Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
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Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district | |
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Boundaries beginning January 3, 2019; below statistics, except PVI, apply to old boundaries | |
Current Representative | Glenn Thompson (R–Howard) |
Distribution |
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Population (2000) | 646,397 |
Median income | 33,254 |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+13[2] |
Pennsylvania's fifth district is the largest in area, and least densely populated, of all of Pennsylvania's congressional districts. It is Republican-leaning and represented by Glenn Thompson (R). The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew this district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional, assigning its number to a district encompassing all of Delaware County, a small portion of southern Montgomery County and a sliver of southern Philadelphia for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter–essentially, a successor to the old seventh district. Most of Thompson's territory will become a new, heavily Republican 15th District.[3]
Contents
1 Geography
2 Characteristics
3 Economy
4 Representatives
4.1 1791–1793: One seat
4.2 1795–1813: One seat
4.3 1813–1823: Two seats
4.3.1 Seat 1
4.3.2 Seat 2
4.4 1823–Present: One seat
5 Elections
6 Historical district boundaries
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Geography[edit]
Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district is located in north central Pennsylvania and includes all or part of the following sixteen counties:[4]
- Cameron
- Centre
- Clarion
Clearfield (all but the southwest corner)- Clinton
Crawford (Eastern corner)- Elk
Erie (Eastern half)- Forest
- Huntingdon
- Jefferson
- McKean
- Potter
Tioga (Chatham Township, Clymer Township, Gaines Township and the majority of Shippen Township)
Warren (Southern and eastern half)
Venango (all but the southern third)
Cities in this district include:
- Bradford
- Clarion
- DuBois
- Franklin
- Lock Haven
- Oil City
- Ridgway
- State College
- St. Marys
- Titusville
Characteristics[edit]
The district is mostly rural except for several small cities. The district has trended more and more Republican since the 1990s. The population is predominantly white and has a large and growing Amish population.
Economy[edit]
The district relies heavily on manufacturing especially the Powdered Metals and Plastics Industries. The Energy Industry including Coal Mining and Natural Gas Fracking is also a very important segment of the economy. Warren, Venango and Bradford Counties are all home to oil refineries and are the location of many operating oil wells. The district includes several universities such as Clarion University and Pennsylvania State University and Education and Healthcare employ many of the district's residents.
Representatives[edit]
1791–1793: One seat[edit]
District created in 1791 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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John W. Kittera | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | Redistricted to At-large district |
District redistricted in 1793 to Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
1795–1813: One seat[edit]
District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Daniel Hiester | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1795 – July 1, 1796 | Redistricted from At-large district Resigned |
Vacant | July 1, 1796 – December 8, 1796 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
George Ege | Federalist | December 8, 1796 – October ??, 1797 | Resigned |
Vacant | October ??, 1797 – December 1, 1797 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Joseph Hiester | Democratic- Republican | December 1, 1797 – March 3, 1803 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Andrew Gregg | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 | Redistricted from 9th district |
Daniel Montgomery, Jr. | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
George Smith | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
1813–1823: Two seats[edit]
Seat 1[edit]
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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William Crawford | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 | Redistricted from 6th district |
Andrew Boden | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Vacant | March 4, 1821 – October 9, 1821 | Vacant due to resignation of Representative-elect James Duncan before assembly of Congress | |
John Findlay | Democratic- Republican | October 9, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Redistricted to 11th district |
Seat 2[edit]
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Robert Whitehill | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1813 – April 8, 1813 | Redistricted from 4th district Died |
Vacant | April 8, 1813 – May 11, 1813 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
John Rea | Democratic- Republican | May 11, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
William Maclay | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
David Fullerton | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1819 – May 15, 1820 | Resigned |
Vacant | May 15, 1820 – October 17, 1820 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Thomas Grubb McCullough | Federalist | October 17, 1820 – March 3, 1821 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
James McSherry | Federalist | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
1823–Present: One seat[edit]
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Philip Swenk Markley | Jacksonian Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | |
Adams | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | Lost re-election in 1826 | |
John Benton Sterigere | Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1869 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Joel Keith Mann | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Jacob Fry, Jr. | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Retired | |
