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Missouri's 2nd congressional district

Missouri's 2nd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Ann Wagner R–Ballwin
Population (2022)	778,625
Median household income	$96,915[1]
Ethnicity	84.2% White 4.6% Asian 4.3% Two or more races 3.2% Black 3.2% Hispanic 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+7[2]

Missouri's second congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state, primarily consisting of the suburbs south and west of St. Louis, including Arnold, Town and Country, Wildwood, Chesterfield, and Oakville.^[3] The district includes all of Franklin County and portions of St. Louis, St. Charles, and Warren counties.^[4] Following redistricting in 2010, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the district now included more Democratic-leaning voters than it had its 2001–2010 boundaries, but still leaned Republican as a whole.^[5] The latest U.S. Census Electorate Profile for the 2nd congressional district estimates there are 581,131 citizens of voting age living in 293,984 households.^[6] A primarily suburban district, MO-02 is the wealthiestofMissouri's congressional districts.^[3]

Its current representative is Republican Ann Wagner. Wagner faced Democrat Jill Schupp and Libertarian Martin Schulte in the 2020 general election.^[7]

List of members representing the district[edit]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1847
John Jameson (Fulton)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. Retired.	1847–1853 [data missing]
William Van Ness Bay (Union)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. Retired.
Gilchrist Porter (Bowling Green)	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. Lost re-election.
Alfred W. Lamb (Hannibal)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Retired.	1853–1863 [data missing]
Gilchrist Porter (Hannibal)	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Retired.
Thomas L. Anderson (Palmyra)	Know Nothing	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th 36th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.
	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
James S. Rollins (Columbia)	Constitutional Union	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Henry T. Blow (St. Louis)	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th 39th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Retired.	1863–1873 [data missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
Carman A. Newcomb (Vineland)	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1866. Retired.
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (St. Louis)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Retired.
	Liberal Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
Erastus Wells (St. Louis)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Lost re-election.	1873–1883 [data missing]
Nathan Cole (St. Louis)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Lost re-election.
Erastus Wells (St. Louis)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. Retired.
Thomas Allen (St. Louis)	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – April 8, 1882	47th	Elected in 1880. Died.
Vacant		April 8, 1882 – December 15, 1882
James H. McLean (St. Louis)	Republican	December 15, 1882 – March 3, 1883		Elected to finish Allen's term.[8] and seated December 15, 1882. Redistricted the same day to the 9th district and lost election to the next term.
Armstead M. Alexander (Paris)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882.[9] Lost renomination.	1883–1893 [data missing]
John B. Hale (Carrollton)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Lost renomination and lost re-election as an Independent..
Charles H. Mansur (Chillicothe)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893	50th 51st 52nd	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Lost renomination.
Uriel S. Hall (Hubbard)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Retired.	1893–1903 [data missing]
Robert N. Bodine (Paris)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	Elected in 1896. Lost renomination.
William W. Rucker (Keytesville)	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1923	56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th	Elected in 1898. Re-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. Lost renomination.
					1903–1913 [data missing]
					1913–1923 [data missing]
Ralph F. Lozier (Carrollton)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the at-large district.	1923–1933 [data missing]
District inactive		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	All representatives elected At-large on a general ticket.
William L. Nelson (Columbia)	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943	74th 75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Lost re-election.	1935–1943 [data missing]
Max Schwabe (Columbia)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78th 79th 80th	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost re-election.	1943–1953 [data missing]
Morgan M. Moulder (Camdenton)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Thomas B. Curtis (Webster Groves)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1969	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	Redistricted from the 12th 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. Re-elected in 1966. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1953–1963 [data missing]
					1963–1973 [data missing]
James W. Symington (Ladue)	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1977	91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
					1973–1983 [data missing]
Robert A. Young (Maryland Heights)	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1987	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Lost re-election.
					1983–1993 [data missing]
Jack Buechner (St. Louis)	Republican	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991	100th 101st	Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election.
Joan Kelly Horn (St. Louis)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993	102nd	Elected in 1990. Lost re-election.
Jim Talent (Chesterfield)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	103rd 104th 105th 106th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired to run for Governor of Missouri.	1993–2003 [data missing]
Todd Akin (St. Louis)	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013	107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
					2003–2013
Ann Wagner (Ballwin)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.	2013–2023
					2023–present

Election results from statewide races[edit]

Election results[edit]

1998[edit]

2000[edit]

2002[edit]

2004[edit]

2006[edit]

2008[edit]

2010[edit]

2012[edit]

2014[edit]

2016[edit]

2018[edit]

2020[edit]

2022[edit]

See also[edit]

• Missouri's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References[edit]

• 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
• US Census Bureau

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