U.S. House district for Alabama
31°38′38.5″N 86°2′41.72″W / 31.644028°N 86.0449222°W / 31.644028; -86.0449222
Alabama's 2nd congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative Area 10,608 sq mi (27,470 km2 ) Distribution Population (2023) 724,401[ 1] Median household $60,423[ 2] Ethnicity Occupation Cook PVI R+17[ 3]
Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama , which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives . It includes most of the Montgomery metropolitan area, and stretches into the Wiregrass Region in the southeastern portion of the state. The district encompasses portions of Montgomery County and the entirety of Autauga , Barbour , Bullock , Butler , Coffee , Conecuh , Covington , Crenshaw , Dale , Elmore , Geneva , Henry , Houston and Pike counties. Other cities in the district include Andalusia , Dothan , Greenville , and Troy .
The district is represented by Republican Barry Moore , a former Alabama state representative, who replaced Martha Roby , the retired Republican incumbent, in the 2020 election.
The 2nd is scheduled to be completely overhauled in advance of the 2024 elections , in consequence of the United States Supreme Court 's decision in Allen v. Milligan black opportunity district. Following this, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama appointed a special master to create new maps for the state, which resulted in the 2nd joining the 7th as the state's two opportunity districts.[ 4] Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in such configurations while being won or held by a Republican in 2022 . However, with Moore's home county of Coffee being drawn out of this district and into the 1st , and him deciding to run in that district, the district has been left with no incumbent.[ 5]
There are several small-to-medium-sized cities spread throughout the district. Fort Novosel and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base are both within its bounds, as is Troy University .
White voters here were among the first in Alabama to shift from the Democratic Party; the old-line Southern Democrats in this area began splitting their tickets as early as the 1950s. Southeast Alabama is one of the most Republican districts in both Alabama and the nation. It has only supported a Democrat for president once since 1956, when Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976. In 2008, the district elected a Democrat to Congress for the first time since 1964, but it reverted to its Republican ways in 2010. At the state and local level, however, conservative Democrats continued to hold most offices as late as 2002.
White voters gave John McCain , the Republican candidate, 63.42% of the vote in 2008 ; Barack Obama , the Democratic candidate, received 36.05%, attracting voters beyond the substantial (and expected) African-American minority.
The district gives its congressmen very long tenures in Washington; only six people have represented it from 1923 to 2021, with five of six holding it for at least 10 years and four of six holding it for at least 15 years. Barry Moore, elected in 2021, represented the district when it was redrawn in 2023, to which he would continue his Congressional career in the neighboring 1st district.[ 6]
The new 2nd district takes the heavier African American communities of Butler , Macon , Monroe , Pike , and Russell counties as well as the capital Montgomery, Alabama . The district is expected to elect a Democratic representative to Congress in the 2024 elections.[ 7]
Recent election results from statewide races [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] List of members representing the district [ edit ]
Member
Party
Years
Cong
Electoral history
District location
District created March 4, 1823
John McKee (Tuscaloosa )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1823 –
18th 19th 20th
Elected in 1823 .Re-elected in 1825 .Re-elected in 1827 .1823–1833 Bibb , Blount , Franklin , Greene , Jefferson , Marengo , Marion , Morgan , Perry , Pickens , Saint Clair , Shelby , and Tuscaloosa counties
Jacksonian
March 4, 1825–
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (Tuscaloosa )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1829 –
21st
Elected in 1829 .
Samuel Wright Mardis (Montevallo )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1831 –
22nd
Elected in 1831 .Redistricted to the 3rd district
John McKinley (Florence )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1833 –
23rd
Elected in 1833 .1833–1841
Joshua L. Martin (Athens )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1835 –
24th 25th
Elected in 1835
Democratic
March 4, 1837 –
Re-elected in 1837 .
David Hubbard (Courtland )
Democratic
March 4, 1839 –
26th
Elected in 1839 .at-large district
District inactive
March 3, 1841 –
27th
All representatives elected at-large
James Edwin Belser (Montgomery )
Democratic
March 4, 1843 –
28th
Elected in 1843 .1843–1855
Henry Washington Hilliard (Montgomery )
Whig
March 4, 1845 –
29th 30th 31st
Elected in 1845 .Re-elected in 1847 .Re-elected in 1849 .
