Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
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Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district | |
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 Boundaries beginning January 2019; below statistics apply to old boundaries | |
| Current Representative | Dwight Evans (D–Philadelphia) |
| Distribution |
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| Population (2000) | 646,355 |
| Median income | 30,646 |
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | D+25[1] |
The 2nd congressional district's boundaries from January 3, 2013 to January 2019
Pennsylvania's second congressional district includes several areas of the city of Philadelphia – West Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, and Northwest Philadelphia—in addition to parts of South Philadelphia, Center City, and western suburbs such as Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. Before the 113th Congress, the district did not contain Lower Merion Township but instead contained Cheltenham Township.
The district has an overwhelming Democratic majority. With the 115th Congress, it is the fourth most Democratic Congressional District out of the 435 in the nation, according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, with a score of D +40. It is also the most Democratic district outside New York and California, and the most Democratic district in a state that voted for Donald Trump in 2016.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional. The new second district will include portions of northeastern and central Philadelphia–essentially, the successor to the old first district. As such, it will remain heavily Democratic for the 2018 election and representation thereafter; parts of the old second district will be shifted to the third.[2]
Congressman Chaka Fattah represented the district from 1995 to 2016. On July 29, 2015, Fattah and a group of associates were indicted on federal charges related to their alleged roles in a racketeering and influence peddling conspiracy.[3][4] On April 26, 2016, Dwight Evans toppled Fattah in a competitive Democratic primary election.[5] Fattah resigned June 23, 2016.[6] Evans then won a special election to fill Fattah's seat. He also won election for the regular term beginning January 3, 2017.
Contents
1 List of representatives
1.1 1791–1793: One seat
1.2 1795–1843: multiple seats
1.3 1843–present: One seat
2 Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
3 Historical district boundaries
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
List of representatives[edit]
The district was organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1791.
1791–1793: One seat[edit]
| Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|
 Frederick Muhlenberg | Anti- Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | Redistricted from the At-large district, and re-elected in 1790. Redistricted to the At-large district. |
1795–1843: multiple seats[edit]
District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Two additional seats were added in 1803. The third seat was eliminated in 1813, and the second seat eliminated in 1823. In 1833, the second seat was restored. In 1843, it returned to being a single-member district.
| Cong ress | Years | | Seat A | | Seat B | | Seat C | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||||
4th | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | Frederick Muhlenberg | Democratic- Republican | Redistricted from the at-large district, and re-elected here in 1794. Retired. | No second seat | No third seat | |||||||
5th | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 | Blair McClenachan | Democratic- Republican | Elected in 1796. Retired or lost re-election. | |||||||||
6th | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 |  Michael Leib | Democratic- Republican | First elected in 1798. | |||||||||
7th | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 1st district. | |||||||||||
8th | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | Robert Brown | Democratic- Republican | Redistricted from the 4th district, and re-elected here in 1802. | Frederick Conrad | Democratic- Republican | First elected in 1802. | Isaac Van Horne | Democratic- Republican | Redistricted from the 4th district, and re-elected here in 1802. Retired or lost re-election. | |||
9th | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 | Re-elected in 1804. | Re-elected in 1804. Retired or lost re-election. | John Pugh | Democratic- Republican | First elected in 1804. | |||||||
10th | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 | Re-elected in 1806. | William Milnor | Federalist | First elected in 1806. | Re-elected in 1806. Lost re-election. | |||||||
11th | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | Re-elected in 1808. | Re-elected in 1808. Retired or lost re-election. | John Ross | Democratic- Republican | Retired or lost re-election. | |||||||
12th | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | Re-elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 6th district. |  Jonathan Roberts | Democratic- Republican | First elected in 1810. | William Rodman | Democratic- Republican | Elected in 1810. Retired or lost re-election. | |||||
13th | March 4, 1813 – February 24, 1814 | Roger Davis | Democratic- Republican | Redistricted from the 3rd district, and re-elected here in 1812. Retired or lost re-election. | Re-elected in 1812. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. | No third seat | |||||||
| February 24, 1814 – October 11, 1814 | Vacant | ||||||||||||
| October 11, 1814 – March 3, 1815 | Samuel Henderson | Federalist | Elected to finish Roberts's term in 1814. Retired or lost re-election. | ||||||||||
14th | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |  William Darlington | Democratic- Republican | Elected in 1814. Retired or lost re-election. | John Hahn | Democratic- Republican | Elected in 1814. Retired or lost re-election. | ||||||
15th | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |  Isaac Darlington | Federalist | Elected in 1816. Retired. | Levi Pawling | Federalist | Elected in 1816. Retired or lost re-election. | ||||||
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | William Darlington | Democratic- Republican | First elected in 1818. | Samuel Gross | Democratic- Republican | First elected in 1818. | ||||||
17th | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Re-elected in 1820. Retired or lost re-election. | Re-elected in 1820. Retired or lost re-election. | ||||||||||
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |  Joseph Hemphill | Jacksonian Federalist | Redistricted from the 1st district, and re-elected here in 1822. | No second seat | ||||||||
19th | March 4, 1825 – 1826 | Re-elected in 1824. Resigned. | |||||||||||
| 1826 – October 26, 1826 | Vacant | ||||||||||||
| October 26, 1826 – March 3, 1827 | Thomas Kittera | Adams | Elected to finish Hemphill's term in 1826. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
