The 7th congressional district of Tennessee is a congressional district located in parts of Middle and West Tennessee. It has been represented by Republican Mark E. Green since January 2019. The seventh district has significant suburban and rural areas. Although most of the area is rural, more than half of the district's vote is cast in either Montgomery County (Clarksville) or Williamson County (Franklin, Brentwood).
Tennessee's 7th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
By most measures, Williamson County is the wealthiest county in the state and is usually ranked near the top nationally.[4]
The district has a very strong military presence, as it includes Tennessee's share of Fort Campbell. Politically speaking, the area was secessionist and part of the Democrats' "Solid South" for a century after the Civil War, excluding heavily Republican UnionistHighland RimWayne County. However, since being carried by George Wallace in 1968 it has become and remained one of the most Republican areas in Tennessee, and has not been represented by a Democrat since the early 1970s. The presence of Nashville's suburbs gives it a character similar to those of most affluent suburban districts in much of the South until the mid-2000s. It has a strong social conservative bent; many of the state's most politically active churches are either located here or draw most of their congregations from here.
The rural secessionist counties are similar demographically to the 8th district and returned to the Democrats until the 2000s; three of the five Tennessee counties won by George McGovern lie within this district. However, since the mid-2000s these counties have turned overwhelmingly Republican in all elections. The only area where Democrats currently compete on anything resembling an even basis is in Clarksville, which still occasionally elects Democrats to the state legislature.
The district is located in both West and Middle Tennessee. It stretches as far north as the Kentucky border, as far south as the Alabama border, as far east as Franklin, and as far west as Camden.
Districts stretching from Clarksville to West Tennessee have existed in one form or another since 1871. For most of the time from 1933 to 1983 (except for 1943 to 1953), it was numbered as the 6th district.
This district assumed something approaching its current configuration in 1973, when Tennessee lost a congressional district. At that time, the 6th was redrawn to stretch from Williamson County, south of Nashville, to the eastern suburbs of Memphis and covering the rural areas in between. Republican Robin Beard represented this area from 1973 to 1983.
Tennessee gained a congressional district following the 1980 census. At this time, the district was re-numbered as the 7th and lost its eastern counties to the 4th and 6th districts. At the same time, most of its black residents closer to Memphis were drawn into the 9th district. Following this re-districting, Beard made an unsuccessful U.S. Senate bid, and was replaced by former Shelby County Republican Party chair Don Sundquist.
Sundquist served through the rest of the 1980s through the 1990 re-districting, which saw the district lose some of its rural counties while picking up Maury County. In 1994, Sundquist successfully ran for Governor of Tennessee, defeating future governor Phil Bredesen. Sundquist was then replaced by Ed Bryant. Bryant served from 1995 until 2002, when the district was gerrymandered by the Democrat-led Tennessee General Assembly to pack the consistently Republican suburbs of Nashville and Memphis into one district. The result was a district that was 200 miles (320 km) long, but only two miles (3.2 km) wide at some points in the Middle Tennessee portion. Following that re-districting, the area chose Brentwood-based state senator Marsha Blackburn. She served from 2003 to 2019.
Redistricting after the 2010 census made the district somewhat more compact, restoring a configuration similar to the 1983-2003 lines. However, it lost its share of the Memphis suburbs to the 8th, a move which made the 8th as heavily Republican as the 7th. In 2018, Blackburn successfully ran for US Senate, defeating former governor Phil Bredesen. In the concurrent election, the district selected doctor and former state senator Mark E. Green.
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The 7th congressional district of Tennessee is a congressional district located in parts of Middle and West Tennessee It has been represented by Republican Mark E Green since January 2019 The seventh district has significant suburban and rural areas Although most of the area is rural more than half of the district s vote is cast in either Montgomery County Clarksville or Williamson County Franklin Brentwood Tennessee s 7th congressional districtInteractive map of district boundaries since January 3 2023Representative Mark GreenR ClarksvilleDistribution50 71 urban 1 49 29 ruralPopulation 2022 801 730 2 Median householdincome 70 095 2 Ethnicity81 0 White10 0 Black4 7 Hispanic2 0 Two or more races1 8 Asian0 5 otherCook PVIR 10 3 By most measures Williamson County is the wealthiest county in the state and is usually ranked near the top nationally 4 The district has a very strong military presence as it includes Tennessee s share of Fort Campbell Politically speaking the area was secessionist and part of the Democrats Solid South for a