Alabama's 4th congressional district

Alabama's 4th 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 Franklin, Colbert, Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Winston, Cullman, Lawrence, Marshall, Etowah, and DeKalb. It also includes parts of Jackson, Tuscaloosa, and Cherokee counties, as well as parts of the Decatur Metropolitan Area and the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.

"AL 4" redirects here. For Alabama State Route 4, see U.S. Route 78 in Alabama.

Alabama's 4th congressional district
Alabama's 4th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Robert Aderholt
R–Haleyville
Area8,524 sq mi (22,080 km2)
Distribution
  • 65.38% rural[1]
  • 34.62% urban
Population (2019)687,453[2]
Median household
income		$47,531[3]
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVIR+34[4]

It is currently represented by Republican Robert Aderholt. In the 2016 United States presidential election, the district was the only one in the country to give Donald Trump more than 80% of the vote, making it his strongest district in the country.[5] Trump even improved on his 2016 performance in 2020, winning 81% of the vote. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+34, it is the most Republican district in the United States.[4]

Voting
Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2020 President Trump 81 - 18%
2016 President Trump 80 - 18%
2012 President Romney 75 - 24%
2008 President McCain 76 - 22%
2004 President Bush 71 - 28%
2000 President Bush 61 - 37%

List of members representing the district
Member Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833

Dixon Hall Lewis		 Nullifier March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837		 23rd
24th
25th
26th		 Redistricted from the 3rd district. and re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837.
Re-elected in 1839.
Redistricted to the at-large district.
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841
District inactive March 3, 1841 –
March 3, 1843		 27th All representatives elected at-large on a general ticket.
William Winter Payne Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847		 28th
29th		 Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1845.
Lost re-election.
Samuel Williams Inge Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851		 30th
31st		 Elected in 1847.
Re-elected in 1849.
Retired.

William Russell Smith		 Unionist March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 32nd
33rd
34th		 Elected in 1851.
Re-elected in 1853.
Re-elected in 1855.
Lost re-election.
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
American March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857

Sydenham Moore		 Democratic March 4, 1857 –
January 21, 1861		 35th
36th		 Elected in 1857.
Re-elected in 1859.
Withdrew due to Civil War.
Vacant January 21, 1861 –
July 21, 1868		 36th
37th
38th
39th
40th		 Civil War and Reconstruction
Charles Wilson Pierce Republican July 21, 1868 –
March 3, 1869		 40th Elected for partial term in 1868.
Retired.

Charles Hays		 Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1877		 41st
42nd
43rd
44th		 Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Retired.

Charles M. Shelley		 Democratic March 4, 1877 –
July 20, 1882		 45th
46th
47th		 Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Seat declared vacant after election contest by James Q. Smith.
Vacant July 20, 1882 –
November 7, 1882		 47th

Charles M. Shelley		 Democratic November 7, 1882 –
January 9, 1885		 47th
48th		 Elected to fill the vacancy.
Also elected to the next term in 1882.
Lost election contest.
George Henry Craig Republican January 9, 1885 –
March 3, 1885		 48th Successfully contested Shelley's re-election.
Lost re-election.
Alexander C. Davidson Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889		 49th
50th		 Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Lost renomination.
Louis Washington Turpin Democratic March 4, 1889 –
June 4, 1890		 51st Elected in 1888.
Lost election contest.
John Van McDuffie Republican June 4, 1890 –
March 3, 1891		 Successfully contested Turpin's 1888 election.
Lost re-election.
Louis Washington Turpin Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893		 52nd Elected in 1890.
McDuffie unsuccessfully contested the election.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
Gaston A. Robbins Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 13, 1896		 53rd
54th		 Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Lost election contest.

William F. Aldrich		 Republican March 13, 1896 –
March 3, 1897		 54th Successfully contested Robbins's 1894 election.
Lost re-election.
Thomas S. Plowman Democratic March 4, 1897 –
February 9, 1898		 55th Elected in 1896.
Lost election contest.

William F. Aldrich		 Republican February 9, 1898 –
March 3, 1899		 Successfully contested Plowman's 1896 election.
Lost re-election.
Gaston A. Robbins Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 8, 1900		 56th Elected in 1898.
Lost election contest.