James Abercrombie (Girard )
Whig
March 4, 1851 –
32nd 33rd
Elected in 1851 .Re-elected in 1853 .
Eli Sims Shorter (Eufaula )
Democratic
March 4, 1855 –
34th 35th
Elected in 1855 .Re-elected in 1857 .1855–1863
James L. Pugh (Eufaula )
Democratic
March 4, 1859 –
36th
Elected in 1859 .
Vacant
January 21, 1861 –
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th
Civil War and Reconstruction
Charles Waldron Buckley (Montgomery )
Republican
July 21, 1868 –
40th 41st 42nd
Elected to finish the partial term .Re-elected in 1868 .Re-elected in 1870 .1863–1877
James T. Rapier (Montgomery )
Republican
March 4, 1873 –
43rd
Elected in 1872 .
Jeremiah Norman Williams (Clayton )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 –
44th
Elected in 1874 .Redistricted to the 3rd district
Hilary A. Herbert (Montgomery )
Democratic
March 4, 1877 –
45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd
Elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 .Re-elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 .Re-elected in 1886 .Re-elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 .1877–1893
Jesse F. Stallings (Greenville )
Democratic
March 4, 1893 –
53rd 54th 55th 56th
Elected in 1892 .Re-elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .1893–1933
Ariosto A. Wiley (Montgomery )
Democratic
March 4, 1901 –
57th 58th 59th 60th
Elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .
Vacant
June 17, 1908 –
60th
Oliver C. Wiley (Troy )
Democratic
November 3, 1908 –
Elected to finish his brother's term .
S. Hubert Dent Jr. (Montgomery )
Democratic
March 4, 1909 –
61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th
Elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .
John R. Tyson (Montgomery )
Democratic
March 4, 1921 –
67th 68th
Elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .
Vacant
March 27, 1923 –
68th
J. Lister Hill (Montgomery )
Democratic
August 14, 1923 –
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th
Elected to finish Tyson's term .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 .Re-elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .appointed U.S. Senator .
1933–1963
Vacant
January 11, 1938 –
75th
George M. Grant (Troy )
Democratic
June 14, 1938 –
75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th
Elected to finish Hill's term .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-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 .Re-elected in 1960 .Redistricted to the At-large district
District inactive
January 3, 1963 –
88th
All representatives elected at-large
William L. Dickinson (Montgomery )
Republican
January 3, 1965 –
89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd
Elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .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 .1965–1973
1973–1993
Terry Everett (Enterprise )
Republican
January 3, 1993 –
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th
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 .1993–2003
2003–2013
Bobby Bright (Montgomery )
Democratic
January 3, 2009 –
111th
Elected in 2008 .
Martha Roby (Montgomery )
Republican
January 3, 2011 –
112th 113th 114th 115th 116th
Elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .
2013–2023
Barry Moore (Enterprise )
Republican
January 3, 2021 –
117th 118th
Elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .1st district .
2023–2025
Shomari Figures (elect) (Mobile )
Democratic
January 3, 2025
Elected in 2024 .
2025–present
Recent election results [ edit ] These are the results from the previous eleven election cycles in Alabama's 2nd district.[ 8]
Specific
^ "My Congressional District" .^ "My Congressional District" .^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . Cook Political Report . Retrieved January 10, 2023 .^ Timm, Jane C. (October 5, 2023). "Alabama gets a court-ordered congressional map with a second Black district" . NBC News . Retrieved October 5, 2023 . ^ Everett, Grayson (September 26, 2023). "Carl announces reelection bid after Fed-proposed map signals primary with Moore" . Yellowhammer News . Retrieved September 26, 2023 . ^ Gans, Jared (March 6, 2024). "Moore defeats Carl in GOP member-on-member race in Alabama" . The Hill . ^ Schonfeld, Zach (October 5, 2023). "Court picks new Alabama congressional map that heightens Black voting power" . The Hill . ^ "AL - District 02" . Our Campaigns . Retrieved September 11, 2021 .
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