century after the Civil War excluding heavily Republican Unionist Highland Rim Wayne County However since being carried by George Wallace in 1968 it has become and remained one of the most Republican areas in Tennessee and has not been represented by a Democrat since the early 1970s The presence of Nashville s suburbs gives it a character similar to those of most affluent suburban districts in much of the South until the mid 2000s It has a strong social conservative bent many of the state s most politically active churches are either located here or draw most of their congregations from here The rural secessionist counties are similar demographically to the 8th district and returned to the Democrats until the 2000s three of the five Tennessee counties won by George McGovern lie within this district However since the mid 2000s these counties have turned overwhelmingly Republican in all elections The only area where Democrats currently compete on anything resembling an even basis is in Clarksville which still occasionally elects Democrats to the state legislature Contents 1 Current boundaries 2 Election results from statewide races 3 History 4 List of members representing the district 5 Historical district boundaries 6 See also 7 ReferencesCurrent boundaries editThe district is located in both West and Middle Tennessee It stretches as far north as the Kentucky border as far south as the Alabama border as far east as Franklin and as far west as Camden It is currently composed of the following counties Cheatham Dickson Decatur Hickman Houston Humphreys Montgomery Perry Robertson Stewart and Wayne It also includes significant portions of Benton Davidson and Williamson Election results from statewide races editResults under old lines 2013 2023 Year Office Result2000 President George W Bush 59 Al Gore 40 2004 President George W Bush 66 John Kerry 33 2008 President John McCain 65 Barack Obama 34 2012 President Mitt Romney 65 Barack Obama 33 2016 President Donald Trump 67 Hillary Clinton 28 2020 President Donald Trump 66 Joe Biden 31 History editDistricts stretching from Clarksville to West Tennessee have existed in one form or another since 1871 For most of the time from 1933 to 1983 except for 1943 to 1953 it was numbered as the 6th district This district assumed something approaching its current configuration in 1973 when Tennessee lost a congressional district At that time the 6th was redrawn to stretch from Williamson County south of Nashville to the eastern suburbs of Memphis and covering the rural areas in between Republican Robin Beard represented this area from 1973 to 1983 Tennessee gained a congressional district following the 1980 census At this time the district was re numbered as the 7th and lost its eastern counties to the 4th and 6th districts At the same time most of its black residents closer to Memphis were drawn into the 9th district Following this re districting Beard made an unsuccessful U S Senate bid and was replaced by former Shelby County Republican Party chair Don Sundquist Sundquist served through the rest of the 1980s through the 1990 re districting which saw the district lose some of its rural counties while picking up Maury County In 1994 Sundquist successfully ran for Governor of Tennessee defeating future governor Phil Bredesen Sundquist was then replaced by Ed Bryant Bryant served from 1995 until 2002 when the district was gerrymandered by the Democrat led Tennessee General Assembly to pack the consistently Republican suburbs of Nashville and Memphis into one district The result was a district that was 200 miles 320 km long but only two miles 3 2 km wide at some points in the Middle Tennessee portion Following that re districting the area chose Brentwood based state senator Marsha Blackburn She served from 2003 to 2019 Redistricting after the 2010 census made the district somewhat more compact restoring a configuration similar to the 1983 2003 lines However it lost its share of the Memphis suburbs to the 8th a move which made the 8th as heavily Republican as the 7th In 2018 Blackburn successfully ran for US Senate defeating former governor Phil Bredesen In the concurrent election the district selected doctor and former state senator Mark E Green List of members representing the district editName Party Years Congress District residence Electoral historyDistrict established March 4 1823 nbsp Sam Houston Democratic Republican March 4 1823 March 4 1825 18th19th Lebanon Elected in 1823 Re elected in 1825 Retired to run for Governor of Tennessee Jacksonian March 4 1825 March 4 1827 nbsp John Bell Jacksonian March 4 1827 March 3 1835 20th21st22nd23rd24th25th26th Nashville Elected in 1827 Re elected in 1829 Re elected in 1831 Re elected in 1833 Re elected in 1835 Re elected in 1837 Re elected in 1839 Retired to become U S Secretary of War Anti Jacksonian March 4 1835 March 3 1837Whig March 4 1837 March 3 1841 nbsp Robert L Caruthers Whig March 4 1841 March 3 1843 27th Lebanon Elected in 1841 Retired David W Dickinson Whig March 4 1843 March 3 1845 28th Murfreesboro Elected in 1843 Retired nbsp Meredith P Gentry Whig March 4 1845 March 3 1853 29th30th31st32nd Franklin Elected in 1845 Re elected in 1847 Re elected in 1849 Re elected in 1851 Retired Robert M Bugg Whig March 4 1853 March 3 1855 33rd Giles County Elected in 1853 Retired nbsp John V Wright Democratic March 4 1855 March 3 1861 34th35th36th Purdy Elected