' Ginn
(Millen)		 Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1983		 93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th		 Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Retired to run for Governor of Georgia.		 1973–1983
[data missing]

Lindsay Thomas
(Statesboro)		 Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993		 98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd		 Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Retired.		 1983–1993
[data missing]

Jack Kingston
(Savannah)		 Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2015		 103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th		 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.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.		 1993–2003
[data missing]
2003–2007
2007–2013
2013–2023

Buddy Carter
(St. Simons)		 Republican January 3, 2015 –
present		 114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
119th		 Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
Retiring to run for U.S Senate.
2023–2025
2025–present

Recent election results

2002

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Kingston (Incumbent) 103,661 72.14
Democratic Don Smart 40,026 27.85
No party Others 13 0.01
Total votes 143,700 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2004

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Kingston (Incumbent) 188,347 100.00
Total votes 188,347 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Kingston (Incumbent) 94,961 68.50
Democratic Jim Nelson 43,668 31.50
Total votes 138,629 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Kingston (Incumbent) 165,911 66.53
Democratic Bill Gillespie 83,486 33.47
Total votes 249,397 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2010

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Kingston (Incumbent) 117,270 71.63
Democratic Oscar L. Harris, II 46,449 28.37
Total votes 163,719 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2012

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2012)[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Kingston (Incumbent) 157,181 62.98
Democratic Lesli Messinger 92,399 37.02
Total votes 249,580 100.00
Turnout   72.19
Republican hold

2014

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2014)[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Buddy Carter 95,337 60.91
Democratic Brian Reese 61,175 39.09
Total votes 156,512 100.00
Republican hold

2016

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2016)[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Buddy Carter (Incumbent) 210,243 100.00
Total votes 210,243 100.00
Republican hold

2018

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2018)[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Buddy Carter (Incumbent) 144,501 57.77
Democratic Lisa Ring 105,633 42.23
Total votes 250,134 100.00
Republican hold

2020

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2020)[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Buddy Carter (Incumbent) 189,457 58.35
Democratic Joyce Griggs 135,238 41.65
Total votes 324,695 100.00
Republican hold

2022

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2022)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Buddy Carter (Incumbent) 156,128 59.15
Democratic Wade Herring 107,837 40.85
Total votes 263,695 100.00
Republican hold

2024

Georgia's 1st Congressional District Election (2024)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Buddy Carter (Incumbent) 220,576 62.00
Democratic Patti Hewitt 135,281 38.00
Total votes 355,857 100.00
Republican hold

See also

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

References

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