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The 5th Congressional District of Georgia is currently represented by John Lewis. Lewis was first elected in the 1986 elections. Image File history File links United_States_House_of_Representatives,_Georgia_District_5_map. ...
John Lewis John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and was an important leader in the American Civil Rights Movement as president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). ...
The U.S. House election, 1986 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1986 which occurred in the middle of President Ronald Reagans second term. ...
History
The 5th district was created in 1844 when Georgia went over to district elections.
Geography The district is an urban one, centred on Atlanta, the capital of the State of Georgia. It also includes East Point. The majority of the population are African-American. This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...
East Point is the name of several places: In Hong Kong: East Point, Hong Kong (also Causeway Bay) In the United States of America: East Point, Alabama East Point, Georgia East Point, Kentucky East Point, Louisiana East Point, Pennsylvania East Point, Texas East Point, Virginia There is also, with a...
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Election results | Year | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | | 1844 (29th Congress) | John Henry Lumpkin | D | 7,720 | 61.2 | | Miller | W | 4,889 | 38.8 | | 1846 (30th Congress) | John Henry Lumpkin | D | 5,349 | 79.4 | | Crook | W | 1,263 | 18.8 | | 1848 (31st Congress) | Thomas C. Hackett | D | 8,767 | 59.8 | | James M. Calhoun | W | 5,904 | 40.2 | | 1851 (32nd Congress) | Elijah Webb Chastain | Union | 13,882 | 65.0 | | Stiles | W | 7,481 | 35.0 | | 1853 (33rd Congress) | Elijah Webb Chastain | D | 8,118 | 50.8 | | Tumlin | D | 7,866 | 49.2 | | 1855 (34th Congress) | John Henry Lumpkin | D | 11,290 | 58.6 | | Tumlin | | 7,978 | 41.4 | | 1857 (35th Congress) | Augustus R. Wright | D | 9,669 | 63.0 | | Hooper | I D | 5,690 | 37.1 | | 1859 (36th Congress) | John Underwood | D | 12,339 | 85.1 | | Shackleford | Opp. | 2,162 | 14.9 | | Georgia announced its secession from the Union, January 28, 1861. | | April 20, 1868 (40th Congress) | Charles H. Prince[1] | R | | | | Hilliard | D | | | | January, 1871 (41st Congress) | Steven Alfestus Corker | D | | | | 1870 (42nd Congress) | Dudley M. Du Bose | D | 15,363 | 62.3 | | Isham S. Fannin | R | 9,302 | 37.7 | | 1872 (43rd Congress) | James C. Freeman | R | 10,910 | 50.7 | | Glenn | Liberal Republican | 10,631 | 49.4 | | 1874 (44th Congress) | Milton A. Candler | D | 12,450 | 66.5 | | Mills | R | 6,273 | 33.5 | | 1876 (45th Congress) | Milton A. Candler | D | 18,083 | 67.5 | | Markham | R | 8,714 | 32.5 | | 1878 (46th Congress) | Nathaniel Job Hammond | D | 10,269 | 55.6 | | Arnold | G | 8,196 | 44.4 | | 1880 (47th Congress) | Nathaniel Job Hammond | D | 11,947 | 62.6 | | Clark | R | 7,133 | 37.4 | | 1882 (48th Congress) | Nathaniel Job Hammond | D | 10,788 | 65.2 | | Buck | IR | 5,756 | 34.8 | | 1884 (49th Congress) | Nathaniel Job Hammond | D | 9,008 | 63.7 | | Martin | R | 5,130 | 36.3 | | 1886 (50th Congress) | John D. Stewart | D | 2,999 | 100.0 | | 1888 (51st Congress) | John D. Stewart | D | 10,971 | 68.6 | | George S. Thomas | R | 5,032 | 31.4 | | 1890 (52nd Congress) | Leonidas F. Livingston | D | 8,688 | 70.7 | | Will Haight | R | 3,608 | 29.3 | | 1892 (53rd Congress) | Leonidas F. Livingston | D | 9,732 | 60.2 | | Samuel Small | P & R | 6,447 | 39.9 | | 1894 (54th Congress) | Leonidas F. Livingston | D | 7,781 | 59.7 | | Robert Todd | P | 5,264 | 40.4 | | 1896 (55th Congress) | Leonidas F. Livingston | D | 9,258 | 58.0 | | J. C. Hendrix | R | 6,715 | 42.0 | | 1898 (56th Congress) | Leonidas F. Livingston | D | 3,027 | 97.6 | | 1900 (57th Congress) | Leonidas F. Livingston | D | 8,828 | 76.6 | | Charles I. Brannan | I | 2,685 | 23.3 | | 1902 (58th Congress) | Leonidas F. Livingston | D | 2,485 | 100.0 | | 1904 (59th Congress) | Leonidas F. Livingston | D | 9,387 | 71.4 | | C. P. Goree | R | 3,760 | 28.6 | | 1906 (60th Congress) | Leonidas F. Livingston | D | 3,030 | 100.0 | | 1908 (61st Congress) | Leonidas F. Livingston | D | 8,909 | 100.0 | | 1910 (62nd Congress) | William Schley Howard | D | 4,091 | 100.0 | | 1912 (63rd Congress) | William Schley Howard | D | 12,000 | 100.0 | |