Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district

Population (2000)	646,300
Median income	$45,330
Ethnic composition	89.5% White, 3.1% Black, 1.7% Asian, 7.9% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI	D + 2

Pennsylvania's Congressional Fifteenth District is located in eastern Pennsylvania, comprising all of Northampton County, and parts of Berks, Lehigh, and Montgomery 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	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
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 re-election as a Congressman, Unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate
Charlie 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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