Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district
Representative	Mike Kelly R–Butler
Population (2019)	678,333
Median household income	$54,627
Ethnicity	88.2% White 4.8% Black 2.7% Hispanic 2.3% Two or more races 1.2% Asian 0.7% other 0.2% Native American
Cook PVI	R+8

Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district is located in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It contains all of Erie County, Crawford County, Mercer County, and Lawrence County, as well as part of Butler County. The district is represented by Republican Mike Kelly.

Prior to redistricting on March 19, 2018, the 16th congressional district was located in the southeastern part of the state, just west of Philadelphia. Previously, Northwestern Pennsylvania was represented by the 3rd congressional district. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map violated the state constitution due to partisan gerrymandering. What was the 16th district was modified to become the eleventh district, and the old third district likewise became the 16th, for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter.

Adams County (which includes Gettysburg) was in the district in 1863, at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address. Democrat Alexander Coffroth was the district's representative at the time.

Recent election results

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Source: [2]

Year		Democrat	Votes	Pct		Republican	Votes	Pct		Third Party	Votes	Pct		Fourth Party	Votes	Pct
2000		Bob Yorczyk	80,177	33.1%		Joe Pitts	162,403	67.0%
2002						Joe Pitts	119,046	88.5%		Will Todd	8,720	6.5%		Kenneth Brenneman	6,766	5.0%
2004		Lois Herr	98,410	34.5%		Joe Pitts	183,620	64.4%		William Hagen	3,269	1.25
2006		Lois Herr	80,915	39.6%		Joe Pitts	115,741	56.6%		John Murphy	7,958	3.9%
2008		Bruce Slater	120,193	39.4%		Joe Pitts	170,329	55.8%		John Murphy	11,768	3.9%		Daniel Frank	2,877	0.9%
2010		Lois Herr	70,994	34.6%		Joe Pitts	134,113	65.4%
2012		Aryanna Strader	109,026	39%		Joe Pitts	154,337	55%		John Murphy	10,080	4%		Jim Bednarski	4995	2%
2014		Tom Houghton	73,921	42.2%		Joe Pitts	101,083	57.8%
2016		Christina Hartman	134,586	42.89%		Lloyd Smucker	168,669	53.76%		Shawn Patrick House	10,518	3.35%
2018		Ronald DiNicola	124,109	47.3%		Mike Kelly	135,348	51.6%		Ebert "Bill" Beeman	2,939	1.1%
2020		Kristy Gnibus	143,962	40.7%		Mike Kelly	210,088	59.3%

U.S. President

Year	District winner
2004	Bush 61 - 38%
2008	McCain 51 - 48%
2012	Romney 52.4 - 46.3%
2016	Trump 51.0 - 44.2%

Geography

2003-2018

Created after the 2000 Census, the 16th district was composed of a large portion of southern Chester County, most of Lancaster County, and a sliver of Berks County, including the city of Reading. The 16th stretched from the southwestern suburbs of Philadelphia in the east to the Susquehanna River in the west, and north to include areas around Reading.

In 2000, the 16th Congressional District was home to 646,328 residents, according to the U.S. Census, and its population has increased since that year. Residents of Lancaster County made up the majority of the district's population, followed by Chester County and Berks County. The district was one of the Pennsylvania districts accused of being the result of gerrymandering. Before 2018's redistricting, PA-03 was rated a Solid Republican seat by Cook.

Pockets of urban areas exist in and around the cities of Lancaster, Reading, and West Chester.

2019

In February 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the previous map was unconstitutional due to gerrymandering and released a new congressional map. The 16th district was relocated to the northwestern part of the state. The new 16th includes the cities of Erie, Sharon, Hermitage, Butler and Meadville. After redistricting, PA-16 was rated as a likely Republican seat by Cook in 2018. It is not considered a competitive district in 2020.

Counties and municipalities within the district

Butler County: partial; a portion of county is in the 15th district.

