Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district is one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 History 4 2006 elections 5 Representatives 6 Election results

[edit] Geography

The 12th Pennsylvania congressional district is located in in Southwestern, Pennsylvania. It is a heavily Gerrymandered district. It is comprised of all of Greene County, and parts of Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, Indiana, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] History

[edit] 2006 elections

Jack Murtha is the incumbent for this district. His opponent is Washington County Commissioner Diana Irey.

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District created
Hendrick B. Wright	Democrat	1877 – 1879	Wilkes-Barre	Switched to Greenback Party
Hendrick B. Wright	Greenback	1879 – 1881	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for rerelection
Joseph A. Scranton	Republican	1881 – 1883	Scranton	Unsuccessful candidate for rerelection
Daniel W. Connolly	Democrat	1883 – 1885	Scranton	Unsuccessful candidate for rerelection
Joseph A. Scranton	Republican	1885 – 1887	Scranton	Unsuccessful candidate for rerelection
John Lynch	Democrat	1887 – 1889	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for rerelection
Edwin S. Osborne	Republican	1889 – 1891	Wilkes-Barre	Not a candiate for renomination
George W. Shonk	Republican	1891 – 1893	Wilkes-Barre	Declined to be a candiate for renomination
William H. Hines	Democrat	1893 – 1895	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for rerelection
John Leisenring	Republican	1895 – 1897	Upper Lehigh	Declined to be a candiate for reelection
Morgan B. Williams	Republican	1897 – 1899	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for rerelection
Stanley W. Davenport	Democrat	1899 – 1901	Plymouth	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Henry W. Palmer	Republican	1901 – 1903	Wilkes-Barre	Did not run for office in 1910
George R. Patterson	Republican	1903 – 1906	Ashland	Died in office
Charles N. Brumm	Republican	1906 – 1909	Minersville	Resigned when he was elected judge of the court of common pleas of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Alfred B. Garner	Republican	1909 – 1911	Ashland
Robert E. Lee	Democrat	1911 – 1915	Pottsville	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914
Robert D. Heaton	Republican	1915 – 1919	Pottsville	Not a candidate for reelection in 1918
John Reber	Republican	1919 – 1923	Pottsville	Not a candidate for reelection in 1922
John J. Casey	Democrat	1923 – 1925	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924
Edmund N. Carpenter	Republican	1925 – 1927	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926
John J. Casey	Democrat	1927 – 1929	Wilkes-Barre	Died in office
C. Murray Turpin	Republican	1929 – 1937	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936
J. Harold Flannery	Democrat	1937 – 1943	Pittston	Resigned in 1942 to become judge of the common pleas court of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Thomas B. Miller	Republican	1942 – 1945	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944
Ivor D. Fenton	Republican	1945 – 1963	Mahonoy City	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962
J. Irving Whalley	Republican	1963 – 1973	Pittsburgh	Not a candidate for reelection in 1972
John P. Saylor	Republican	1973	Johnstown	Died in office
John Murtha	Democrat	1973 – Incumbent	Johnstown	Incumbent

[edit] Election results

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