What's the longest a House seat has been in one-party control?

[Craig3410]

I believe my Congressional seat has been Repuke since '48 (thank wal-mart for that).

Is that the longest?

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. I don't believe the west side of Manhattan....

has *ever* had a Republican rep. At least not since the New Deal.

A good question.

[dsc]

2. My guess would be Gene Taylor's seat or

some seat similar to his in either Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, or Florida. Any seat in any of those states which was Democratic from the 50's to today likely was from its existence to today. On edit forgot about reconstruction. You would have to find one which stayed Democratic during that era too.

[terrya]

3. About the same as Illinois 9th

Currently held by Jan Schakowsky. Previous to her winning that seat, Sidney Yates held it since the 40's. Solidly Democratic for several decades.

[Lefty48197]

4. My guess: The Dingell seat in Michigan held since 1932.

First by John Dingell Sr., who died while serving in 1955, and was Replace by his son John Dingell Jr. who just celebrated his 50th anniversary in Congress. I live in the district. It used to be exclusively a "Downriver Detroit" district, generally a blue collar area. The Republicans gerrymandered things to include the liberal Ann Arbor area in the same district, thereby eliminiating one Democratic seat.

http://democrats.house.gov/about/representative_detail.cfm?rep_id=75

"At the beginning of every session of Congress, Congressman Dingell introduces the national health insurance bill his father sponsored when he was a Member."