Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district
Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district was one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.
History
This district was created in 1833. The district was eliminated in 1993.
List of members representing the district
Representative | District home | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
District created in 1833 | |||||
Samuel S. Harrison | Kittanning | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th |
[data missing] |
William Beatty | Butler | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
25th 26th |
[data missing] |
William Jack | Greensburg | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | [data missing] |
Charles M. Reed | Erie | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
James Thompson |
Erie | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851 |
29th 30th 31st |
[data missing] Retired. |
Carlton B. Curtis |
Erie | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | [data missing] Redistricted to the 24th district. |
Michael C. Trout | Hickory Township | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
John Allison |
Beaver | Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | [data missing] Retired from the House in 1856 |
William Stewart | Mercer | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
35th 36th |
[data missing] |
John W. Wallace |
New Castle | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
Thomas Williams |
Pittsburgh | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 |
38th 39th 40th |
[data missing] |
Darwin Phelps | Kittanning | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
41st | Not candidate for renomination in 1870 |
Ebenezer McJunkin |
Butler | Republican | March 4, 1871 – 1874 |
42nd 43rd |
[data missing] Resigned to become presiding judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Pennsylvania |
John M. Thompson | Butler | Republican | December 22, 1874 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Elected to finish McJunkin's term. [data missing] |
Alexander G. Cochran | Pittsburgh | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
Thomas M. Bayne |
Pittsburgh | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1891 |
45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st |
Declined nomination in 1890 |
William A. Stone |
Pittsburgh | Republican | March 4, 1891 – November 9, 1898 |
52nd 53rd 54th 55th |
[data missing] Resigned to become Governor of Pennsylvania. |
Vacant | November 9, 1898 – November 29, 1898 | ||||
William H. Graham |
Pittsburgh | Republican | November 29, 1898 – March 3, 1903 |
55th 56th 57th |
Elected to finish Stone's term. Lost re-election. |
Allen F. Cooper | Uniontown | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 |
58th 59th 60th 61st |
[data missing] |
Thomas S. Crago | Waynesburg | Republican | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
62nd | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
Wooda N. Carr | Uniontown | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
Robert F. Hopwood |
Uniontown | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 |
64th | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
Bruce F. Sterling |
Uniontown | Democratic | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 |
65th | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
Samuel A. Kendall |
Somerset | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 |
66th 67th |
[data missing] Redistricted to the 24th district. |
William I. Swoope | Clearfield | Republican | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 |
68th 69th |
[data missing] Retired. |
J. Mitchell Chase | Clearfield | Republican | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 |
70th 71st 72nd |
[data missing] Retired. |
J. Banks Kurtz | Altoona | Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | Redistricted from the 21st district. Lost re-election. |
Don Gingery | Clearfield | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 |
74th 75th |
[data missing] Lost re-election. |
James E. Van Zandt |
[data missing] | Republican | January 3, 1939 – September 24, 1943 |
76th 77th 78th |
[data missing] Resigned to rejoin the United States Navy. |
Vacant | September 24, 1943 – November 2, 1943 | ||||
D. Emmert Brumbaugh |
[data missing] | Republican | November 2, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
78th | Elected to finish Van Zandt's term. Redistricted to the 22nd district. |
J. Buell Snyder |
[data missing] | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – February 24, 1946 |
79th | Redistricted from the 24th district. Died. |
Vacant | February 24, 1946 – May 21, 1946 | ||||
Carl H. Hoffman | Somerset | Republican | May 21, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
79th | Elected to finish Snyder's term. Retired. |
William J. Crow | Uniontown | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
80th | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
Anthony Cavalcante | Uniontown | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
81st | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
Edward L. Sittler, Jr. | Uniontown | Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
82nd | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
Leon H. Gavin |
Oil City | Republican | January 3, 1953 – September 15, 1963 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th |
Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Died. |
Vacant | September 15, 1963 – November 5, 1963 | ||||
Albert W. Johnson |
Smethport | Republican | November 5, 1963 – January 3, 1977 |
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th |
Elected to finish Gavin's term. Lost re-election. |
Joseph S. Ammerman |
Curwensville | Democratic | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
95th | [data missing] Lost re-election. |
William F. Clinger Jr. |
Warren | Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
[data missing] Redistricted to the 5th district. |
District eliminated in 1993 |
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