Missouri's 7th congressional district

Missouri's 7th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Eric Burlison R–Ozark
Distribution	59.28% urban 40.72% rural
Population (2023)	790,923
Median household income	$60,685[1]
Ethnicity	82.8% White 6.1% Hispanic 6.0% Two or more races 2.0% Black 1.5% Asian 0.9% Native American 0.7% other
Cook PVI	R+24[2]

Missouri's 7th congressional district consists of Southwest Missouri. The district includes Springfield, the home of Missouri State University, the Joplin, Missouri, metropolitan area, Missouri's 5th largest, and the popular tourist destination city of Branson. Located along the borders of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Northwest Arkansas, the district occupies part of the Bible Belt with a strong socially conservative trend. George W. Bush defeated John Kerry here 67% to 32% in the 2004 election. Republican John McCain defeated Democrat Barack Obama 63.1% to 35.3% in the 2008 election. Republican and Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama 67.6% to 30.3% in the 2012 election. In the 2020 election, Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Joe Biden 69.91% to 28.93%. As of 2020, this district is the second most strongly Republican district in Missouri and is one of the most strongly Republican districts in the United States.

The district is currently represented by Republican Eric Burlison of Ozark.^[3]

• Springfield – 170,188
• Joplin – 51,762
• Nixa – 23,257
• Ozark – 21,284
• Republic – 18,750
• Carthage – 15,522
• Webb City – 13,031
• Branson – 12,638
• Neosho – 12,590

• Monett – 9,576
• Carl Junction – 8,143
• Aurora – 7,512
• Willard – 6,344
• Battlefield – 5,990
• Hollister – 4,583
• Mount Vernon – 4,526
• Rogersville – 3,897
• Cassville – 3,190
• Clever – 2,918
• Forsyth – 2,730
• Strafford – 2,561
• Oronogo – 2,558

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1853
Samuel Caruthers (Cape Girardeau)	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th 35th	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Retired.
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John W. Noell (Perryville)	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Benjamin F. Loan (St. Joseph)	Union Emancipation	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Lost re-election.
	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869
Joel F. Asper (Chillicothe)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected in 1868. Retired.
Isaac C. Parker (St. Joseph)	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Thomas T. Crittenden (Warrensburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Retired.
John F. Philips (Sedalia)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Lost re-election.
Thomas T. Crittenden (Warrensburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Retired.
Alfred M. Lay (Jefferson City)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – December 8, 1879	46th	Elected in 1878. Died.
Vacant		December 8, 1879 – January 26, 1880
John F. Philips (Sedalia)	Democratic	January 26, 1880 – March 3, 1881		Elected to finish Lay's term. Lost re-election.
Theron M. Rice (Booneville)	Greenback	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. Retired.
Aylett H. Buckner (Mexico)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1882. Retired.
John E. Hutton (Mexico)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired.
Richard H. Norton (Troy)	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Lost re-election.
John T. Heard (Sedalia)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
John P. Tracey (Springfield)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. Lost re-election.
James Cooney (Marshall)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Lost renomination.
Courtney W. Hamlin (Springfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
John Welborn (Lexington)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	Elected in 1904. Lost re-election.
Courtney W. Hamlin (Springfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost renomination.
Samuel C. Major (Fayette)	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
Roscoe C. Patterson (Springfield)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
Samuel C. Major (Fayette)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68th 69th 70th	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election.
John W. Palmer (Sedalia)	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	Elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
Samuel C. Major (Fayette)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – July 28, 1931	72nd	Elected in 1930. Died.
Vacant		July 28, 1931 – September 29, 1931
Robert D. Johnson (Marshall)	Democratic	September 29, 1931 – March 3, 1933		Elected to finish Major's term. Redistricted to at-large and lost renomination.
District inactive		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	All representatives elected at-large on a general ticket
Dewey Short (Galena)	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1957	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. 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. Lost re-election.
Charles H. Brown (Springfield)	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961	85th 86th	Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Lost re-election.
Durward G. Hall (Springfield)	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired.
Gene Taylor (Sarcoxie)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1989	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	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. Retired.	1973–1983 [data missing]
					1983–1993 [data missing]
Mel Hancock (Springfield)	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1997	101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired.
					1993–2003 [data missing]
Roy Blunt (Springfield)	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	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. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
					2003–2013
Billy Long (Springfield)	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2023	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
					2013–2023
Eric Burlison (Ozark)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present

There are a total of 10 counties included in MO-07.

The 10 largest cities in MO-07 are as follows.

The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 presidential election. U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) swept the district with 63.07 percent of the vote while U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) received 35.39 percent, a 27.68-percent margin of victory for the GOP. McCain received less than 60 percent in only Greene County, where Obama may have been helped by the college subplot presence of Missouri State University.

The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary. Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) carried every county in MO-07 over U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) and former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts).

The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary. Former U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) carried every county in the district by convincing margins over U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois).

The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 Missouri gubernatorial election. Former Attorney General and now Governor Jay Nixon (D) lost the district to his challenger, former U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof (R).

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• 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
• https://www.census.gov/
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