in 1855 Re elected in 1857 Re elected in 1859 Could not seek re election as West Tennessee seceded District inactive March 4 1861 July 24 1866 37th38th39th Civil War and Reconstruction nbsp Isaac R Hawkins Unionist July 24 1866 March 3 1867 39th40th41st Huntingdon Elected in 1865 Re elected in 1867 Re elected in 1868 Retired Republican March 4 1867 March 3 1871 nbsp Robert P Caldwell Democratic March 4 1871 March 3 1873 42nd Trenton Elected in 1870 Lost renomination nbsp John Atkins Democratic March 4 1873 March 3 1875 43rd Paris Elected in 1872 Redistricted to the 8th district nbsp Washington C Whitthorne Democratic March 4 1875 March 3 1883 44th45th46th47th Columbia Redistricted from the 6th district and re elected in 1874 Re elected in 1876 Re elected in 1878 Re elected in 1880 Retired nbsp John G Ballentine Democratic March 4 1883 March 3 1887 48th49th Pulaski Elected in 1882 Re elected in 1884 Retired nbsp Washington C Whitthorne Democratic March 4 1887 March 4 1891 50th51st Columbia Elected in 1886 Re elected in 1888 Retired nbsp Nicholas N Cox Democratic March 4 1891 March 3 1901 52nd53rd54th55th56th Franklin Elected in 1890 Re elected in 1892 Re elected in 1894 Re elected in 1896 Re elected in 1898 Retired nbsp Lemuel P Padgett Democratic March 4 1901 August 2 1922 57th58th59th60th61st62nd63rd64th65th66th67th Columbia Elected in 1900 Re elected in 1902 Re elected in 1904 Re elected in 1906 Re elected in 1908 Re elected in 1910 Re elected in 1912 Re elected in 1914 Re elected in 1916 Re elected in 1918 Re elected in 1920 Died Vacant August 2 1922 November 6 1922 67th nbsp Clarence W Turner Democratic November 7 1922 March 3 1923 Waverly Elected to finish Padgett s term Retired nbsp William C Salmon Democratic March 4 1923 March 3 1925 68th Columbia Elected in 1922 Retired nbsp Edward E Eslick Democratic March 4 1925 June 14 1932 69th70th71st72nd Pulaski Elected in 1924 Re elected in 1926 Re elected in 1928 Re elected in 1930 Died Vacant June 14 1932 August 12 1932 72nd nbsp Willa Eslick Democratic August 13 1932 March 3 1933 Pulaski Elected to finish her husband s term Retired nbsp Gordon Browning Democratic March 4 1933 January 3 1935 73rd Huntingdon Redistricted from the 8th district and re elected in 1932 Retired to run for U S Senator Herron C Pearson Democratic January 3 1935 January 3 1943 74th75th76th77th Jackson Elected in 1934 Re elected in 1936 Re elected in 1938 Re elected in 1940 Retired nbsp W Wirt Courtney Democratic January 3 1943 January 3 1949 78th79th80th Franklin Redistricted from the 6th district and re elected in 1942 Re elected in 1944 Re elected in 1946 Lost renomination nbsp James P Sutton Democratic January 3 1949 January 3 1953 81st82nd Wartrace Elected in 1948 Re elected in 1950 Redistricted to the 6th district nbsp Tom J Murray Democratic January 3 1953 December 30 1966 83rd84th85th86th87th88th89th Jackson Redistricted from the 8th district and re elected in 1952 Re elected in 1954 Re elected in 1956 Re elected in 1958 Re elected in 1960 Re elected in 1962 Re elected in 1964 Lost renomination and resigned early Vacant December 31 1966 January 2 1967 89th nbsp Ray Blanton Democratic January 3 1967 January 3 1973 90th91st92nd Adamsville Elected in 1966 Re elected in 1968 Re elected in 1970 Retired to run for U S Senator nbsp Ed Jones Democratic January 3 1973 January 3 1983 93rd94th95th96th97th Yorkville Redistricted from the 8th district and re elected in 1972 Re elected in 1974 Re elected in 1976 Re elected in 1978 Re elected in 1980 Redistricted to the 8th district nbsp Don Sundquist Republican January 3 1983 January 3 1995 98th99th100th101st102nd103rd Memphis Elected in 1982 Re elected in 1984 Re elected in 1986 Re elected in 1988 Re elected in 1990 Re elected in 1992 Retired to run for Governor of Tennessee nbsp Ed Bryant Republican January 3 1995 January 3 2003 104th105th106th107th Henderson Elected in 1994 Re elected in 1996 Re elected in 1998 Re elected in 2000 Retired to run for U S Senator nbsp Marsha Blackburn Republican January 3 2003 January 3 2019 108th109th110th111th112th113th114th115th Brentwood 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 Retired to run for U S Senator nbsp Mark E Green Republican January 3 2019 present 116th117th118th Ashland City Elected in 2018 Re elected in 2020 Re elected in 2022Historical district boundaries edit nbsp 2003 2013 nbsp 2013 2023See also edit nbsp United States portalTennessee s congressional districts List of United States congressional districtsReferences edit Congressional Districts Relationship Files State based Geography U S Census Bureau www census gov Archived from the original on April 2 2013 Retrieved January 25 2022 a b Center for New Media amp Promotion CNMP US Census Bureau My Congressional District www census gov Retrieved October 6 2023 2022 Cook PVI District Map and List Cook Political Report Retrieved January 10 2023 7 Williamson County TN Median household income 104 367 Forbes Retrieved January 28 2021 Martis Kenneth C 1989 The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress New York Macmillan Publishing Company Martis Kenneth C 1982 The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts New York Macmillan Publishing Company Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774 present 35 38 02 N 87 49 59 W 35 63389 N 87 83306 W 35 63389 87 83306 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