Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
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Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district | |
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 Boundaries beginning January 3, 2019 | |
| Cook PVI | D+7[1] |
The 4th congressional district's boundaries from January 3, 2013 to January 2019
Pennsylvania's fourth district is located, through 2018, in the south-central part of the state, covering all of Adams and York counties, as well as parts of Cumberland and Dauphin counties, with representation by Republican Scott Perry. The newly designated district four, effective in early 2019, encompasses the majority of Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Contents
1 History
2 List of representatives
2.1 1791–1793: One seat
2.2 1795–1843: Two, then one, then three seats
2.3 1843–present: One seat
3 Recent elections
4 Historical district boundaries
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
History[edit]
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew this district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional. The fourth district was reconfigured as a Democratic-leaning area to the northwest of Philadelphia for the 2018 election and representation thereafter. Geographically, it is the successor to the 13th district, represented by Democrat Brendan Boyle. Boyle, however, opted to run in the neighbouring 2nd district, the geographic successor to the 1st district, represented by retiring incumbent Bob Brady. The bulk of Perry's representation, including York and Harrisburg, will become part of a redrawn tenth district. Gettysburg and Adams County will join a new, heavily Republican 13th District, which will be the successor to the old ninth district of retiring Congressman Bill Shuster. Areas to the south and east of York join Lancaster in a redrawn, heavily Republican eleventh district, the successor of Republican Lloyd Smucker's 16th district.[2]
This district changed drastically when Pennsylvania's new districts went into effect on January 3, 2013. Due to slower population growth than the nation as a whole, Pennsylvania lost a seat in Congress in reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census, and this seat was effectively eliminated. Most of the 4th district was merged into a redrawn 12th district, and the previous 19th district was rebranded as the 4th. From 2003 to 2013 it included suburbs of Pittsburgh as well as Beaver County, Lawrence County, and Mercer County. The district had a slight Democratic registration edge, although it has voted for Republicans in several federal elections over the past decade, including for President George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, as well as Lynn Swann for governor in 2006. The heart of the district was a string of mostly white and middle class suburbs. Plum and Murrysville, two large and mainly residential boroughs, are the main towns in the suburban portion of the district that lies to the east of the city. Also included were the many suburban areas that make up northern Allegheny County and southern Butler County, Pennsylvania, including the larger communities of McCandless and Franklin Park, as well as several exclusive suburbs that have long been home to Pittsburgh's old money elite, including Fox Chapel and Sewickley. The northern suburbs had a generally moderate voting populace, which trends Democratic but makes up the swing vote, especially in races for national office. Further north, the district took on a different character. The suburban areas of Beaver County are somewhat less affluent and were heavily labor Democratic. The areas of Lawrence County and Mercer County had a more rural feel, but also had a union Democrat center within the city of New Castle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Daniel Hiester | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | Redistricted from the at-large district. Redistricted to the at-large district. |
1795–1843: Two, then one, then three seats[edit]
District created in 1795 with two seats from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district. The second seat was eliminated in 1813. The second seat was restored in 1823 along with a third seat.
| Cong ress | Years | Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||||
4 | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | Samuel Sitgreaves | Federalist | Resigned. | John Richards | Democratic-Republican | Retired. | No third seat until 1823 | |||||
5 | March 4, 1797 – August 29, 1798 | John Chapman | Federalist | Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| August 29, 1798 – December 4, 1798 | Vacant | ||||||||||||
| December 4, 1798 – March 3, 1799 | Robert Brown | Democratic-Republican | Elected October 9, 1798 to finish Sitgreaves's term. Also elected October 9, 1798 to the next term. Elected October 14, 1800. Redistricted to the 2nd district. | ||||||||||
6 | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 |  Peter Muhlenberg | Democratic-Republican | Elected October 9, 1798. Elected October 14, 1800. Elected U.S. Senator therefore declined House seat in the 7th Congress. | |||||||||
7 | March 4, 1801 – October 13, 1801 | Vacant | |||||||||||
| October 13, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Isaac Van Horne | Democratic-Republican | Elected to finish Muhlenberg's term. Redistricted to the 2nd district. | ||||||||||
8 | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | John A. Hanna | Democratic-Republican | Redistricted from the 6th district. Died. | David Bard | Democratic-Republican | Redistricted to the 9th district. | ||||||
9 | March 4, 1805 – July 23, 1805 | ||||||||||||
| July 23, 1805 – November 7, 1805 | Vacant | ||||||||||||
| November 7, 1805 – March 3, 1807 | Robert Whitehill | Democratic-Republican | Redistricted to the 5th district. | ||||||||||
10 | March 4, 1807 March 3, 1809 | ||||||||||||
11 | March 4, 1809 March 3, 1811 | ||||||||||||
12 | March 4, 1811 March 3, 1813 | ||||||||||||
13 | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | Hugh Glasgow | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1812. | No second seat from 1813 to 1823 | ||||||||
14 | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | Re-elected in 1814. [Data unknown/missing.] | |||||||||||
15 | March 4, 1817 – April 20, 1818 | Jacob Spangler | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1816. Resigned to become Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania. | |||||||||
| April 20, 1818 – November 16, 1818 | Vacant | ||||||||||||
| November 16, 1818 – March 3, 1819 | Jacob Hostetter | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1818 to finish Spangler's term. | ||||||||||
16 | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1818 to the next term. [Data unknown/missing.] | |||||||||||
17 | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | James S. Mitchell | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 10th district. | |||||||||