20th | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |  John Sergeant | Adams | Elected in 1826. Lost re-election. | |||||||||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | Joseph Hemphill | Jacksonian | Elected in 1828. Retired or lost re-election. | |||||||||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Henry Horn | Jacksonian | Elected in 1830. Lost re-election. | |||||||||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |  Horace Binney | Anti- Jacksonian | Elected in 1832. Retired or lost re-election. |  James Harper | Anti- Jacksonian | First elected in 1832. | ||||||
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |  Joseph R. Ingersoll | Anti- Jacksonian | Elected in 1834. Retired. | Re-elected in 1834. Retired or lost re-election. | ||||||||
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | John Sergeant | Whig | First elected in 1836. | George W. Toland | Whig | First elected in 1836. | ||||||
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | Re-elected in 1838. | Re-elected in 1838. | ||||||||||
27th | March 3, 1841 – September 15, 1841 | Re-elected in 1840. Resigned. | Re-elected in 1840. Retired or lost re-election. | ||||||||||
| September 15, 1841 – October 12, 1841 | Vacant | ||||||||||||
| October 12, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Joseph R. Ingersoll | Whig | Elected in 1841 to finish Sergeant's term. | ||||||||||
1843–present: One seat[edit]
| Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph R. Ingersoll | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 | Declined to accept renomination. |
 Joseph R. Chandler | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855 | Lost re-election. |
 Job R. Tyson | Whig | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
| Edward J. Morris | Republican | March 4, 1857 – June 8, 1861 | Resigned to become U.S. Minister to the Ottoman Empire. |
| Vacant | June 8, 1861 – July 2, 1861 | ||
 Charles J. Biddle | Democratic | July 2, 1861 – March 4, 1863 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 Charles O'Neill | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871 | Lost re-election. |
| John V. Creely | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | Disappeared on his way to the December 1871 Congressional session. |
| Charles O'Neill | Republican | March 4, 1873 – November 25, 1893 | Died. |
| Vacant | November 25, 1893 – December 19, 1893 | ||
 Robert Adams Jr. | Republican | December 19, 1893 – June 1, 1906 | Died by suicide. |
| Vacant | June 1, 1906 – November 6, 1906 | ||
 John E. Reyburn | Republican | November 6, 1906 – March 31, 1907 | Resigned to become Mayor of Philadelphia. |
| Vacant | March 31, 1907 – November 5, 1907 | ||
 Joel Cook | Republican | November 5, 1907 – December 15, 1910 | Died. |
| Vacant | December 15, 1910 – May 23, 1911 | ||
 William S. Reyburn | Republican | May 23, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | Declined to run for re-election. |
 George S. Graham | Republican | March 4, 1913 – July 4, 1931 | Died. |
| Vacant | July 4, 1931 – November 3, 1931 | ||
| Edward L. Stokes | Republican | November 3, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | Redistricted to the 6th district. |
 James M. Beck | Republican | March 3, 1933 – September 30, 1934 | Redistricted from the 1st district. Resigned to object to the New Deal. |
| Vacant | September 30, 1934 – January 3, 1935 | ||
| William H. Wilson | Republican | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | Lost re-election. |
 James P. McGranery | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – November 17, 1943 | Resigned to become United States Assistant Attorney General. |
| Vacant | November 17, 1943 – January 18, 1944 | ||
| Joseph M. Pratt | Republican | January 18, 1944 – January 3, 1945 | Redistricted to the 3rd district. Lost re-election in the 3rd district. |
 William T. Granahan | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | Lost re-election. |
| Robert N. McGarvey | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | Lost re-election. |
| William T. Granahan | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – May 25, 1956 | Died. |
| Vacant | May 25, 1956 – November 6, 1956 | ||
 Kathryn E. Granahan | Democratic | November 6, 1956 – January 3, 1963 | First elected in 1956 (see Widow's succession). |
 Robert N. C. Nix Sr. | Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979 | Redistricted from the 4th district. |
 William H. Gray III | Democratic | January 3, 1979 – September 11, 1991 | Resigned to serve as President of the United Negro College Fund. |
| Vacant | September 11, 1991 – November 5, 1991 | ||
 Lucien Blackwell | Democratic | November 5, 1991 – January 3, 1995 | Lost renomination. |
 Chaka Fattah | Democratic | January 3, 1995 – June 23, 2016 | Lost renomination. Resigned. |
| Vacant | June 23, 2016 – November 8, 2016 | ||
 Dwight Evans | Democratic | November 8, 2016 – Present | Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district[edit]
As of May 2017[update], one former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district is alive. The most recent representative to die was William H. Gray (1979–1991) on July 1, 2013. The most recently serving representative to die was Lucien Blackwell (1991–1995) on January 24, 2003.
| Representative | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
|---|---|---|
Chaka Fattah | 1995–2016 | (1956-11-21) November 21, 1956 |
Historical district boundaries[edit]
2005 – 2013
See also[edit]
- List of United States congressional districts
- Pennsylvania's congressional districts
References[edit]
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^ Cohn, Nate; Bloch, Matthew; Quealy, Kevin (February 19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
^ "Congressman Chaka Fattah and Associates Charged with Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy" (Press release). Federal Bureau of Investigation. July 29, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
^ "Chaka Fattah indictment, full text - CNNPolitics.com". CNN. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
^ Orso, Anna (2016-04-26). "Pennsylvania primary: Dwight Evans topples longtime Congressman Chaka Fattah". Billy Penn. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
^ "Rep. Chaka Fattah resigns after conviction, effective immediately" (Press release). CBS. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
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[edit]
District map, via nationalatlas.gov- Census Bureau profile
- Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°00′55″N 75°13′20″W / 40.01528°N 75.22222°W / 40.01528; -75.22222
Categories:
- Congressional districts of Pennsylvania
- Constituencies established in 1791
- 1791 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Constituencies disestablished in 1793
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- 1795 establishments in Pennsylvania
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