| Representative |
Party |
Years |
District home |
Note |
| District created in 1795 with two seats from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district |
Samuel Sitgreaves
John Richards |
Federalist |
1795 - 1797 |
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| Robert Brown |
Democratic-Republican |
1797 - 1799 |
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| John Chapman |
Federalist |
Robert Brown
Peter G. Muhlenberg |
Democratic-Republican |
1799 - 1801 |
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Robert Brown
Isaac Van Horne |
Democratic-Republican |
1801 - 1803 |
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Due to redistricting, Brown and Van Horne moved to Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district |
John Andre Hanna
David Bard |
Democratic-Republican |
1803 - 1805 |
|
John Andre Hanna died in office, July 23, 1805 |
Robert Whitehill
David Bard |
Democratic-Republican |
1805 - 1813 |
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| District reorganized in 1813 to contain one seat |
| Hugh Glasgow |
Democratic-Republican |
1813 - 1817 |
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| Jacob Spangler |
Democratic-Republican |
1817 - 1818 |
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Resigned from office |
| Jacob Hostetter |
Democratic-Republican |
1818 - 1821 |
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| James S. Mitchell |
Democratic-Republican |
1821 - 1823 |
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| District reorganized in 1823 to contain three seats |
James Buchanan
Samuel Edwards
Isaac Wayne |
Jackson Federalist |
1823 - 1825 |
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James Buchanan
Samuel Edwards
Charles Miner |
Jacksonian |
1825 - 1827 |
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James Buchanan
Samuel Anderson
Charles Miner |
Jacksonian |
1827 - 1829 |
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James Buchanan
George G. Leiper
Joshua Evans, Jr. |
Jacksonian |
1829 - 1831 |
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William M. Hiester
David Potts, Jr. |
Anti-Masonic |
1831 - 1833 |
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| Joshua Evans, Jr. |
Jacksonian |
William M. Hiester
David Potts, Jr.
Edward Darlington |
Anti-Masonic |
1833 – 1837 |
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Edward Davies
David Potts, Jr.
Edward Darlington |
Anti-Masonic |
1837 – 1839 |
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Edward Davies
Francis James
John Edwards |
Anti-Masonic |
1839 – 1841 |
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Jeremiah Brown
Francis James
John Edwards |
Whig |
1841 – 1843 |
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| District reorganized in 1843 to contain one seat |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 reelection |
| Jason Altmire |
Democrat |
2007 – |
McCandless |
Incumbent |