18 | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |  James Buchanan | Jacksonian Federalist | Redistricted from the 3rd district. |  Samuel Edwards | Jacksonian Federalist | Redistricted from the 1st district. | Isaac Wayne | Jacksonian Federalist | [Data unknown/missing.] | |||
19 | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | Jacksonian | Jacksonian | Charles Miner | Adams | [Data unknown/missing.] | |||||||
20 | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 | Samuel Anderson | Adams | Returned to Pennsylvania House | |||||||||
21 | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |  George G. Leiper | Jacksonian | [Data unknown/missing.] | Joshua Evans, Jr. | Jacksonian | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||
22 | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | William Hiester | Anti- Masonic | [Data unknown/missing.] | David Potts, Jr. | Anti- Masonic | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||
23 | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Edward Darlington | Anti- Masonic | [Data unknown/missing.] | |||||||||
24 | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | ||||||||||||
25 | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Edward Davies | Anti- Masonic | [Data unknown/missing.] | |||||||||
26 | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | Francis James | Anti- Masonic | [Data unknown/missing.] | John Edwards | Anti- Masonic | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||||||
27 | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Jeremiah Brown | Whig | Redistricted to the 8th district. | Whig | Whig | |||||||
1843–present: One seat[edit]
| Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles J. Ingersoll | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 | Redistricted from the 3rd district. |
 John Robbins | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
| William H. Witte | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 Jacob Broom | American | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Lost renomination. |
 Henry M. Phillips | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Lost re-election. |
| William Millward | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Lost renomination. |
 William D. Kelley | Republican | March 4, 1861 – January 9, 1890 | Died. |
| Vacant | January 9, 1890 – February 18, 1890 | ||
 John E. Reyburn | Republican | February 18, 1890 – March 3, 1897 | Lost renomination. |
 James R. Young | Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 Robert H. Foerderer | Republican | March 4, 1903 – July 26, 1903 | Redistricted from the at-large district Died. |
| Vacant | July 26, 1903 – November 3, 1903 | ||
| Reuben O. Moon | Republican | November 3, 1903 – March 3, 1913 | Lost renomination. |
| George W. Edmonds | Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925 | Lost renomination. |
| Benjamin M. Golder | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 | Lost re-election. |
| George W. Edmonds | Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Lost re-election. |
| J. Burrwood Daly | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – March 12, 1939 | Died. |
| Vacant | March 12, 1939 – November 7, 1939 | ||
| John E. Sheridan | Democratic | November 7, 1939 – January 3, 1947 | Retired |
| Franklin J. Maloney | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | Lost re-election. |
| Earl Chudoff | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1958 | Resigned to become judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. |
| Vacant | January 5, 1958 – May 20, 1958 | ||
 Robert N. C. Nix, Sr. | Democratic | May 20, 1958 – January 3, 1963 | Redistricted to the 2nd district. |
 Herman Toll | Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 | Redistricted from the 6th district. |
 Joshua Eilberg | Democratic | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1979 | Lost renomination. |
 Charles F. Dougherty | Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 | Lost re-election. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
 Joseph P. Kolter | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | Lost renomination. |
 Ron Klink | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 | Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
 Melissa Hart | Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 | Lost re-election. |
 Jason Altmire | Democratic | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 12th district and lost renomination there |
 Scott Perry | Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Redistricted to the 10th district. |
| To be determined | From January 3, 2019 | To be determined in the 2018 election. | |
Recent elections[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jason Altmire | 130,480 | 51.92 | ||
Republican | Melissa Hart (Incumbent) | 120,822 | 48.08 | ||
| Majority | 9,658 | 3.84 | |||
Turnout | 251,302 | 100 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jason Altmire (Incumbent) | 186,536 | 55.86 | ||
Republican | Melissa Hart | 147,411 | 44.14 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jason Altmire (Incumbent) | 120,827 | 50.81 | ||
Republican | Keith Rothfus | 116,958 | 49.19 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Scott Perry | 181,603 | 59.74 | ||
Democratic | Harry Perkinson | 104,643 | 34.42 | ||
| Independent | Wayne W. Wolff | 11,524 | 3.79 | ||
Libertarian | Michael B. Koffenberger | 6,210 | 2.04 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Scott Perry (Incumbent) | 147,090 | 74.54 | ||
Democratic | Linda D. Thompson | 50,250 | 25.46 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Scott Perry (Incumbent) | 220,628 | 66.06 | ||
Democratic | Joshua T. Burkholder | 113,372 | 33.94 | ||
Historical district boundaries[edit]
In the very early 19th Century this district included all or part of Bucks County.
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.
^ "CNN Elections Results 2006". Retrieved 9 November 2006.
^ "2008 General Election: Representative in Congress". Pennsylvania Department of State. November 4, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
^ "2010 General Election: Representative in Congress". Pennsylvania Department of State. November 2, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
^ "2012 General Election: Representative in Congress". Pennsylvania Department of State. November 6, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
^ "2014 General Election: Representative in Congress". Pennsylvania Department of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
^ "2016 General Election: Representative in Congress". Pennsylvania Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
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
- Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 39°59′N 76°56′W / 39.983°N 76.933°W / 39.983; -76.933
Categories:
- Congressional districts of Pennsylvania
- Constituencies established in 1791
- 1791 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Constituencies disestablished in 1793
- 1793 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
- Constituencies established in 1795
- 1795 establishments in Pennsylvania
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