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Ken Martis

Emeritus Professor of Geography

Contact

kmartis@wvu.edu 237 Brooks Hall Website: Ken Martis

Categorized As

Emeritus,Geography

“I realized I could be the first person in American history to map every congressional district from the First Congress forward.”

Geography of Elections. The geographical aspects of American political culture. Legislative redistricting and gerrymandering.

In the 1970s and ’80s, geographer Ken Martis mapped every congressional district and color-coded them by political party, going all the way back to the first Congress. to learn more about  Kenneth C. Martis' academic research, teaching, publications, and public speaking, visit his website Mapping Congress: Developing A Geographic Understanding Of American Political History.

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