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The Tennessee congressional maps are an example of partisan gerrymandering, in this case by the Republican-controlled state legislature, which in 2022 drew maps to ‘crack’ the Democratic stronghold of Nashville across three otherwise Republican districts, ensuring three Republican representatives, despite Nashville’s strong Democratic ...
The district is located in East Tennessee and borders Kentucky and Virginia to the north and North Carolina to the south.. It covers all of Blount, Claiborne, Grainger, Knox, Loudon and Union counties, along with the northern half of Campbell County and a sliver of Jefferson County.
The 1st district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives has been held by Republicans since 1881. The district was created in 1805 when the at-large seat was divided among multiple districts. The district's current representative is Republican Diana Harshbarger, who was first elected in 2020 following the retirement of Republican Phil Roe. [5]
Mike Johnson, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and U.S. representative from Louisiana's 4th congressional district (2017–present) [28] Jim Jordan , U.S. representative from Ohio's 4th congressional district (2007–present) [ 26 ]
District Member (residence) Party Incumbency CPVI District map 1st: Diana Harshbarger : Republican since January 3, 2021 R+30 2nd: Tim Burchett : Republican since January 3, 2019 R+18 3rd: Chuck Fleischmann : Republican since January 3, 2011 R+19 4th: Scott DesJarlais : Republican since January 3, 2011 R+22 5th: Andy Ogles
The 3rd district encompasses most of the Chattanooga metro in eastern Tennessee, along with several suburban and rural areas near Knoxville and the Tri-Cities. The incumbent is Republican Chuck Fleischmann , who was re-elected with 63.7% of the vote in 2018 and re-elected in 2020.
Future presidents who served as members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee are: Andrew Jackson (1796–1797, at-large), James K. Polk (1825–1839, 6th and 9th) and Andrew Johnson (1843–1853, 1st) The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Tennessee.
The Tennessee House of Representatives requires a two-thirds majority of the total membership to expel another representative. [7] Since the Civil War, ten representatives have been expelled. [8] Six representatives were expelled in 1866 for attempting to prevent passage of the 14th Amendment, which granted citizenship to former slaves. [9]