Georgia's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is currently represented by Republican Buddy Carter. The district's boundaries were redrawn following the 2010 United States census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia. The first election using the new district boundaries were the 2012 congressional elections.
The district comprises the entire coastal area of Sea Islands and much of the southeastern part of the state. In addition to Savannah, the district includes the cities of Brunswick, Jesup, and Waycross.
There are three military bases in the district: Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, at Kings Bay in Camden County Fort Stewart, near Hinesville in Liberty County Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah
Counties and communities
For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 court order), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.
Appling County (3)
All three communities
Bacon County (2)
Alma, Rockingham
Brantley County (5)
All five communities Bryan County (3) All three communities
Camden County (5)
All five communities
Charlton County (2)
Folkston, Homeland Chatham County (18) All 18 communities
Effingham County (3)
Guyton (part; also 12th), Rincon, Springfield (part; also 12th) Glynn County (7) All seven communities Liberty County (8) All eight communities
Long County (1)
Ludowici
McIntosh County (3)
All three communities
Pierce County (5)
All five communities
Ware County (7)
All seven communities
Wayne County (4)
All four communities
Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentMcCain 55% - 44%2012 PresidentRomney 57% - 43%2016 PresidentTrump 57% - 40% SenateIsakson 60% - 36%2018 GovernorKemp 57% - 42% Lt. GovernorDuncan 58% - 42% Attorney GeneralCarr 58% - 42%2020 PresidentTrump 56% - 43%2021 Senate (Reg.)Perdue 56% - 44% Senate (Spec.)Loeffler 56% - 44%2022 SenateWalker 56% - 44% GovernorKemp 60% - 39% Lt. GovernorJones 58% - 39% Secretary of StateRaffensperger 60% - 37% Attorney GeneralCarr 59% - 40%2024 PresidentTrump 58% - 42%
List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District created March 4, 1789 James Jackson Anti-Administration March 4, 1789 –March 3, 1791 Elected in 1789.Lost re-election. 1789–1791"Lower district": Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Greene, Liberty, Richmond, Washington, and Wilkes counties Anthony Wayne Anti-Administration March 4, 1791 –March 21, 1792 Elected in 1791.Seat declared vacant due to dispute over validity of election result. 1791–1793"Southern (or Eastern) district": Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, and Liberty counties Vacant March 21, 1792 –November 22, 1792 John Milledge Anti-Administration November 22, 1792 –March 3, 1793 Elected July 9, 1792 to finish Wayne's term and seated November 22, 1792.Redistricted to the . District inactive March 4, 1793 –March 3, 1827 Edward Fenwick Tattnall Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –????, 1827 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1826.Resigned before Congress convened. 1827–1829 Vacant ????, 1827 –October 1, 1827 George Rockingham Gilmer Jacksonian October 1, 1827 –March 3, 1829 Elected October 1, 1827 to finish Tattnall's term and seated December 3, 1827.Redistricted to the and although re-elected in 1828, failed to accept the position within the legal time frame and the governor ordered a new election. District inactive March 4, 1829 –March 3, 1845 Thomas Butler King Whig March 4, 1845 –March 4, 1850 Elected in 1844.Re-elected in 1846.Re-elected in 1848.Resigned. 1845–1853 Joseph Webber Jackson Democratic March 4, 1850 –March 3, 1851 Elected to finish King's term.Re-elected in 1851. Nullifier March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1853 James Lindsay Seward Democratic March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1859 Elected in 1853.Re-elected in 1855.Re-elected in 1857. 1853–1861 Peter Early Love Democratic March 4, 1859 –January 23, 1861 Elected in 1859.Resigned. Vacant January 23, 1861 –July 25, 1868 Civil War and Reconstruction Joseph W. Clift Republican July 25, 1868 –March 3, 1869 Elected in 1868 to finish term. 1868–1873 Vacant March 4, 1869 –December 22, 1870 Representative-elect Joseph W. Clift was not permitted to qualify. William W. Paine Democratic December 22, 1870 –March 3, 1871 Elected to finish Clift's term. Archibald T. MacIntyre Democratic March 4, 1871 –March 3, 1873 Elected in 1870. Morgan Rawls Democratic March 4, 1873 –March 24, 1874 Lost contested election. 1873–1883 Andrew Sloan Republican March 24, 1874 –March 3, 1875 Won contested election. Julian Hartridge Democratic March 4, 1875 –January 8, 1879 Elected in 1874.Re-elected in 1876.Elected in 1878.Died. Vacant January 8, 1879 –February 10, 1879 William Bennett Fleming Democratic February 10, 1879 –March 3, 1879 Elected January 23, 1879 to finish Hartridge's term. John C. Nicholls Democratic March 4, 1879 –March 3, 1881 Elected in 1878. George Robison Black Democratic March 4, 1881 –March 3, 1883 Elected in 1880. John C. Nicholls Democratic March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1885 Elected in 1882. 1883–1893 Thomas M. Norwood Democratic March 4, 1885 –March 3, 1889 Elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886. Rufus E. Lester Democratic March 4, 1889 –June 16, 1906 Elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Re-elected in 1892.Re-elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Re-elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Died. 1893–1903 1903–1913 Vacant June 16, 1906 –October 3, 1906 James W. Overstreet Democratic October 3, 1906 –March 3, 1907 Elected to finish Lester's term. Charles Gordon Edwards Democratic March 4, 1907 –March 3, 1917 Elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Re-elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914.Retired. 1913–1923 James W. Overstreet Democratic March 4, 1917 –March 3, 1923 Elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Lost renomination. Robert Lee Moore Democratic March 4, 1923 –March 3, 1925 Elected in 1922.Lost renomination. 1923–1933 Charles Gordon Edwards Democratic March 4, 1925 –July 13, 1931 Elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Died. Vacant July 13, 1931 –September 9, 1931 Homer C. Parker Democratic September 9, 1931 –January 3, 1935 Elected to finish Edwards's term.Re-elected in 1932.Lost renomination. 1933–1943 Hugh Peterson Democratic January 3, 1935 –January 3, 1947 Elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Re-elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Lost renomination. 1943–1953 Prince Hulon Preston Jr. Democratic January 3, 1947 –January 3, 1961 Elected in 1946.Re-elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Lost renomination. 1953–1963 George Elliott Hagan Democratic January 3, 1961 –January 3, 1973 Elected in 1960.Re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Lost renomination. 1963–1973 Ronald 'Bo' Ginn Democratic January 3, 1973 –January 3, 1983 Elected in 1972.Re-elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Retired to run for Governor of Georgia. 1973–1983 Lindsay Thomas Democratic January 3, 1983 –January 3, 1993 Elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Retired. 1983–1993 Jack Kingston Republican January 3, 1993 –January 3, 2015 Elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Re-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.Retired to run for U.S. Senator. 1993–2003 2003–2007 2007–2013 2013–2023 Buddy Carter Republican January 3, 2015 –present Elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024.Retiring to run for U.S Senate. 2023–2025 2025–present
Recent election results 2002
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See also Georgia's congressional districts List of United States congressional districts
References
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
External links PDF map of Georgia's 1st district at nationalatlas.gov Georgia's 1st district at GovTrack.us