Missouri's 5th congressional district
Missouri's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Emanuel Cleaver D-Kansas City
Population (2010)	757,920
Median income	$50,663[1]
Ethnicity	62.9% White 21.9% Black 2.0% Asian 8.9% Hispanic 0.4% Native American 3.9% other
Cook PVI	D+7[2]

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.

The district primarily consists of the inner ring of the Kansas City metropolitan area, including nearly all of Kansas City south of the Missouri River. The district stretches east to Marshall.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1847
John S. Phelps	Democratic	March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1853	30th 31st 32nd	Redistricted from the at-large district Redistricted to the 6th district.
John G. Miller	Whig	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	Redistricted from the 3rd district. Died.
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 - May 11, 1856
Vacant		May 11, 1856 - August 18, 1856
Thomas P. Akers	Know Nothing	August 18, 1856 - March 3, 1857	34th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel H. Woodson	Know Nothing	March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861	35th 36th	[Data unknown/missing.]
John W. Reid	Democratic	March 4, 1861 - August 3, 1861	37th	[Data unknown/missing.] Expelled for taking up arms against the Union.
Vacant		August 3, 1861 - January 21, 1862
Thomas L. Price	Democratic	January 21, 1862 - March 3, 1863	37th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph W. McClurg	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1865	38th 39th 40th	[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned when elected Governor of Missouri.
	Republican	March 4, 1865 - 1868
Vacant		, 1868 - December 7, 1868
John H. Stover	Republican	December 7, 1868 - March 3, 1869	40th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel S. Burdett	Republican	March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	[Data unknown/missing.]
Richard P. Bland	Democratic	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1883	43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 11th district.
Alexander Graves	Democratic	March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885	48th	[Data unknown/missing.]
William Warner	Republican	March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[Data unknown/missing.]
John C. Tarsney	Democratic	March 4, 1889 - February 27, 1896	51st 52nd 53rd 54th	Lost contested election
Robert T. Van Horn	Republican	February 27, 1896 - March 3, 1897	54th	Won contested election
William S. Cowherd	Democratic	March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1905	55th 56th 57th 58th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Edgar C. Ellis	Republican	March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1909	59th 60th	[Data unknown/missing.]
William P. Borland	Democratic	March 4, 1909 - February 20, 1919	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		February 20, 1919 - March 3, 1919
William T. Bland	Democratic	March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1921	66th	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Edgar C. Ellis	Republican	March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1923	67th	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Henry L. Jost	Democratic	March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1925	68th	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Edgar C. Ellis	Republican	March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1927	69th	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
George H. Combs Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1927 - March 3, 1929	70th	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Edgar C. Ellis	Republican	March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1931	71st	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Joe Shannon	Democratic	March 4, 1931 - March 3, 1933	72nd	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the at-large district.
District inactive		March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935		All representatives elected At-large.
Joe Shannon	Democratic	January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1943	74th 75th 76th 77th	Redistricted from the at-large district. Retired.
Roger C. Slaughter	Democratic	January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1947	78th 79th	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Albert L. Reeves Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949	80th	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Richard W. Bolling	Democratic	January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1983	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Alan Wheat	Democratic	January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Karen McCarthy	Democratic	January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2005	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Emanuel Cleaver	Democratic	January 3, 2005 - Present	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	[Data unknown/missing.] Incumbent

Election results from presidential races

Election results

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

Living former Members

As of March 2019^[update], there is one living former member. The most recent representative to die was Karen McCarthy (served 1995-2005) on October 5, 2010.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

The 5th Congressional District in MO has historically included most of Jackson County and parts of neighboring counties made up of urban and suburban areas. After the 2010 Census, the district was redrawn to exclude the house of Jacob Turk, Emanuel Cleaver's political rival who came close to unseating the Congressman in 2010. Despite numerous public forums and over the overwhelming objection of nearly all the citizens who participated, the new district excluding the "Turk Peninsula" was approved. In order to replace the lost population of the Turk Peninsula, three rural counties were added to the 5th district.

See also

• Missouri's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• 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://web.archive.org/web/20131013222920/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/

Coordinates: 39°08?29?N 93°47?02?W / 39.14139°N 93.78389°W / 39.14139; -93.78389