Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district | ||
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Current Representative | Chaka Fattah (D–Philadelphia) | |
Distribution | 100.00% urban, 0.00% rural | |
Population (2000) | 646,355 | |
Median income | $30,646 | |
Ethnicity | 30.9% White, 61.2% Black, 4.3% Asian, 3.0% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.3% other | |
Cook PVI | D+39[1] |
Pennsylvania's second district includes predominantly African American sections of the city of Philadelphia--West Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, and Northwest Philadelphia--in addition to parts of South Philadelphia, Center City, and western suburbs such as Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. Before the 113th Congress, the district did not contain Lower Merion Township but instead contained Cheltenham Township.
The district has an overwhelming Democratic majority. With the 113th Congress, it is the third most Democratic Congressional District out of the 435 in the nation, according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, with a score of D +39.
Congressman Chaka Fattah has represented the district since 1995.
List of representatives
The district was organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1791.
1791–1793: One seat
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Anti- Administration |
March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 |
Redistricted from the At-large district, and reelected in 1790 Redistricted to the At-large district |
1795–1843: multiple seats
District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Two additional seats were added in 1803. The third seat was eliminated in 1813, and the second seat eliminated in 1823. In 1833, the second seat was restored. In 1843, it returned to being a single-member district.
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||||
4th | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
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Democratic- Republican |
Redistricted from the
At-large district, and reelected in 1794 Retired | |||||||||
5th | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 |
Blair McClenachan | Democratic- Republican |
Elected in 1796 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||||||
6th | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 |
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Democratic- Republican |
First elected in 1798 | |||||||||
7th | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
Reelected in 1800 Redistricted to the 1st district | |||||||||||
8th | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
Robert Brown | Democratic- Republican |
Redistricted from the
4th district, and reelected in 1802 |
Frederick Conrad | Democratic- Republican |
First elected in 1802 | Isaac Van Horne | Democratic- Republican |
Redistricted from the
4th district, and reelected in 1802 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||
9th | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
Reelected in 1804 | Reelected in 1804 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
John Pugh | Democratic- Republican |
First elected in 1804 | |||||||
10th | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
Reelected in 1806 | William Milnor | Federalist | First elected in 1806 | Reelected in 1806 Lost reelection | |||||||
11th | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
Reelected in 1808 | Reelected in 1808 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
John Ross | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||||
12th | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
Reelected in 1810 Redistricted to the 6th district |
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Democratic- Republican |
First elected in 1810 | William Rodman | Democratic- Republican |
Elected in 1810 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||
13th | March 4, 1813 – February 24, 1814 |
Roger Davis | Democratic- Republican |
Redistricted from the
3rd district, and reelected in 1812 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Reelected in 1812 Resigned when elected U.S. Senator | ||||||||
February 24, 1814 – October 11, 1814 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||
October 11, 1814 – March 3, 1815 |
Samuel Henderson | Federalist | Won special election in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||||
14th | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
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Democratic- Republican |
Elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
John Hahn | Democratic- Republican |
Elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||
15th | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
Isaac Darlington | Federalist | Elected in 1816 Retired |
Levi Pawling | Federalist | Elected in 1816 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
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Democratic- Republican |
First elected in 1818 | Samuel Gross | Democratic- Republican |
First elected in 1818 | ||||||
17th | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Reelected in 1820 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Reelected in 1820 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||||
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
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Jacksonian Federalist | Redistricted from the
1st district, and reelected in 1822 | |||||||||
19th | March 4, 1825 – 1826 |
Reelected in 1824 Resigned | |||||||||||
1826 – October 26, 1826 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||
October 26, 1826 – March 3, 1827 |
Thomas Kittera | Adams | Won special election in 1826 Lost reelection | ||||||||||
20th | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
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Adams | Elected in 1826 Lost reelection | |||||||||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |
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Jacksonian | Elected in 1828 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||||||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
Henry Horn | Jacksonian | Elected in 1830 Lost reelection | |||||||||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
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Anti- Jacksonian |
Elected in 1832 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
James Harper | Anti- Jacksonian |
First elected in 1832 | ||||||
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
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Anti- Jacksonian |
Elected in 1834 Retired |
Reelected in 1834 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
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Whig | First elected in 1836 | George W. Toland | Whig | First elected in 1836 | ||||||
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
Reelected in 1838 | Reelected in 1838 | ||||||||||
27th | March 3, 1841 – September 15, 1841 |
Reelected in 1840 Resigned |
Reelected in 1840 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||||
September 15, 1841 – October 12, 1841 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||
October 12, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
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Whig | Won special election in 1842 |
1843-present: One seat
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 |
Declined to accept renomination |
Joseph R. Chandler | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855 |
Lost reelection |
Job R. Tyson | Whig | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Edward J. Morris | Whig | March 4, 1857 – June 8, 1861 |
Resigned to become U.S. Minister to the Ottoman Empire |
Vacant | June 8, 1861 – July 2, 1861 | ||
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Democratic | July 2, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871 |
Lost reelection |
John V. Creely | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
Disappeared |
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Republican | March 4, 1873 – November 25, 1893 |
Died |
Vacant | November 25, 1893 – December 19, 1893 | ||
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Republican | December 19, 1893 – June 1, 1906 |
Suicide |
Vacant | June 1, 1906 – November 6, 1906 | ||
John E. Reyburn | Republican | November 6, 1906 – March 31, 1907 |
Resigned to become Mayor of Philadelphia |
Vacant | March 31, 1907 – November 5, 1907 | ||
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Republican | November 5, 1907 – December 15, 1910 |
Died |
Vacant | December 15, 1910 – May 23, 1911 | ||
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Republican | May 23, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
George S. Graham | Republican | March 4, 1913 – July 4, 1931 |
Died |
Vacant | July 4, 1931 – November 3, 1931 | ||
Edward L. Stokes | Republican | November 3, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
Redistricted to the 6th district |
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Republican | March 3, 1933 – September 30, 1934 |
Redistricted from the
1st district Resigned to object to the New Deal |
Vacant | September 30, 1934 – January 3, 1935 | ||
William H. Wilson | Republican | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | January 3, 1937 – November 17, 1943 |
Resigned to become assistant to the Attorney General |
Vacant | November 17, 1943 – January 18, 1944 | ||
Joseph M. Pratt | Republican | January 18, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Robert N. McGarvey | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | January 3, 1949 – May 25, 1956 |
Died |
Vacant | May 25, 1956 – November 6, 1956 | ||
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Democratic | November 6, 1956 – January 3, 1963 |
First elected in 1956 (See Widow's succession) [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979 |
Redistricted from the 4th district |
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Democratic | January 3, 1979 – September 11, 1991 |
Resigned to serve as President of the United Negro College Fund |
Vacant | September 11, 1991 – November 5, 1991 | ||
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Democratic | November 5, 1991 – January 3, 1995 |
Defeated in Primary Election for Reelection |
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Democratic | January 3, 1995 – present |
Incumbent |
Historical district boundaries
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See also
References
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
External links
- District map, via nationalatlas.gov
- Census Bureau profile
- Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania
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Coordinates: 40°00′55″N 75°13′20″W / 40.01528°N 75.22222°W