Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
Population (2000) 646,209
Median income $34,979
Ethnic composition 94.6% White, 2.6% Black, 0.7% Asian, 2.5% Hispanic, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% other
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Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district is in the northeastern part of the state and has been a safe seat for Democrats for some time. In 2004 their candidate Paul E. Kanjorski was unopposed by a Republican and won 94% of the vote.

Kanjorski is an eleventh term Congressman and won a twelfth term in 2006, receiving 72 percent of the vote that year. His Republican opponent, Joseph Leonardi, received just 28 percent of the vote. He has represented the district since 1984, the year he was elected to the district, a year which, despite Congressman Kanjorski's election, was considered a massive failure for Democrats due to Republican President Ronald Reagan's landslide re-election that year in which he won 49 states, including Pennsylvania.

On February 7, 2008, Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta announced that he will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Kanjorski. Barletta won the nomination in April 2008, and will now face the current representative head to head in the general election in November 2008.

[edit] Representatives

Representative Party Years District home Note
District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
William Findley Democratic-Republican 1795 - 1799
John Smilie Democratic-Republican 1799 - 1803 Moved to Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district
John B.C. Lucas Democratic-Republican 1803 - 1805 Resigned in 1805 before the assembling of Congress to become district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana
Samuel Smith Democratic-Republican 1805 - 1811 Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Abner Lacock Democratic-Republican 1811 - 1813 Resigned when he was elected to the United States Senate
William Findley Democratic-Republican 1813 - 1817
David Marchand Democratic-Republican 1817 - 1821 Greensburg
George Plumer Democratic-Republican 1821 - 1823 Moved to Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
District reoganized in 1823 to have two seats
James Wilson
John Findlay		 Democratic-Republican 1823 - 1827
James Wilson
William Ramsey		 Jacksonian 1827 - 1829
Thomas Hartley Crawford
William Ramsey		 Jacksonian 1829 - 1831
Thomas Hartley Crawford
Robert McCoy		 Jacksonian 1831 - 1833
District reoganized in 1833 to have one seat
Charles A. Barnitz Anti-Masonic 1833 - 1835 York
Henry Logan Jacksonian 1835 - 1837 Dillsburg
Democrat 1837 - 1839
James Gerry Democrat 1839 - 1843 Shrewsbury
Benjamin A. Bidlack Democrat 1843 - 1845 Wilkes-Barre
Owen D. Leib Democrat 1845 - 1847 Catawissa
Chester P. Butler Whig 1847 – 1850 Wilkes-Barre Died in office
John Brisbin Democrat 1851 Tunkhannock
Henry M. Fuller Whig 1851 – 1853 Wilkes-Barre Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Christian M. Straub Democrat 1853 – 1855
James H. Campbell Opposition 1855 – 1857 Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William L. Dewart Democrat 1857 – 1859 Sunbury Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
James H. Campbell Republican 1859 – 1863 Not a candidate for renomination
Philip Johnson Democrat 1863 – 1867 Easton Not a candidate for reelection
Daniel M. Van Auken Democrat 1867 – 1871 Milford Not a candidate for reelection
John B. Storm Democrat 1871 – 1875 Stroudsburg Not a candidate for renomination
Francis D. Collins Democrat 1875 – 1879 Scranton
Robert Klotz Democrat 1879 – 1883 Mauch Chunk
John B. Storm Democrat 1883 – 1887 Stroudsburg Not a candidate for renomination
Charles R. Buckalew Democrat 1887 – 1889 Bloomsburg
Joseph A. Scranton Republican 1889 – 1891 Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Lemuel Amerman Democrat 1891 – 1893 Scranton Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Joseph A. Scranton Republican 1893 – 1897 Not a candidate for renomination
William Connell Republican 1897 – 1903 Scranton Moved to Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district and successfully contested the election of George Howell
Henry W. Palmer Republican 1903 – 1907
John T. Lenahan Democrat 1907 – 1909 Wilkes-Barre Not a candidate for renomination
Henry W. Palmer Republican 1909 – 1911
Charles C. Bowman Republican 1911 – 1912 Seat was declared vacant on December 12, 1912. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1912.
John J. Casey Democrat 1913 – 1917 Wilkes-Barre Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Thomas W. Templeton Republican 1917 – 1919 Not a candidate for renomination
John J. Casey Democrat 1919 – 1921 Wilkes-Barre Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Clarence D. Coughlin Republican 1921 – 1923 Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Laurence H. Watres Republican 1923 – 1927 Not a candidate for renomination
John J. Casey Democrat 1927 – 1929 Wilkes-Barre Died in office 1929
Patrick J. Boland Democrat 1931 – 1942 Scranton Died in office
Veronica Grace Boland Democrat 1942 – 1943 Scranton Succeeded her husband after his death. Not a candidate for reelection. She was the first female member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
John W. Murphy Democrat 1943 – 1945 Scranton Moved to Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
Daniel J. Flood Democrat 1945 – 1947 Wilkes-Barre Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Mitchell Jenkins Republican 1947 – 1949 Not a candidate for reelection
Daniel J. Flood Democrat 1949 – 1953 Wilkes-Barre Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Edward J. Bonin Republican 1953 – 1955 Hazleton Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Daniel J. Flood Democrat 1955 – 1980 Wilkes-Barre Resigned from office January 31, 1980, due to allegations of bribery
Raphael J. Musto Democrat 1980 – 1981 Wilkes-Barre Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
James L. Nelligan Republican 1981 – 1983 Wilkes-Barre Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Frank G. Harrison Democrat 1983 – 1985 Wilkes-Barre
Paul E. Kanjorski Democrat 1985 –2008 Nanticoke
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