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.
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.
Past legislators
Statehood-1932 During this period, the state senate and state house districts were geographically distinct.
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 EstablishedGarfield CountyJames 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) 16th (1919-1920)W. C. McCoy (R)John L. Wormell (D) 17th (1921-1922)C. A. Couplin (R)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.
Year Senate HouseDistrict 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)Asa V. Clark (R)28th (1943-1944) 29th (1945-1946) 30th (1947-1948) 31st (1949-1950)J. Chester Gordon (R)Asa V. Clark (R)Marshall A. Neill (R) 32nd (1951-1952)J. Chester Gordon (R)Marshall A. Neill (R) 33rd (1953-1954) 34th (1955-1956) 35th (1957-1958)Marshall A. Neill (R)Robert F. Goldsworthy (R)Elmer C. Huntley (R) 36th (1959-1960) 37th (1961-1962) 38th (1963-1964)39th (1965-1966)William Howard Finch (R)40th (1967-1968)House District 9-AHouse District 9-B1965 RedistrictingElmer C. Huntley (R)Robert F. Goldsworthy (R)Otto Amen (R) District 9-A: Whitman CountyDistrict 9-B: Adams and Lincoln counties 41st (1969-1970) 42nd (1971-1972)43rd (1973-1974)Hubert F. Donohue (D)House Position 1House Position 21972 RedistrictingOtto 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)51st (1989-1990)52nd (1991-1992) 53rd (1993-1994)Eugene A. Prince (R)Larry Sheahan (R)Mark Schoesler (R) Adams, Whitman, Asotin, (part), Spokane (part) 54th (1995-1996)55th (1997-1998) 56th (1999-2000)Larry Sheahan (R)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) 60th (2007-2008)Steve Hailey (R)Joe Schmick (R) 61st (2009-2010)Don Cox (R)Susan Fagan (R)62nd (2011-2012)63rd (2013-2014) 64th (2015-2016)Mary Dye (R) 65th (2017-2018)66th (2019-2020)67th (2021-2022)68th (2023-2024)Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Lincoln, Whitman, Adams (part), Franklin (part), Spokane (part)69th (2025-2026)Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Lincoln, Whitman, Adams (part), Spokane (part)
Key
P.P. is People's Party which was closely associate with the Populist Party.
See also Washington Redistricting Commission Washington State Legislature Washington State Senate Washington House of Representatives Washington (state) legislative districts
Notes
References
External links Washington State Redistricting Commission Washington House of Representatives Map of Legislative Districts