Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district | |
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Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
Current Representative | Scott Perry (R) |
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Cook PVI | R+9[1] |
Pennsylvania's fourth district is located in the south-central part of the state. This district changed drastically when Pennsylvania's new districts went into effect on January 3, 2013. Due to slower population growth than the nation as a whole, Pennsylvania lost a seat in Congress in reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census, and this seat was effectively eliminated. Most of the 4th district was merged into a redrawn 12th district, and the previous 19th district was rebranded as the 4th.
Republican Scott Perry represents the district.
From 2003 to 2013 it included suburbs of Pittsburgh as well as Beaver County, Lawrence County, and Mercer County. The district had a slight Democratic registration edge, although it has voted for Republicans in several federal elections over the past decade, including for President George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, as well as Lynn Swann for governor in 2006. The heart of the district was a string of mostly white and middle class suburbs. Plum and Murrysville, two large and mainly residential boroughs, are the main towns in the suburban portion of the district that lies to the east of the city. Also included were the many suburban areas that make up northern Allegheny County and southern Butler County, Pennsylvania, including the larger communities of McCandless and Franklin Park, as well as several exclusive suburbs that have long been home to Pittsburgh's old money elite, including Fox Chapel and Sewickley. The northern suburbs had a generally moderate voting populace, which trends Democratic but makes up the swing vote, especially in races for national office. Further north, the district took on a different character. The suburban areas of Beaver County are somewhat less affluent and were heavily labor Democratic. The areas of Lawrence County and Mercer County had a more rural feel, but also had a union Democrat center within the city of New Castle.
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 Redistricted to the at-large district |
1795–1843: Two, then one, then three seats
District created in 1795 with two seats from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district. The second seat was eliminated in 1813. The second seat was restored in 1823 along with a third seat.
Cong ress |
Years | Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | |||||||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||||
4 | March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797 |
Samuel Sitgreaves | Federalist | Resigned | John Richards | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | No third seat until 1823 | |||||
5 | March 4, 1797 – ????, 1798 |
John Chapman | Federalist | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||||||
???? 1798 – December 4, 1798 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||
December 4, 1798 – March 3, 1799 |
Robert Brown | Democratic- Republican |
Redistricted to the 2nd district | ||||||||||
6 | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 |
![]() Peter Muhlenberg |
Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||||||
7 | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
Isaac Van Horne | Democratic- Republican |
Redistricted to the 2nd district | |||||||||
8 | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
John A. Hanna | Democratic- Republican |
Redistricted from the 6th district Died |
David Bard | Democratic- Republican |
Redistricted to the 9th district | ||||||
9 | March 4, 1805 – July 23, 1805 | ||||||||||||
July 23, 1805 – November 7, 1805 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||
November 7, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
Robert Whitehill | Democratic- Republican |
Redistricted to the 5th district | ||||||||||
10 | March 4, 1807 March 3, 1809 | ||||||||||||
11 | March 4, 1809 March 3, 1811 | ||||||||||||
12 | March 4, 1811 March 3, 1813 | ||||||||||||
13 | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
Hugh Glasgow | Democratic- Republican |
First elected in 1812 | No second seat from 1813 to 1823 | ||||||||
14 | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
Re-elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||||||||
15 | March 4, 1817 – April 20, 1818 |
Jacob Spangler | Democratic- Republican |
First elected in 1816 Resigned to become Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania | |||||||||
April 20, 1818 – November 16, 1818 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||
November 16, 1818 – March 3, 1819 |
Jacob Hostetter | Democratic- Republican |
First elected in 1818 to finish Spangler's term | ||||||||||
16 | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
Elected in 1818 to the next term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||||||||
17 | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
James S. Mitchell | Democratic- Republican |
First elected in 1820 Redistricted to the 10th district | |||||||||
18 | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
![]() James Buchanan |
Jacksonian Federalist |
Redistricted from the 3rd district | Samuel Edwards | Jacksonian Federalist |
Redistricted from the 1st district | Isaac Wayne | Jacksonian Federalist |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||
19 | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
Jacksonian | Jacksonian | Charles Miner | Adams | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||||
20 | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
Samuel Anderson | Adams | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||||||
21 | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |
George G. Leiper | Jacksonian | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | Joshua Evans, Jr. | Jacksonian | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||
22 | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
William Hiester | Anti- Masonic |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | David Potts, Jr. | Anti- Masonic |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||
23 | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
Edward Darlington | Anti- Masonic |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||||||
24 | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | ||||||||||||
25 | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
Edward Davies | Anti- Masonic |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |||||||||
26 | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
Francis James | Anti- Masonic |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | John Edwards | Anti- Masonic |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||
27 | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
Jeremiah Brown | Whig | Redistricted to the 8th district | Whig | Whig |
1843–present: One seat
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 |
Redistricted from the 3rd district |
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Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
Redistricted to the 3rd district |
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Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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American | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
Lost renomination |
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Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
Lost re-election |
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Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
Lost renomination |
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Republican | March 4, 1861 – January 9, 1890 |
Died |
Vacant | January 9, 1890 – February 18, 1890 | ||
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Republican | February 18, 1890 – March 3, 1897 |
Lost renomination |
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Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Republican | March 4, 1903 – July 26, 1903 |
Redistricted from the at-large district Died |
Vacant | July 26, 1903 – November 3, 1903 | ||
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Republican | November 3, 1903 – March 3, 1913 |
Lost renomination |
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Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925 |
Lost renomination |
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Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 |
Lost re-election |
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Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | January 3, 1935 – March 12, 1939 |
Died |
Vacant | March 12, 1939 – November 7, 1939 | ||
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Democratic | November 7, 1939 – January 3, 1947 |
Retired |
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Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1958 |
Resigned to become judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas |
Vacant | January 5, 1958 – May 20, 1958 | ||
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Democratic | May 20, 1958 – January 3, 1963 |
Redistricted to the 2nd district |
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Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 |
Redistricted from the 6th district |
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Democratic | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1979 |
Lost renomination |
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Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 |
Lost re-election District moved to Western Pennsylvania |
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Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Lost renomination |
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Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
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Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
First elected in 2006 Re-elected in 2008 Re-elected in 2010 Redistricted to the 12th district and lost renomination there. |
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Republican | January 3, 2013 – present | Elected in 2012 Re-elected in 2014 |
Recent elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Jason Altmire | 130,480 | 51.92 | ||
Republican | Melissa Hart (Incumbent) | 120,822 | 48.08 | ||
Majority | 9,658 | 3.84 | |||
Turnout | 251,302 | 100 | |||
Historical district boundaries
In the very early 19th Century this district included all or part of Bucks County.
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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.
- ↑ "CNN Elections Results 2006". Retrieved 9 November 2006.
- 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
Coordinates: 39°59′N 76°56′W / 39.983°N 76.933°W