Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Mike Doyle D–Forest Hills
Distribution	99.78% urban 0.22% rural
Population (2000)	646,013
Median household income	30,139
Ethnicity	73.5% White 22.7% Black 1.7% Asian 1.1% Hispanic 0.2% Native American 0.2% other
Cook PVI	D+16

Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district includes the entire city of Pittsburgh and parts of surrounding suburbs. A variety of working class and majority black suburbs located to the east of the city are included, such as McKeesport and Wilkinsburg. Also a major part of the district are number of middle class suburbs that have historic Democratic roots, such as Pleasant Hills and Penn Hills.

The seat has been held by Democrat Mike Doyle since 1995. In the 2006 election, he faced Green Party candidate Titus North and returned to the house with 90% of the vote.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District created in 1813
Adamson Tannehill	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Pittsburgh	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
John Woods	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – December 16, 1816		Never attended sessions of Congress due to illness
Henry Baldwin	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – May 8, 1822		Resigned
Vacant		May 8, 1822 – October 8, 1822
Walter Forward	Democratic-Republican	October 8, 1822 – March 3, 1823		Redistricted to 16th district
Andrew Stewart	Jacksonian DR	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Redistricted from 13th district
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
	Adams	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Thomas Irwin	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831		Not a candidate for renomination
Andrew Stewart	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833		Redistricted to 20th district
Joseph Henderson	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837		Not a candidate for renomination
William W. Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – October 28, 1839	Bellefonte	Died
Vacant		October 28, 1839 – November 20, 1839
George McCulloch	Democratic	November 20, 1839 – March 3, 1841
James Irvin	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843		Redistricted to 17th district
Alexander Ramsey	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
George N. Eckert	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
Charles W. Pitman	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	Pottsville
Thomas M. Bibighaus	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Lebanon	Not a candidate for renomination due to ill health
Galusha A. Grow	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	Glenwood	Redistricted from 12th district, switched to the Republican Party
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863		Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1861-1863
William H. Miller	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Harrisburg	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
George F. Miller	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	Lewisburg
John B. Packer	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1877	Sunbury	Not a candidate for renomination
John W. Killinger	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	Lebanon	Not a candidate for renomination
Samuel F. Barr	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	Harrisburg	Not a candidate for renomination
Franklin Bound	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	Milton	Not a candidate for renomination
John W. Rife	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	Middletown	Not a candidate for renomination
Ephraim M. Woomer	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	Lebanon	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Marlin E. Olmsted	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	Harrisburg	Redistricted to 18th district
Charles F. Wright	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905		Redistricted from 15th district, not a candidate for renomination
Mial E. Lilley	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
George W. Kipp	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909		Not a candidate for renomination in 1908, being an unsuccessful candidate for State treasurer
Charles C. Pratt	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
George W. Kipp	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – July 24, 1911		Died
Vacant		July 24, 1911 – November 7, 1911
William D. B. Ainey	Republican	November 7, 1911 – March 3, 1915
Louis T. McFadden	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923		Redistricted to 15th district
William M. Croll	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Charles J. Esterly	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927		Not a candidate for renomination
Robert G. Bushong	Republican	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929		Not a candidate for renomination
Charles J. Esterly	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931		Not a candidate for renomination
Norton L. Litchtenwalner	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William E. Richardson	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Guy L. Moser	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	Reading	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Daniel K. Hoch	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945		Redistricted to 13th district
Wilson D. Gillette	Republican	January 3, 1945 – August 7, 1951		Redistricted from 15th district, died
Vacant		August 7, 1951 – November 6, 1951
Joseph L. Carrigg	Republican	November 6, 1951 – January 3, 1953		Redistricted to 10th district
George M. Rhodes	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Reading	Redistricted from 13th district, redistricted to 6th district
William S. Moorhead	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981	Pittsburgh	Redistricted from 28th district, not a candidate for reelection
William J. Coyne	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2003	Pittsburgh	Not a candidate for reelection
Michael F. Doyle	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – Present	Forest Hills	Redistricted from 18th district, Incumbent

Historical district boundaries

2005 - 2013

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. {{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)
• "Pennsylvania's 14th Congressional District". www.house.gov/coyne. United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2001-01-11. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2001-01-16 suggested (help)
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania