Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district

Pennsylvania's second congressional district includes several areas 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 115th Congress, it is the fourth most Democratic Congressional District out of the 435 in the nation, according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, with a score of D +40. It is also the most Democratic district outside of New York and California, and the most Democratic district in a state that voted for Donald Trump in 2016.

Congressman Chaka Fattah represented the district from 1995 to 2016. On July 29, 2015, Fattah and a group of associates were indicted on federal charges related to their alleged roles in a racketeering and influence peddling conspiracy.^[2][3] On April 26, 2016, Dwight Evans toppled Fattah in a competitive Democratic primary election.^[4] Fattah resigned June 23, 2016.^[5] Evans then won a special election to fill Fattah's seat. He also won election for the regular term beginning January 3, 2017.

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
Frederick Muhlenberg	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	Redistricted from the At-large district, and re-elected 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.

Cong ress	Years		Seat A				Seat B				Seat C
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
4th	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797		Frederick Muhlenberg	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted from the at-large district, and re-elected here in 1794. Retired.		No second seat				No third seat
5th	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799		Blair McClenachan	Democratic- Republican	Elected in 1796. Retired or lost re-election.
6th	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801		Michael Leib	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1798.
7th	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803			Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 1st district.
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805		Robert Brown	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted from the 4th district, and re-elected here in 1802.		Frederick Conrad	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1802.		Isaac Van Horne	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted from the 4th district, and re-elected here in 1802. Retired or lost re-election.
9th	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807			Re-elected in 1804.	Re-elected in 1804. Retired or lost re-election.			John Pugh	Democratic- Republican		First elected in 1804.
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809			Re-elected in 1806.	William Milnor		Federalist		First elected in 1806.		Re-elected in 1806. Lost re-election.
11th	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811			Re-elected in 1808.			Re-elected in 1808. Retired or lost re-election.	John Ross	Democratic- Republican		Retired or lost re-election.
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813			Re-elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 6th district.	Jonathan Roberts		Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1810.	William Rodman		Democratic- Republican	Elected in 1810. Retired or lost re-election.
13th	March 4, 1813 – February 24, 1814		Roger Davis	Democratic- Republican			Redistricted from the 3rd district, and re-elected here in 1812. Retired or lost re-election.	Re-elected in 1812. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.	No third seat
	February 24, 1814 – October 11, 1814			Vacant
	October 11, 1814 – March 3, 1815			Samuel Henderson	Federalist	Elected to finish Roberts's term in 1814. Retired or lost re-election.
14th	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817		William Darlington	Democratic- Republican	Elected in 1814. Retired or lost re-election.	John Hahn	Democratic- Republican	Elected in 1814. Retired or lost re-election.
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819		Isaac Darlington	Federalist	Elected in 1816. Retired.	Levi Pawling	Federalist	Elected in 1816. Retired or lost re-election.
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821		William Darlington	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1818.	Samuel Gross	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1818.
17th	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823			Re-elected in 1820. Retired or lost re-election.	Re-elected in 1820. Retired or lost re-election.
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Joseph Hemphill	Jacksonian Federalist	Redistricted from the 1st district, and re-elected here in 1822.	No second seat
19th	March 4, 1825 – 1826			Re-elected in 1824. Resigned.
	1826 – October 26, 1826		Vacant
	October 26, 1826 – March 3, 1827		Thomas Kittera	Adams	Elected to finish Hemphill's term in 1826. Lost re-election.
20th	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829		John Sergeant	Adams	Elected in 1826. Lost re-election.
21st	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831		Joseph Hemphill	Jacksonian	Elected in 1828. Retired or lost re-election.
22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833		Henry Horn	Jacksonian	Elected in 1830. Lost re-election.
23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835		Horace Binney	Anti- Jacksonian	Elected in 1832. Retired or lost re-election.	James Harper	Anti- Jacksonian	First elected in 1832.
24th	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837		Joseph R. Ingersoll	Anti- Jacksonian	Elected in 1834. Retired.		Re-elected in 1834. Retired or lost re-election.
25th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839		John Sergeant	Whig	First elected in 1836.	George W. Toland	Whig	First elected in 1836.
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841			Re-elected in 1838.	Re-elected in 1838.
27th	March 3, 1841 – September 15, 1841			Re-elected in 1840. Resigned.	Re-elected in 1840. Retired or lost re-election.
	September 15, 1841 – October 12, 1841		Vacant
	October 12, 1841 – March 3, 1843		Joseph R. Ingersoll	Whig	Elected in 1841 to finish Sergeant's term.

1843–present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Joseph R. Ingersoll	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	Declined to accept renomination.
Joseph R. Chandler	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855	Lost re-election.
Job R. Tyson	Whig	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Edward J. Morris	Republican	March 4, 1857 – June 8, 1861	Resigned to become U.S. Minister to the Ottoman Empire.
Vacant		June 8, 1861 – July 2, 1861
Charles J. Biddle	Democratic	July 2, 1861 – March 4, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles O'Neill	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871	Lost re-election.
John V. Creely	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Disappeared on his way to the December 1871 Congressional session.
Charles O'Neill	Republican	March 4, 1873 – November 25, 1893	Died.
Vacant		November 25, 1893 – December 19, 1893
Robert Adams Jr.	Republican	December 19, 1893 – June 1, 1906	Died by 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
Joel Cook	Republican	November 5, 1907 – December 15, 1910	Died.
Vacant		December 15, 1910 – May 23, 1911
William S. Reyburn	Republican	May 23, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Declined to run for re-election.
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.
James M. Beck	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	Lost re-election.
James P. McGranery	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – November 17, 1943	Resigned to become United States Assistant Attorney General.
Vacant		November 17, 1943 – January 18, 1944
Joseph M. Pratt	Republican	January 18, 1944 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to the 3rd district. Lost re-election in the 3rd district.
William T. Granahan	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	Lost re-election.
Robert N. McGarvey	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	Lost re-election.
William T. Granahan	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – May 25, 1956	Died.
Vacant		May 25, 1956 – November 6, 1956
Kathryn E. Granahan	Democratic	November 6, 1956 – January 3, 1963	First elected in 1956 (see Widow's succession).
Robert N. C. Nix Sr.	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979	Redistricted from the 4th district.
William H. Gray III	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
Lucien Blackwell	Democratic	November 5, 1991 – January 3, 1995	Lost renomination.
Chaka Fattah	Democratic	January 3, 1995 – June 23, 2016	Lost renomination. Resigned.
Vacant		June 23, 2016 – November 8, 2016
Dwight Evans	Democratic	November 8, 2016 – Present

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district

As of May 2017, one former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district is alive. The most recent representative to die was William H. Gray (1979–1991) on July 1, 2013. The most recently serving representative to die was Lucien Blackwell (1991–1995) on January 24, 2003.

Historical district boundaries

2005 – 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• Pennsylvania's congressional districts

References

• 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

Coordinates: 40°00′55″N 75°13′20″W / 40.01528°N 75.22222°W / 40.01528; -75.22222