Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
Map of the Pennsylvania 10th as of the 109th Congress
Current Representative		Tom Marino (R–Williamsport)
Area	6,557.85 mi² (16,984.75 km²)
Distribution	44.65% urban, 55.35% rural
Population (2000)	646,534
Median income	$35,996
Ethnicity	96.3% White, 1.9% Black, 0.5% Asian, 1.4% Hispanic, 0.0% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+8

Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district is located primarily in the northeast corner of the state. The district was one of the 12 original districts created prior to the 4th Congress. It is currently represented by Republican Tom Marino, who defeated Democratic incumbent Chris Carney during the 2010 U.S. House elections. In 2006, the 10th district experienced one of the greatest party shifts among all House seats that switched party control: in 2004, Sherwood won with an 86% margin of victory over his nearest opponent and two years later, Carney unseated Sherwood by a 53%-47% margin. In 2008, Carney won reelection by 12 points but the district swung back in 2010, electing Tom Marino. The district is mostly Republican in its political composition, an aspect of the district that is reflected especially well in presidential elections. In 2004, President George W. Bush won 60 percent of the vote in the district and in 2008, Senator John McCain beat Senator Barack Obama here by a margin of 54 percent to 45 percent. Nonetheless, Carney easily won reelection as a Democrat the same year McCain won the district. However, in the 2010 midterm elections, Marino unseated Carney by a 55%-45% margin, a GOP victory that is largely attributed to Carney's March 2010 vote for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, comprehensive health care reform legislation signed into law by President Obama. The legislation was incredibly unpopular in a district resistant to government-led efforts in economic affairs.

District boundaries

The Pennsylvania 10th is the third-largest congressional district in the state. The district encompasses the following counties and areas:

• Bradford County
• Lackawanna County
  • excluding Old Forge, Moosic, Scranton, and Dunmore but including Clarks Summit
• Luzerne County
  • Back Mountain area, including Dallas, Shavertown, Trucksville, Kingston, Wyoming, and Swoyersville
• Lycoming County
  • Sullivan/Columbia/Montour County boundaries west to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River (except Montoursville), north to Cogan House
• Montour County
• Northumberland County
• Pike County
• Snyder County
• Sullivan County
• Susquehanna County
• Tioga County
  • Ward Township
• Union County
• Wayne County
• Wyoming County

Recent elections

2006 election

Main article: Pennsylvania 10th congressional district election, 2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006: Pennsylvania District 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Christopher Carney	110,115	52.90
	Republican	Don Sherwood	97,862	47.01

2008 election

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008: Pennsylvania District 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Christopher Carney	160,837	56.33
	Republican	Chris Hackett	124,681	43.67

2010 election

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010: Pennsylvania District 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tom Marino	109,603	55
	Democratic	Christopher Carney	89,170	45

SOURCE: MSNBC

Better Know A District

• The Pennsylvania 10th was the 46th congressional district mentioned on the recurring The Colbert Report segment, "Better Know A District," when the December 12, 2006 episode featured incoming House freshmen, including Representative-elect Chris Carney, at the Kennedy School of Government.

List of representatives

District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district

1795-1813: One seat

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
4th	David Bard	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1799	Alexandria, Pennsylvania
5th
6th	Henry Woods	Federalist	March 4, 1799 - March 3, 1803	Bedford, Pennsylvania
7th
8th	William Hoge	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - October 15, 1804	Washington, Pennsylvania	Resigned
	John Hoge	Democratic-Republican	November 2, 1804 - March 3, 1805	Washington, Pennsylvania
9th	John Hamilton	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 - March 3, 1807	Washington, Pennsylvania
10th	William Hoge	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 - March 3, 1809	Washington, Pennsylvania
11th	Aaron Lyle	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 - March 3, 1813		Redistricted to 12th district
12th

1813-1823: Two seats

Seat A

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
13th	Isaac Smith	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1815
14th 15th	William Wilson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1819
16th 17th	George Denison	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1823

