Virginia's 1st congressional district
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Virginia's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
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| Current Representative | Rob Wittman (R–Montross) |
| Population (2000) | 643,514 |
| Median income | 50,257 |
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| Cook PVI | R+8 |
Virginia's first congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia.
Virginian politicians often refer to it as "America's First District" as the district includes Jamestown (the first permanent English settlement in the New World), Williamsburg (the first capital of the colony), and Yorktown of the Historic Triangle where the decisive battle of the Revolutionary War was fought. The district also includes major military installations. It has been represented by Republican Rob Wittman since 2007.
As of 2016, the adjacent 3rd district has been ruled unconstitutional. New districts have been drawn.
It covers all or part of the following political subdivisions:
The entirety of:
Portions of:
The seat is currently held by Republican Rob Wittman.
The Virginia First District started in 1788 covering the counties of Berkeley, Frederick, Hampshire, Hardy, Harrison, Monongalia, Ohio, Randolph and Shenandoah. Of these only Shenandoah and Frederick Counties are in Virginia today; the rest are now part of West Virginia. The modern counties of Clarke, Warren and most of Page as well as the independent city of Winchester were included as part of Frederick and Shenandoah counties in 1788. In West Virginia all the current state north and east of a generalized line running from Wood County to Pocahontas County was in the congressional district. The one exception was that Pendleton County, West Virginia was in Virginia's 3rd congressional district.
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