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Washington's 1st congressional district
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The First Congressional District of Washington encompasses a largely suburban area north and east of Seattle like Shoreline, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Montlake Terrace, Bothell, Kirkland and Redmond, as well as Bainbridge Island and part of the Kitsap Peninsula. It is currently represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Jay Inslee, a Democrat from Bainbridge Island. From 1993 to 1995, Inslee had represented Washington's Fourth District in the central part of the state.
The former House seat of powerful Senator Warren G. Magnuson, the First was a swing district throughout much of the 1990s, changing hands and parties three times in four elections. Before the election of future U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell in 1992, the district had been in Republican hands for 40 years. Since the 1998 election, when Inslee was first elected, the First has been trending Democratic, and Inslee easily won re-election in 2006.
In 1909, members were first elected from districted seats, instead of At-large statewide. (See Washington's At-large congressional district.)
| Representative | Party | Term | District home | Note |
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| William Ewart Humphrey | Republican | 1909 – 1917 | ||
| John Franklin Miller | Republican | 1917 – 1931 | ||
| Ralph Ashley Horr | Republican | 1931 – 1933 | ||
| Marion Zioncheck | Democratic | 1933 – 1936 | ||
| Warren G. Magnuson | Democratic | 1937 – 1944 | ||
| Emerson Hugh DeLacy | Democratic | 1945 – 1947 | ||
| Homer Raymond Jones | Republican | 1947 – 1949 | ||
| Hugh Burnton Mitchell | Democratic | 1949 – 1953 | ||
| Thomas Minor Pelly | Republican | 1953 – 1973 | ||
| Joel McFee Pritchard | Republican | 1973 – 1985 | ||
| John Ripin Miller | Republican | 1985 – 1993 | ||
| Maria E. Cantwell | Democratic | 1993 – 1995 | Lost re-election to Rick White | |
| Rick White | Republican | 1995 – 1999 | Lost re-election to Jay Inslee | |
| Jay Inslee | Democratic | 1999 – present | Bainbridge Island | Incumbent |
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| Territory AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 See also: Washington's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations All U.S. districts - Apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering - Maps |