Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's fourth district is located in western Pennsylvania and includes suburbs of Pittsburgh as well as Beaver County and Lawrence County

The district has a slight Republican edge.

Congresswoman Melissa Hart, has represented the district since 2001. In 2007, Democrat Jason Altmire will become the district's representative in Congress.

1 Representatives
2 Elections
3 External links
4 Footnote

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District created in 1789
Charles J. Ingersoll	Whig	1841 – 1843	Philadelphia	Moved to Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
Charles J. Ingersoll	Democrat	1843 – 1849	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for renomination
John Robbins	Democrat	1849 – 1853	Philadelphia	Moved to Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
William H. Witte	Democrat	1853 – 1855	Philadelphia
Jacob Broom	American	1855 – 1857	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Henry M. Phillips	Democrat	1857 – 1859	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William Millward	Republican	1859 - 1861	Philadelphia
William D. Kelley	Republican	1861 - 1890	Philadelphia	Died in office
John E. Reyburn	Republican	1890 - 1897	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896
James R. Young	Republican	1897 - 1903	Philadelphia
Robert H. Foerderer	Republican	1903	Philadelphia	Died in office
Reuben O. Moon	Republican	1903 - 1913	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912
George W. Edmonds	Republican	1913 - 1925	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924
Benjamin M. Golder	Republican	1925 - 1933	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932
George W. Edmonds	Republican	1933 - 1935	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934
J. Burrwood Daly	Democrat	1935 – 1939	Philadelphia	Died in office
John E. Sheridan	Democrat	1939 – 1947	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for reelection in 1946
Franklin J. Maloney	Republican	1947 - 1949	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948
Earl Chudoff	Democrat	1949 – 1958	Philadelphia	Resigned in 1958 to become judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Robert N.C. Nix, Sr.	Democrat	1959 – 1963	Philadelphia	Moved to Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district in 1963 due to redistricting
Herman Toll	Democrat	1963 – 1967	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for reelection in 1966
Joshua Eilberg	Democrat	1967 – 1979	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1978
Charles F. Dougherty	Republican	1979 - 1983	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982, District moved to Western Pennsylvania in 1983
Joseph P. Kolter	Democrat	1983 – 1993	New Brighton	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1992
Ron Klink	Democrat	1993 – 2001	Butler	Unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate in 2000
Melissa Hart	Republican	2001 - 2007	Bradford Woods	Unsuccessful candidate for election