Washington's 9th legislative district
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Washington's 9th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. The sprawling rural district includes all of Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Lincoln, and Whitman counties as well as parts of Adams and Spokane counties. The district resides in the extreme southeast of the state, bordering Oregon to the south and Idaho to the east.[1]
The mostly rural district is represented by state senator Mark Schoesler and state representatives Mary Dye (position 1) and Joe Schmick (position 2), all Republicans.[2]
Past legislators
Statehood-1932
During this period, the state senate and state house districts were geographically distinct.[3]
| Year | Senate | House | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Senate District Geography | House Position 1 | House District Geography | |
| 1st (1889-1890) | J. M. Snow (R) | Douglas and Yakima counties | ||
| 2nd (1891-1892) | George T. Thompson (R) | Adams, Franklin, and Walla Walla (part) | House District Established | Garfield County |
| James Palmer (R) | ||||
| 3rd (1893-1894) | John L. Roberts (R) | F. W. D. Mays (D) | ||
| 4th (1895-1896) | A. E. Allen (P.P) | |||
| 5th (1897-1898) | John I. Yeend (P.P) | James Parker (Pop.) | ||
| 6th (1899-1900) | Charles M. Baldwin (R) | |||
| 7th (1901-1902) | Oliver T. Cornwell (R) | W. L. Howell (D) | ||
| 8th (1903-1904) | Oscar E. Hailey (R) | G. W. R. Peaslee (R) | ||
| 9th (1905-1906) | H. M. Boone (R) | Whitman County (part) | H. C. Fulton (R) | Asotin County |
| 10th (1907-1908) | ||||
| 11th (1909-1910) | Joseph W. Arrasmith (R) | Elmer Halsey (R) | ||
| 12th (1911-1912) | ||||
| 13th (1913-1914) | W. C. McCoy (R) | |||
| 14th (1915-1916) | ||||
| 15th (1917-1918) | W. W. Brand (D)[a] | |||
| 16th (1919-1920) | W. C. McCoy (R)[b] | John L. Wormell (D) | ||
| 17th (1921-1922) | C. A. Couplin (R)[c] | H. C. Fulton (R) | ||
| Frank J. Wilmer (R) | ||||
| 18th (1923-1924) | Elmer Halsey (R) | |||
| 19th (1925-1926) | ||||
| 20th (1927-1928) | John F. Worum (D) | |||
| 21st (1929-1930) | Henry C. Hartung (R) | |||
| 22nd (1931-1932) | ||||
1933-Present
After the passage of Initiative 57 and the 1930 redistricting cycle, the state senate and state house districts were geographically similar. While some senate districts would occasionally be broken up into house seats A and B, seats A and B were always contained in the Senate district boundaries.
The 9th Legislative district's state senate was composed of house districts 9-A and 9-B from 1967-1972. The senate and house seats were identical geographically from 1933-66 and from 1973 to the present day.[3]
| Year | Senate | House | District Geography | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | House Position 1 | House Position 2 | ||
| 23rd (1933-1934) | George W. Roup (D) | Florence W. Myers (D) | W. E. Thompson (D) | Whitman County (part) |
| 24th (1935-1936) | George H. Gannon (D) | Gordon Klemgard (D) | Florence W. Myers (D) | Whitman County |
| 25th (1937-1938) | Gordon Klemgard (D) | Roscoe Cox (D) | ||
| 26th (1939-1940) | William L. La Follette (R) | Fred Miller (R) | ||
| 27th (1941-1942) | Ernest C. Huntley (R)[d] | Asa V. Clark (R)[e] | ||
| 28th (1943-1944) | ||||
| 29th (1945-1946) | ||||
| 30th (1947-1948) | ||||
| 31st (1949-1950) | J. Chester Gordon (R) | |||
| Asa V. Clark (R)[e] | Marshall A. Neill (R)[f] | |||
| 32nd (1951-1952) | J. Chester Gordon (R) | Marshall A. Neill (R) | ||
| 33rd (1953-1954) | ||||