William F. Aldrich		 Republican March 8, 1900 –
March 3, 1901		 Successfully contested Robbins's 1898 election.
Retired.
Sydney J. Bowie Democratic March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1907		 57th
58th
59th		 Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Retired.

William Benjamin Craig		 Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1911		 60th
61st		 Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Retired.

Fred L. Blackmon		 Democratic March 4, 1911 –
February 8, 1921		 62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th		 Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920 but died before that term began.
Vacant February 8, 1921 –
June 7, 1921		 66th
67th

Lamar Jeffers		 Democratic June 7, 1921 –
January 3, 1935		 67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd		 Elected to finish Blackmon's term.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Lost renomination.

Sam Hobbs		 Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1951		 74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st		 Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Retired.

Kenneth A. Roberts		 Democratic January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1963		 82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th		 Elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the at-large district.
District inactive January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965		 88th All representatives elected at-large on a general ticket.

Glenn Andrews		 Republican January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967		 89th Elected in 1964.
Lost re-election.

Bill Nichols		 Democratic January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1973		 90th
91st
92nd		 Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.

Tom Bevill		 Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1997		 93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th		 Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Retired.

Robert Aderholt		 Republican January 3, 1997 –
Present		 105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th		 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.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results

These are the results from the previous ten election cycles in Alabama's 4th district.[6]

2002
2002 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Aderholt (incumbent) 139,705 86.72%
Libertarian Tony H. McLendon 20,858 12.95%
Write-in 538 0.33%
Total votes 161,101 100%
Republican hold

2004
2004 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Aderholt (incumbent) 191,110 74.73%
Democratic Carl Cole 64,278 25.14%
Write-in 336 0.13%
Total votes 255,724 100%
Republican hold

2006
2006 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Aderholt (incumbent) 128,484 70.18%
Democratic Barbara Bobo 54,382 29.71%
Write-in 206 0.11%
Total votes 183,072 100%
Republican hold

2008
2008 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Aderholt (incumbent) 196,741 74.76%
Democratic Nicholas B. Sparks 66,077 25.11%
Write-in 349 0.13%
Total votes 263,167 100%
Republican hold

2010
2010 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Aderholt (incumbent) 167,714 98.82%
Write-in 2,007 1.18%
Total votes 169,721 100%
Republican hold

2012
2012 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Aderholt (incumbent) 199,071 73.97%
Democratic Daniel Boman 69,706 25.90%
Write-in 341 0.13%
Total votes 269,118 100%
Republican hold

2014
2014 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Aderholt (incumbent) 132,831 98.57%
Write-in 1,921 1.43%
Total votes 134,752 100%
Republican hold

2016
2016 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Aderholt (incumbent) 235,925 98.53%
Write-in 3,519 1.47%
Total votes 239,444 100%
Republican hold

2018
2018 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Aderholt (incumbent) 184,255 79.78%
Democratic Lee Auman 46,492 20.13%
Write-in 222 0.10%
Total votes 230,969 100%
Republican hold

2020
2020 Alabama's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Aderholt (incumbent) 261,553 82.24%
Democratic Rick Neighbors 56,237 17.68%
Write-in 239 0.08%
Total votes 318,029 100%
Republican hold

Notes

Alabama will hold their Primary Elections on May 24, 2022. Should no candidate receive 50% of the Primary Election vote, than a Primary Runoff Election will be held on June 21, 2022.[7] There are currently only four declared candidates for Alabama's 4th Congressional District for the 2022 Election Cycle.[8][9]

2022 Alabama's 4th Congressional District Primary Elections
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Aderholt * TBD TBD
Republican Josh Gaddis TBD TBD
Democratic Rhonda Gore TBD TBD
Democratic Rick Neighbors TBD TBD

The incumbent office holder is denoted by an *.

Historical district boundaries
2003 - 2013

See also

References
Specific
  1. "Congressional Districts | 113th 114th Congress Demographics | Urban Rural Patterns".
  2. "My Congressional District".
  3. "My Congressional District".
  4. "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  5. "Daily Kos Elections presents the 2016 presidential election results by congressional district".
  6. "AL - District 04". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  7. Secretary of State, Alabama (October 12, 2021). "Administrative Calendar -- 2022 Statewide Election" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  8. Gunzburger, Ron. "Politics1 - Online Guide to Alabama Elections, Candidates & Politics". politics1.com. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  9. "Alabama's 4th Congressional District election, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
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