Alabama's 9th congressional district was formerly apportioned to portions of central and western

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from 1893 until 1963 when the seat was lost due to reapportionment after the 1960 United States Census.

Highlights

Formed in 1893, the district was first represented by Louis Washington Turpin, a self-educated

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from Hale County. The district was represented by Democrats during the whole of its existence except from 1896-1897 when Truman Heminway Aldrich, a

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, unseated Oscar W. Underwood in a post-election contest. The 1960 United States Census and the subsequent reapportionment decreased Alabama's representation in the

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History

Population disparity

By the early 1940s the 9th district had a population of 459,930.

List of members representing the district

Historical Boundaries

References

;Specific ;General *Population data fro
U.S. Census Bureau: Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990
*Additional population data and counties from the Official Congressional Directories of the 53rd Congress (1893); 58th Congress (1903); 81st Congress (1950); and 83rd Congress (1953). * *
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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