Missouri's_5th_congressional_district

Missouri's 5th congressional district
Missouri's 5th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Emanuel Cleaver; D–Kansas City
Population (2022)	773,627
Median household; income	$61,184
Ethnicity	57.9% White; 21.7% Black; 11.2% Hispanic; 5.7% Two or more races; 2.4% Asian; 1.1% other;
Cook PVI	D+11

Missouri's 5th congressional district

U.S. House district for Missouri

Missouri's 5th congressional district has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat Emanuel Cleaver, the former Mayor of Kansas City, since 2005.

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The district primarily consists of the inner ring of the Kansas City metropolitan area, including nearly all of Kansas City and some of its suburbs in Clay and Jackson counties, including North Kansas City, Gladstone, Independence, Lee's Summit, and some of Blue Springs. Before 2023, the district stretched east to Marshall and included Lafayette, Ray, and Saline counties.

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Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1847
John S. Phelps (Springfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	30th 31st 32nd	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Redistricted to the 6th district.
John G. Miller (Boonville)	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Died.
John G. Miller (Boonville)	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – May 11, 1856	33rd 34th
Vacant		May 11, 1856 – August 18, 1856	34th
Thomas P. Akers (Lexington)	Know Nothing	August 18, 1856 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected to finish Miller's term. Retired.
Samuel H. Woodson (Independence)	Know Nothing	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.
John W. Reid (Jefferson City)	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – August 3, 1861	37th	Elected in 1860. Expelled for taking up arms against the Union.
Vacant		August 3, 1861 – January 21, 1862
Thomas L. Price (Jefferson City)	Democratic	January 21, 1862 – March 3, 1863		Elected to finish Reid's term. Lost re-election.
Joseph W. McClurg (Linn Creek)	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Resigned when elected Governor of Missouri.
Joseph W. McClurg (Linn Creek)	Republican	March 4, 1865 – 1868	38th 39th 40th
Vacant		???, 1868 – December 7, 1868	40th
John H. Stover (Versailles)	Republican	December 7, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected November 3, 1868, to finish McClurg's term. Retired.
Samuel S. Burdett (Osceola)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Lost re-election.
Richard P. Bland (Lebanon)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883	43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Alexander Graves (Lexington)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Lost re-election.
William Warner (Kansas City)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired.
John C. Tarsney (Kansas City)	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – February 27, 1896	51st 52nd 53rd 54th	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Lost contested election.
Robert T. Van Horn (Kansas City)	Republican	February 27, 1896 – March 3, 1897	54th	Won contested election. Lost renomination.
William S. Cowherd (Kansas City)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905	55th 56th 57th 58th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
Edgar C. Ellis (Kansas City)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909	59th 60th	Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
William P. Borland (Kansas City)	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – February 20, 1919	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost renomination and died before term ended.
Vacant		February 20, 1919 – March 3, 1919	65th
William T. Bland (Kansas City)	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
Edgar C. Ellis (Kansas City)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
Henry L. Jost (Kansas City)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	Elected in 1922. Retired.
Edgar C. Ellis (Kansas City)	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927	69th	Elected in 1924. Lost re-election.
George H. Combs Jr. (Kansas City)	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929	70th	Elected in 1926. Retired.
Edgar C. Ellis (Kansas City)	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	Elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
Joe Shannon (Kansas City)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the at-large district.
District inactive		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	All representatives elected At-large.
Joe Shannon (Kansas City)	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943	74th 75th 76th 77th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Retired.
Roger C. Slaughter (Kansas City)	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947	78th 79th	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Lost renomination.
Albert L. Reeves Jr. (Kansas City)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
Richard W. Bolling (Kansas City)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1983	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	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. Re-elected in 1962. Re-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. Retired.
Alan Wheat (Kansas City)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1983–1993 [data missing]
Alan Wheat (Kansas City)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd		1993–2003 [data missing]
Karen McCarthy (Kansas City)	Democratic	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired.	1993–2003 [data missing]
Karen McCarthy (Kansas City)	Democratic	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th		2003–2013
Emanuel Cleaver (Kansas City)	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – present	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.	2003–2013
					2013–2023
					2023–present

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Al Gore 60 - George W. Bush 37%
2004	President	John Kerry 59 - George W. Bush 40%
2008	President	Barack Obama 64 - John McCain 35%
2012	President	Barack Obama 59 - Mitt Romney 39%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 54 - Donald Trump 41%
2020	President	Joe Biden 58 - Donald Trump 40%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen McCarthy (Incumbent)	122,645	65.88%
	Republican	Stephen J. Gordeon	60,245	32.36%
	Libertarian	Jeanne F. Bojarski	3,277	1.76%
Total votes			186,167	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver	161,727	55.19%
	Republican	Jeanne M. Patterson	123,431	42.12%
	Libertarian	Richard Alan Bailie	5,827	1.99%
	Constitution	Darin Rodenberg	2,040	0.70%
Total votes			293,025	100%
Majority
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (Incumbent)	136,149	64.2
	Republican	Jacob Turk	68,456	32.3
	Libertarian	Randall Langkraehr	7,314	3.5
Majority			67,693	31.9
Turnout			211,919
	Democratic hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (Incumbent)	197,249	64.37%
	Republican	Jacob Turk	109,166	35.63%
Total votes			306,415	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (Incumbent)	102,076	53.30%
	Republican	Jacob Turk	84,578	44.20%
Total votes			191,423	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (Incumbent)	196,467	60.2%
Republican	Jacob Turk	121,437	37.2%
Libertarian	Randy Langkraehr	8,342	2.6%
Democratic hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (Incumbent)	79,256	51.59%
Republican	Jacob Turk	69,071	44.96%
Libertarian	Roy Welborn	5,308	3.45%
Democratic hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (Incumbent)	190,766	58.8%
Republican	Jacob Turk	123,771	38.2%
Libertarian	Roy Welborn	9,733	3%
Democratic hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (Incumbent)	175,019	61.7%
Republican	Jacob Turk	101,069	35.6%
Libertarian	Alexander Howell	4,725	1%
Democratic hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent)	207,180	58.8
	Republican	Ryan Derks	135,934	38.6
	Libertarian	Robin Dominick	9,272	2.6
	Write-in		44	0.0
Total votes			352,430	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emanuel Cleaver (incumbent)	140,688	61.0
	Republican	Jacob Turk	84,008	36.4
	Libertarian	Robin Dominick	5,859	2.54
Total votes			230,555	100.0
	Democratic hold