Seat B

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
13th 14th	Jared Irwin	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1817
15th 16th	John Murray	Democratic-Republican	October 14, 1817 - March 3, 1821		elected after David Scott resigned his seat before Congress assembled in 1817
17th	Thomas Murray, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	October 9, 1821 - March 3, 1823		elected after William Cox Ellis resigned his seat before Congress assembled in 1821

1823-present: One seat

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
18th	James S. Mitchell	Jacksonian DR	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Redistricted from the 4th district
19th		Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
20th	Adam King	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1833	York, Pennsylvania
21st
22nd
23rd	William Clark	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837	Dauphin, Pennsylvania
24th
25th	Luther Reily	Democrat	March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1839	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
26th	William Simonton	Whig	March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843
27th
28th	Richard Brodhead	Democrat	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1849	Easton, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
29th
30th
31st	Milo M. Dimmick	Democrat	March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853	Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
32nd
33rd	Ner Middleswarth	Whig	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855
34th	John C. Kunkel	Opposition	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
35th		Republican	March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1859		Not a candidate for renomination
36th	John W. Killinger	Republican	March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1863		Not a candidate for renomination
37th
38th	Myer Strouse	Democratic	March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1867	Pottsville, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
39th
40th	Henry L. Cake	Republican	March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
41st
42nd	John W. Killinger	Republican	March 4, 1871 - March 4, 1875		Not a candidate for renomination
43rd
44th	William Mutchler	Democrat	March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877	Easton, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
45th	Samuel A. Bridges	Democrat	March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879	Allentown, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
46th	Reuben K. Bachman	Democrat	March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881		Not a candidate for renomination
47th	William Mutchler	Democrat	March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1885	Easton, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
48th
49th	William H. Sowden	Democrat	March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889	Allentown, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
50th
51st	Marriott Brosius	Republican	March 4, 1889 - March 16, 1901	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	Died
52nd
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th
	Henry B. Cassel	Republican	November 5, 1901 - March 3, 1903	Marietta, Pennsylvania	Redistricted to 9th district
58th	George Howell	Democratic	March 4, 1903 - February 10, 1904	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Election successfully contested by William Connell
	William Connell	Republican	February 10, 1904 - March 3, 1905	Scranton, Pennsylvania
59th	Thomas H. Dale	Republican	March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1907	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
60th	Thomas D. Nicholls	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1911		Not a candidate for renomination
61st
62nd	John R. Farr	Republican	March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1919	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Successfully contested the election of Patrick McLane
63rd
64th
65th
66th	Patrick McLane	Democratic	March 4, 1919 - February 25, 1921	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Election successfully contested by John R. Farr
	John R. Farr	Republican	February 25, 1921 - March 3, 1921	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
67th	Charles R. Connell	Republican	March 4, 1921 - September 26, 1922	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Died
68th	William W. Griest	Republican	March 4, 1923 - December 5, 1929		Redistricted from the 9th district, Died
68th
69th
70th
71st
	J. Roland Kinzer	Republican	January 28, 1930 - January 3, 1945		Redistricted to 9th district
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th	John W. Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 1945 - July 17, 1946		Redistricted from the 11th district, Resigned to become judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
80th	James P. Scoblick	Republican	November 5, 1946 - January 3, 1949		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
81st	Harry P. O'Neill	Democratic	January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1953		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
82nd
83rd	Joseph L. Carrigg	Republican	January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1959		Redistricted from the 14th district, Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
84th
85th
86th	Stanley A. Prokop	Democratic	January 3, 1959 - January 3, 1961		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
87th	William Scranton	Republican	January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1963		Elected Governor of Pennsylvania in 1963
88th	Joseph M. McDade	Republican	January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1999	Scranton, then Clarks Summit
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th	Don Sherwood	Republican	January 3, 1999 - January 3, 2007	Tunkhannock	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
107th
108th
109th
110th	Christopher Carney	Democratic	January 3, 2007 - January 3, 2011	Dimock Township	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
111th
112th	Tom Marino	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	Lycoming Townnship	Incumbent

SOURCE: MSNBC

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