Kansas's 2nd congressional district facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kansas's 2nd congressional district
Kansas' 2nd congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Steve Watkins R–Topeka
Distribution	59.73% urban 40.27% rural
Population (2015)	715,752
Median income	$53,483
Ethnicity	89.0% White 5.1% Black 1.0% Asian 3.8% Hispanic 1.3% Native American 2.0% other
Cook PVI	R+10

Kansas' 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas. It includes most of the eastern part of Kansas. The size of the district is less than a quarter of the state. The state capital of Topeka and the city of Lawrence are both in this district.

The representative for this district is Republican Steve Watkins. He was elected on November 6, 2018.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years in office	Cong ress	Residence	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1875
John R. Goodin	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Humboldt	[data missing]
Dudley C. Haskell	Republican	March 4, 1877 – December 16, 1883		Lawrence	[data missing] Died.
Vacant		December 16, 1883 – March 21, 1884	47th
Edward H. Funston	Republican	March 21, 1884 – August 2, 1894		Iola	[data missing] Lost contested election.
Horace L. Moore	Democratic	August 2, 1894 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Lawrence	Won contested election. [data missing]
Orrin L. Miller	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Lawrence	[data missing]
Mason S. Peters	Populist	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	Kansas City	[data missing]
Justin D. Bowersock	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907		Lawrence	[data missing]
Charles F. Scott	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	60th	Iola	Redistricted from the at-large district. [data missing]
Alexander C. Mitchell	Republican	March 4, 1911 – July 7, 1911	61st	Lawrence	[data missing] Died.
Vacant		July 7, 1911 – November 7, 1911	61st
Joseph Taggart	Democratic	November 7, 1911 – March 3, 1917		Kansas City	[data missing]
Edward C. Little	Republican	March 4, 1917 – June 27, 1924		Kansas City	[data missing] Died.
Vacant		June 27, 1924 – November 4, 1924	68th
Ulysses S. Guyer	Republican	November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925		Kansas City	[data missing]
Chauncey B. Little	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927	69th	Olathe	[data missing]
Ulysses S. Guyer	Republican	March 4, 1927 – June 5, 1943		Kansas City	[data missing] Died.
Vacant		June 5, 1943 – September 14, 1943	78th
Errett P. Scrivner	Republican	September 14, 1943 – January 3, 1959		Kansas City	[data missing]
Newell A. George	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Kansas City	[data missing]
Robert F. Ellsworth	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	87th	Lawrence	[data missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
William H. Avery	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Wakefield	Redistricted from the 1st district. Retired to run for Governor of Kansas.
Chester L. Mize	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971		Atchison	[data missing]
William Robert Roy	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975		Topeka	[data missing]
Martha Elizabeth Keys	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979		Manhattan	[data missing]
James Edmund Jeffries	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983		Atchison	[data missing]
Jim Slattery	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995		Topeka	[data missing] Retired to run for Governor of Kansas.
Sam Brownback	Republican	January 3, 1995 – November 7, 1996	104th	Topeka	[data missing] Resigned November 27, 1996 retroactive to November 7, 1996 when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		November 7, 1996 – November 27, 1996
Jim Ryun	Republican	November 27, 1996 – January 3, 2007		Topeka, then Lawrence	Elected in 1996 and seated early under the provisions of K.S.A. 25-3503[d]. Lost re-election.
Nancy Boyda	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009	110th	Topeka	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Lynn Jenkins	Republican	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2019		Topeka	[data missing] Retired.
Steve Watkins	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present		Topeka	Incumbent

Recent election results from statewide races

Recent election results

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Historical district boundaries

2003 – 2013

Related pages

• Kansas's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts
• United States Congressional Delegations from Kansas

See also

In Spanish: 2.º distrito congresional de Kansas para niños