| 34th (1955-1956) | ||||
| 35th (1957-1958) | Marshall A. Neill (R)[g] | Robert F. Goldsworthy (R) | Elmer C. Huntley (R)[h] | |
| 36th (1959-1960) | ||||
| 37th (1961-1962) | ||||
| 38th (1963-1964) | ||||
| 39th (1965-1966) | ||||
| William Howard Finch (R)[i] | ||||
| 40th (1967-1968) | House District 9-A | House District 9-B | 1965 Redistricting | |
| Elmer C. Huntley (R)[j] | Robert F. Goldsworthy (R) | Otto Amen (R) | District 9-A: Whitman County District 9-B: Adams and Lincoln counties[k] | |
| 41st (1969-1970) | ||||
| 42nd (1971-1972) | ||||
| 43rd (1973-1974) | Hubert F. Donohue (D) | House Position 1 | House Position 2 | 1972 Redistricting |
| Otto Amen (R) | E. G. Patterson (R) | Adams, Asotin, Garfield, Columbia (part), Grant (part), Whitman (part) | ||
| 44th (1975-1976) | ||||
| 45th (1977-1978) | ||||
| 46th (1979-1980) | ||||
| 47th (1981-1982) | E. G. Patterson (R) | Eugene A. Prince (R) | ||
| 48th (1983-1984) | Darwin R. Nealey (R) | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Whitman, Adams (part), Franklin (part) | ||
| 49th (1985-1986) | ||||
| 50th (1987-1988)
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| 51st (1989-1990) | ||||
| 52nd (1991-1992) | ||||
| 53rd (1993-1994) | Eugene A. Prince (R)[l] | Larry Sheahan (R)[m] | Mark Schoesler (R) | Adams, Whitman, Asotin, (part), Spokane (part) |
| 54th (1995-1996) | ||||
| 55th (1997-1998) | ||||
| 56th (1999-2000) | ||||
| Larry Sheahan (R)[m] | Don Cox (R) | |||
| 57th (2001-2002) | ||||
| 58th (2003-2004) | Adams, Asotin, Garfield, Whitman, Franklin (part), Spokane (part) | |||
| 59th (2005-2006) | Mark Schoesler (R) | David Buri (R)[n] | ||
| 60th (2007-2008) | Steve Hailey (R)[o] | |||
| Joe Schmick (R)[p] | ||||
| 61st (2009-2010) | ||||
| Don Cox (R)[q] | ||||
| Susan Fagan (R)[r] | ||||
| 62nd (2011-2012) | ||||
| 63rd (2013-2014) | ||||
| 64th (2015-2016) | ||||
| Mary Dye (R)[s] | ||||
| 65th (2017-2018) | ||||
| 66th (2019-2020) | ||||
| 67th (2021-2022) | ||||
| 68th (2023-2024) | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Lincoln, Whitman, Adams (part), Franklin (part), Spokane (part)[t] | |||
| 69th (2025-2026) | Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Lincoln, Whitman, Adams (part), Spokane (part)[t] | |||
Key
| Democratic (D) |
| Populist (Pop) |
| Republican (R) |
- P.P. is People's Party which was closely associate with the Populist Party.
See also
Notes
- Unclear as to the reason he did not serve a full term.
- Elected to serve unexpired term
- Elected and subsequently resigned without serving
- Resigned Jan. 24, 1949; Appointed to State Tax Commission
- Resigned house seat; Appointed Jan. 24, 1949; Elected Nov. 7, 1950 to serve unexpired term in the state senate
- Appointed Jan. 24, 1949 to serve unexpired term
- Resigned Apr. 24, 1967; Appointed to Washington State Supreme Court
- Resigned Mar. 26, 1965; Appointed to the Highway Commission
- Appointed Mar. 26, 1965 to serve unexpired term
- Appointed Apr. 24, 1967 to serve unexpired term
- Combined, house districts 9-A and 9-B composed the 9th state senate district.
- Resigned Jan. 10, 1999; Appointed Chair of the Washington Liquor Control Board
- Resigned house seat; Appointed Jan. 28, 1999 to serve unexpired term in the state senate
- Deceased Dec. 28, 2008
- Appointed Nov. 26, 2007 to serve unexpired term
- Appointed January 19, 2009
- Elected Nov. 3, 2009 to serve unexpired term
- Appointed May 8, 2015 to serve unexpired term
- 2024 court ordered redistricting in Soto Palmer v. Hobbs