Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's Congressional Fifteenth District is located in eastern Pennsylvania, comprising all or parts of Lehigh, Northampton , Montgomery and Berks counties.

The district includes the Lehigh Valley, Indian Valley and Upper Perkiomen Valley regions.

U.S. Congressman Charles Dent has represented the district since 2004.

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District created
Thomas Wilson	Democratic-Republican	1813 – 1817	Erie
Robert Moore	Democratic-Republican	1817 – 1821	Beaver	Not a candidate for renomination
Patrick Farrelly	Democratic-Republican	1821 – 1823	Meadville	Moved to Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district
Thomas Patterson	Democratic-Republican	1823 – 1825		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Joseph Lawrence	Jacksonian	1825 – 1829		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William McCreery	Jacksonian	1829 – 1831		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Thomas M. T. McKennan	Anti-Masonic	1831 – 1833		Moved to Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district
Andrew Beaumont	Jacksonian	1833 – 1837	Wilkes-Barre	Not a candidate for renomination
David Petrikin	Independent Democrat	1837 – 1841
Benjamin A. Bidlack	Independent Democrat	1841 – 1843	Milford	Moved to Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
Henry Nes	Independent Democrat	1847 – 1850	York	Died in office
Moses McClean	Democrat	1845 – 1847	Gettysburg
Henry Nes	Whig	1847 – 1850	York	Died in office
Joel B. Danner	Democrat	1850 – 1851	Gettysburg
William H. Kurtz	Democrat	1851 – 1853	York	Moved to Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district
James Gamble	Democrat	1853 – 1854	Jersey Shore
John J. Pearce	Opposition	1855 – 1857	Lock Haven	Declined to be a candidate for reelection
Allison White	Democrat	1857 – 1859	Lock Haven	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
James T. Hale	Republican	1859 - 1863	Bellefonte
Joseph Bailey	Democrat	1863 – 1865
Adam J. Glossbrenner	Democrat	1865 – 1869	York	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Richard J. Haldeman	Democrat	1869 – 1873		Not a candidate for renomination
John A. Magee	Democrat	1873 – 1875		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Joseph Powell	Democrat	1875 – 1877	Towanda	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Edward Overton, Jr.	Republican	1877 - 1881	Towanda	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Cornelius C. Jadwin	Republican	1881 - 1883	Honesdale	Unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection
George A. Post	Democrat	1883 – 1885	Montrose
Frank C. Bunnell	Republican	1885 - 1889	Tunkhannock	Not a candidate for renomination
Myron B. Wright	Republican	1889 - 1894	Susquehanna	Died in office
Edwin J. Jorden	Republican	1895	Tunkhannock	Not a candidate for renomination
James H. Codding	Republican	1895 – 1899	Towanda	Not a candidate for reelection
Charles F. Wright	Republican	1889 – 1903	Susquehanna	Not a candidate for renomination
Elias Deemer	Republican	1903 – 1907	Williamsport	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William B. Wilson	Republican	1907 – 1913	Blossburg	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Edgar R. Kiess	Republican	1913 – 1923	Williamsport	Moved to Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district
Louis T. McFadden	Republican	1923 – 1935		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Charles E. Dietrich	Democrat	1935 – 1937	Tunkhannock	Died in office
Albert G. Rutherford	Republican	1937 – 1941	Honesdale	Died in office
Wilson D. Gillette	Republican	1941 – 1945	Towanda	Moved to Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district
Robert F. Rich	Republican	1945 – 1951	Jersey Shore	Not a candidate for renomination
Alvin Bush	Republican	1951 – 1953		Moved to Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
Francis E. Walter	Democrat	1953 – 1963	Easton	Died in office
Fred B. Rooney	Democrat	1963 – 1979	Bethlehem	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Donald L. Ritter	Republican	1979 – 1993	Bethlehem	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Paul F. McHale, Jr.	Democrat	1993 – 1999	Bethlehem	He was not a candidate for reelection
Pat Toomey	Republican	1999 – 2005	Bethlehem	Did not seek reeection as a Congressman, Unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate
Charles Dent	Republican	2005 - Incumbent	Allentown	Incumbent

[edit] Election results

2004 - United States House of Representatives Charlie Dent (R)- 170,634 - 58.6% Joe Driscoll (D)- 114,646 - 39.4% Richard Piotrowski (Lib) - 3,660 - 1.3% Greta Browne (Grn) - 2,194 - 0.7%

2006 - United States House of Representatives Charlie Dent (R)- 106,261 - 53.6% Charles Dertinger (D)- 86,186 - 43.5% Greta Browne (Grn) - 5,803 - 2.9%

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