Virginia's 1st congressional district

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Virginia's 1st congressional district is a U.S. House district that stretches from the northern part of the state’s coastal and Tidewater region inland, encompassing a mix of suburban, rural, and military-connected communities.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district ⓘ
congressional district ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Congressional District of Virginia ⓘ
VA-01 ⓘ
Virginia 1st District ⓘ
borderedBy Virginia's 10th congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 2nd congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 3rd congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 4th congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 5th congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 7th congressional district ⓘ
contains Caroline County, Virginia ⓘ
City of Fredericksburg, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Fredericksburg

City of Hampton, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting) ⓘ
City of Newport News, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting) ⓘ
City of Williamsburg, Virginia (depending on redistricting) ⓘ
Essex County, Virginia ⓘ
Gloucester County, Virginia ⓘ
James City County, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting) ⓘ
King George County, Virginia ⓘ
King William County, Virginia ⓘ
King and Queen County, Virginia ⓘ
Mathews County, Virginia ⓘ
Middlesex County, Virginia ⓘ
New Kent County, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting) ⓘ
Northern Neck region of Virginia (large portion) ⓘ
linked to: Northern Neck

Portions of the Middle Peninsula of Virginia ⓘ
Spotsylvania County, Virginia (part) ⓘ
Stafford County, Virginia ⓘ
York County, Virginia (part, depending on redistricting) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
created 1788 ⓘ
electionCycle every two years ⓘ
federalChamber House of Representatives ⓘ
governingLaw United States Constitution ⓘ
federal and state redistricting statutes ⓘ
hasCharacteristic includes coastal communities ⓘ
includes growing suburban areas ⓘ
includes military-connected communities ⓘ
includes rural agricultural areas ⓘ
mix of suburban, rural, and exurban communities ⓘ
significant military presence ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn Tidewater region of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Tidewater region

coastal Virginia ⓘ
eastern Virginia ⓘ
nickname America's First District ⓘ
numberOfRepresentatives 1 ⓘ
partOf Virginia congressional delegation ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Westmoreland County, Virginia → isPartOfCongressionalDistrict → Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 1st congressional district → alsoKnownAs → Virginia 1st District ⓘ
linked to: Virginia's 1st congressional district
Virginia's 1st congressional district → alsoKnownAs → First Congressional District of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia's 1st congressional district
King George County, Virginia → congressionalDistrict → Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ
Thomas N. Downing → represented → Virginia's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: Virginia's 1st congressional district
Northumberland County, Virginia → congressionalDistrict → Virginia’s 1st congressional district ⓘ
linked to: Virginia's 1st congressional district
United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia → composedOf → Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ
York County, Virginia → federalDistrict → Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ
Herbert H. Bateman → represented district → Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ
VA-01 → officialName → Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ
America's First District → refersTo → Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ
America's First District → hasOfficialName → Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ
America's First District → nicknameFor → Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ
Virginia's 4th congressional district → borderingEntity → Virginia's 1st congressional district ⓘ