Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
Boundaries since January 2019
Representative	Conor Lamb D–Mt. Lebanon
Cook PVI	R+3

Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district is represented by Democrat Conor Lamb. The district encompasses all of Beaver County and most of western and northern Allegheny County, as well as a portion of southwestern Butler County.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the map violated the state constitution and redrew it in February 2018. What was the 17th district, which had been anchored in Northeast Pennsylvania, was modified to become the 8th district, and the old 12th district likewise became the 17th, for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter.

Election results from recent presidential races

Year	Results
2008	Obama 57 - 42%
2012	Obama 55 - 43%
2016	Trump 54 - 43%

List of members representing the district

Because congressional districts are reconfigured and renumbered every 10 years (and occasionally at other times), the following chart displays each time Pennsylvania's districts were changed.

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties
District Created in 1823
George Plumer	Jacksonian Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Retired.	1823–1833 [data missing]
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Richard Coulter	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Redistricted to the 19th district.
John Laporte	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. Retired.	1833–1843 [data missing]
Samuel Wells Morris	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	[data missing] Retired.
Davis Dimock Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – January 13, 1842	27th	[data missing] Died.
Vacant		January 13, 1842 – March 18, 1842
Almon H. Read	Democratic	March 18, 1842 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 12th district.
James Irvin	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Redistricted from the 14th district. [data missing]	[data missing]
John Blanchard	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	[data missing]
Samuel Calvin	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data missing] Retired.
Andrew Parker	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data missing]
Samuel L. Russell	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data missing] Retired.	[data missing]
David Fullerton Robison	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Wilson Reilly	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Edward McPherson	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Archibald McAllister	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data missing] Retired.	[data missing]
Abraham A. Barker	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Daniel J. Morrell	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Robert M. Speer	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[data missing] Retired.
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John Reilly	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data missing] Lost re-election.	[data missing]
Jacob M. Campbell	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Alexander H. Coffroth	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data missing]
Jacob M. Campbell	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th 48th 49th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
		March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887			[data missing]
Edward Scull	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 20th Congressional District.
Charles R. Buckalew	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Redistricted from the 11th district. [data missing]	[data missing]
Simon Peter Wolverton	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data missing]
Simon Peter Wolverton	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data missing] Retired.	[data missing]
Monroe Henry Kulp	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Rufus King Polk	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 5, 1902	56th 57th	[data missing] Died.
Vacant		March 5, 1902 – November 4, 1902
Alexander Billmeyer	Democratic	November 4, 1902 – March 3, 1903	57th	[data missing] Retired.
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Redistricted from the 18th district. Retired.	[data missing]
Benjamin K. Focht	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	60th 61st 62nd	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Franklin Lewis Dershem	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	[data missing] Lost re-election.	[data missing]
Benjamin K. Focht	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923	64th 65th 66th 67th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Herbert W. Cummings	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	[data missing] Lost re-election.	[data missing]
Frederick W. Magrady	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data missing] Lost re-election.
J. William Ditter	Republican	March 4, 1933 – November 21, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	[data missing] Died.	[data missing]
					[data missing]
Vacant		November 21, 1943 – January 18, 1944
Samuel K. McConnell Jr.	Republican	January 18, 1944 – January 3, 1945	78th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 16th district.
Richard M. Simpson	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd	From and to the 18th district	[data missing]
Alvin Bush	Republican	January 3, 1953 – November 5, 1959	83rd 84th 85th 86th	Redistricted from the 15th district. Died.	[data missing]
Vacant		November 5, 1959 – April 26, 1960
Herman T. Schneebeli	Republican	April 26, 1960 – January 3, 1977	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	[data missing] Retired.
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Allen E. Ertel	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	[data missing] Retired.
George Gekas	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	[data missing] Lost re-election.	[data missing]
					[data missing]
Tim Holden	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 6th district. Lost renomination.	2003–2013 Berks, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill
Matt Cartwright	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019	113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Redistricted to the 8th district.	2013–2019
Conor Lamb	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th 118th	Moved from the 18th district and re-elected in 2018.	2019–present

Counties and municipalities within the district 2005–2013

Berks County: Townships of Alsace, Bern (Districts 1 and 2), Bethel, Centre, Earl (District 1), Greenwich, Heidelberg, Jefferson, Maidencreek, Marion, Muhlenberg (Districts 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8), North Heidelberg, Oley, Ontelaunee, Penn, Perry, Pike, Richmond, Rockland, Ruscombmanor, Tilden, Tulpehocken, Upper Bern, Upper Tulpehocken, and Windsor; Boroughs of Bernville, Centerport, Fleetwood, Hamburg, Laureldale, Leesport, Lenhartsville, Lyons, Robesonia, Shoemakersville, Strausstown, and Womelsdorf.

Dauphin County: all

Lebanon County: all

Perry County: Townships of Buffalo, Centre, Juniata, Miller, Oliver (all blocks except 6999 of tract 030200), Penn, Spring, Tuscarora, Watts, and Wheatfield; Boroughs of Bloomfield, Duncannon, New Buffalo, and Newport (District 1)

Schuylkill County: all

See also

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

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania
• Daily Kos election results by Congressional District
• Pennsylvania’s Election Results are Better Explained at the Congressional Level