Crawford County: Meadville, Titusville

Erie County: Corry, Erie

Lawrence County: New Castle

Mercer County: Farrell, Hermitage, Sharon

List of members representing the district

The district was created with two seats in 1823

1823–1833: Two seats

Cong ress	Years		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		James Allison Jr.	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Resigned before Congress convened		Walter Forward	Democratic-Republican	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1822. Lost re-election.
19th	March 4, 1825 – ? 1825			Jacksonian			James S. Stevenson	Jacksonian	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election.
	? 1825 – October 11, 1825		Vacant
	October 11, 1825 – March 3, 1827		Robert Orr Jr.	Jacksonian	Elected October 11, 1825 to finish Allison's term and seated December 5, 1825. Re-elected in 1826. Retired.
20th	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
21st	March 4, 1829 – November 9, 1829		John Gilmore	Jacksonian	Elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. [data missing]		William Wilkins	Anti-Masonic	Elected in 1828 but resigned November 9, 1829 before qualifying.
	November 9, 1829 – December 15, 1829						Vacant
	December 15, 1829 – March 3, 1831						Harmar Denny	Anti-Masonic	Elected November 9, 1829 to finish Wilkins's term and seated December 15, 1829. Re-elected in 1830. Redistricted to the 22nd district.
22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833

1833-Present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Joseph B. Anthony	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. [data missing]
Robert H. Hammond	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	[data missing]
John Snyder	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
James Black	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data missing]
Jasper E. Brady	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
James X. McLanahan	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data missing]
William H. Kurtz	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 15th district. [data missing]
Lemuel Todd	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data missing]
John A. Ahl	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data missing]
Benjamin F. Junkin	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Joseph Bailey	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 15th district.
Alexander H. Coffroth	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1865 – February 19, 1866	39th	Contested election
Alexander H. Coffroth	Democratic	February 19, 1866 – July 18, 1866		[data missing]
William H. Koontz	Republican	July 18, 1866 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	[data missing]
John Cessna	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Benjamin F. Meyers	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data missing] Lost re-election.
John Cessna	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data missing]
Sobieski Ross	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Redistricted from the 18th district. [data missing]
John I. Mitchell	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	Elected to United States Senate
Robert J. C. Walker	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Declined renomination
William W. Brown	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	[data missing]
Henry C. McCormick	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	[data missing]
Albert C. Hopkins	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data missing]
Fred C. Leonard	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data missing]
Horace B. Packer	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	[data missing]
Elias Deemer	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 15th district.
Charles H. Dickerman	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Declined renomination
Edmund W. Samuel	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
John G. McHenry	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – December 27, 1912	60th 61st 62nd	[data missing] Died.
Vacant		December 27, 1912 – March 3, 1913	62nd
John V. Lesher	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921	63rd 64th 65th 66th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
I. Clinton Kline	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Edgar R. Kiess	Republican	March 4, 1923 – July 20, 1930	68th 69th 70th 71st	Redistricted from the 15th district. Died.
Vacant		July 20, 1930 – November 4, 1930	71st
Robert F. Rich	Republican	November 4, 1930 – January 3, 1943	71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	[data missing]
Thomas E. Scanlon	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Redistricted from the 30th district. Lost re-election.
Samuel K. McConnell Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd	Redistricted from the 17th district. Redistricted to the 13th district.
Walter M. Mumma	Republican	January 3, 1953 – February 25, 1961	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Redistricted from the 18th district. Died.
Vacant		February 25, 1961 – May 16, 1961	87th
John C. Kunkel	Republican	May 16, 1961 – December 30, 1966	87th 88th 89th	[data missing] Resigned.
Vacant		December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967	89th
Edwin D. Eshleman	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1977	90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	[data missing] Retired.
Robert S. Walker	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1997	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	[data missing] Retired.
Joe Pitts	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2017	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	[data missing] Retired.
Lloyd Smucker	Republican	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019	115th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 11th district.
Mike Kelly	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th 117th 118th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 2018.

Historical district boundaries

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  2003–2013
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  2013–2019

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

• Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania