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| Oklahoma's 1st congressional district | ||
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| Current Representative | John A. Sullivan (R) | |
| Population (2000) | 690,131 | |
| Median income | $38,610 | |
| Ethnicity | 76.1% White, 9.4% Black, 1.4% Asian, 5.3% Hispanic, 5.9% Native American, 0.5% other | |
| Cook PVI | R+16 | |
Oklahoma's First Congressional District is in the northeastern corner of the state and it borders Kansas (to the north). It includes the Tulsa metropolitan area (as well as all of Tulsa County). It also includes Washington County, Wagoner County, and parts of Rogers County and Creek County.
Some of the principal cities in the district (other than Tulsa) include Bartlesville, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, Sand Springs, and Wagoner.
As of 2006[update], the district is represented by Republican John Sullivan.
George W. Bush received 65% of the vote in this district in 2004.
List of representatives
| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | District residence |
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| Bird Segle McGuire | 1907 | 1915 | Republican | Tulsa |
| James S. Davenport | 1915 | 1917 | Democratic | |
| Thomas Alberter Chandler | 1917 | 1919 | Republican | |
| Everette B. Howard | 1919 | 1921 | Democratic | |
| Thomas Alberter Chandler | 1921 | 1923 | Republican | |
| Everette B. Howard | 1923 | 1925 | Democratic | |
| Samuel J. Montomery | 1925 | 1927 | Republican | |
| Everette B. Howard | 1927 | 1929 | Democratic | |
| Charles O'Connor | 1929 | 1931 | Republican | Tulsa |
| Wesley E. Disney | 1931 | 1945 | Democratic | |
| George Schwabe | 1945 | 1949 | Republican | Nowata |
| Dixie Gilmer | 1949 | 1951 | Democratic | Tulsa |
| George Schwabe | 1951 | 1952 | Republican | Nowata |
| Page Belcher | 1953 | 1973 | Republican | Tulsa |
| James Robert Jones | 1973 | 1987 | Democratic | Tulsa |
| Jim Inhofe | 1987 | 1994 | Republican | Tulsa |
| Steve Largent | 1995 | 2002 | Republican | Tulsa |
| John Sullivan | 2002 | present | Republican | Tulsa |
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