Alabama's 2nd congressional district

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Alabama's Second Congressional District is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It encompasses the counties of Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lowndes, and Montgomery (partial).

It is currently represented by Republican Terry Everett.

[edit] Character

The second district covers the south-east corner of Alabama. For most of its history, it has been based in Montgomery. However, in the 2000 round of redistricting, it lost the capitol area and most of the outlying districts to the 3rd District. The 2nd was one of five districts to swing Republican in 1964, when Barry Goldwater swept the state, and Republicans have not let go since then. It has become progressively more Republican in the last two redistricting rounds. The 1990 round shifted most of Montgomery's blacks to the majority-black 7th District, while the areas removed in 2000 were mostly Democratic. Elmore, Autauga, Dothan and Houston counties are heavily Republican; made up mostly of whites who tend to take a hard line on defense and "law and order." The blackbelt counties - Lowndes, Bullock and Barbour-- tend to be more Democratic, however this area's votes are easily outweighed by the more populated counties of the Wiregrass region.

Defense and agriculture are the mainstays of the 2nd district's economy. The soil was first tilled for cotton, but in the early part of this century the boll weevil wiped out more than two-thirds of the cotton crop. Now the area grows more peanuts than almost any other part of the country. Enterprise in Coffee County erected a monument to the boll weevil as a tribute to the insect whose destruction of the cotton crop persuaded farmers to switch their efforts to growing peanuts. Dothan hosts the National Peanut Festival and Parade each October, offers the Azalea Dogwood Trail in the spring, and is home to a Robert Trent Jones golf course. Ozark has the Claybank Jamboree each fall.

In addition to Montgomery, the major cities of the district are Dothan, Ozark, Troy and Greenville.

[edit] Representation

• Terry Everett (R): 1993 onwards
• William L. Dickinson (R): 1965-1993
• George M. Grant (D): 1938-1965
• J. Lister Hill (D): 1924-1938
• John R. Tyson (D): 1921-1924
• S. Hubert Dent, Jr. (D): 1909-1921
• Oliver C. Wiley (D): 1907-1909
• Aristo A. Wiley (D): 1901-1907
• Jesse F. Stallings (D): 1893-1907
• Hilary A. Herbert (D): 1877-1893
• Jeremiah Norman Williams (D): 1875-1877
• James T. Rapier (R): 1873-1875
• Charles Waldron Buckley (R): 1867-1873
• None due to American Civil War: 1861-1867
• James L. Pugh (D): 1859-1861
• Eli Sims Shorter (D): 1855-1859
• James Abercrombie (W): 1851-1855
• Henry Washington Hillard (W): 1845-1851
• James Edwin Belser (D): 1843-1845
• George S. Houston (D): 1841-1843
• David Hubbard (D): 1839-1841
• Joshua L. Martin (D): 1835-1839
• John McKinley (D-R): 1833-1835
• Samuel Wright Mardis (D-R): 1831-1833
• Robert E.B. Baylor (D-R): 1829-1831
• John McKee (I): 1823-1829

[edit] Results

[edit] 2004

Main article: U.S. House election, 2004

[edit] External links

• CNN coverage of the 2006 election
• CNN converage of the 2004 election
• CNN converage of the 2002 election
• CNN converage of the 2000 election