Joseph Fornance | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Jacob Senewell Yost | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John Freedley | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John McNair | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John Cadwalader | Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Owen Jones | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Lost re-election |
John Wood | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Retired |
William M. Davis | Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Martin Russell Thayer | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 | Declined to be a candidate for renomination |
Caleb Newbold Taylor | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John Roberts Reading | Democratic | March 4, 1869 – April 13, 1870 | Election successfully contested by Caleb N. Taylor |
Caleb Newbold Taylor | Republican | April 13, 1870 – March 3, 1871 | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Alfred C. Harmer | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | Lost re-election |
John Robbins | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Declined to be a candidate for re-election |
Alfred C. Harmer | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 6, 1900 | Died |
Vacant | March 6, 1900 – November 6, 1900 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Edward de Veaux Morrell | Republican | November 6, 1900 – March 3, 1907 | Retired |
William Walker Foulkrod | Republican | March 4, 1907 – November 13, 1910 | Died |
Vacant | November 13, 1910 – March 3, 1911 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Michael Donohoe | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1915 | Lost re-election |
Peter E. Costello | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921 | Lost re-election |
James J. Connolly | Republican | March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1935 | Lost re-election |
Frank J. G. Dorsey | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 | Lost re-election |
Fred C. Gartner | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | Lost re-election |
Francis R. Smith | Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | Lost re-election |
C. Frederick Pracht | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | Lost re-election |
William J. Green Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | Lost re-election |
George W. Sarbacher Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | Lost re-election |
William J. Green Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – December 21, 1963 | Died |
Vacant | December 21, 1963 – April 28, 1964 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
William J. Green III | Democratic | April 28, 1964 – January 3, 1973 | Redistricted to 3rd district |
John H. Ware III | Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | Redistricted from 9th district Retired |
Richard T. Schulze | Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993 | Retired |
William F. Clinger Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | Redistricted from 23rd district Retired |
John E. Peterson | Republican | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009 | Retired |
Glenn Thompson | Republican | January 3, 2009 – Present | Incumbent |
Elections[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John E. Peterson | 147,570 | 82.7 | |
Libertarian | Thomas A. Martin | 17,020 | 9.5 | |
Green | William M. Belitskus | 13,875 | 7.8 | |
Total votes | 178,465 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John E. Peterson | 124,942 | 87.4 | |
Libertarian | Thomas A. Martin | 18,078 | 12.6 | |
Total votes | 143,020 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John E. Peterson | 192,852 | 88.0 | |
Libertarian | Thomas A. Martin | 26,239 | 12.0 | |
Total votes | 219,091 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John E. Peterson | 115,126 | 60.1 | |
Democratic | Donald L. Hilliard | 76,456 | 39.9 | |
Total votes | 191,582 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Glenn Thompson | 155,513 | 56.7 | |
Democratic | Mark B. McCracken | 112,509 | 41.0 | |
Libertarian | James Fryman | 6,155 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 274,177 | 99.9 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Glenn Thompson | 125,740 | 68.6 | |
Democratic | Michael Pipe | 51,848 | 28.3 | |
Libertarian | Vernon L. Etzel | 5,654 | 3.1 | |
Total votes | 182,972 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Glenn Thompson | 177,704 | 62.9 | |
Democratic | Charles Dumas | 104,710 | 37.1 | |
Total votes | 282,414 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries[edit]
See also[edit]
- List of United States congressional districts
- Pennsylvania's congressional districts
References[edit]
^ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "New Pennsylvania Map Is a Major Boost for Democrats". The Cook Political Report. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
^ 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.
^ Running for Office. Dos.state.pa.us. Retrieved on 2013-08-17.
^ "2000 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 7, 2000. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
^ "2002 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 5, 2002. Archived from the original on October 30, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
^ "2004 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 2, 2004. Archived from the original on May 22, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
^ "2006 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 7, 2006. Archived from the original on November 27, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
^ "2008 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 4, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
^ "2010 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 2, 2010. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
^ "2012 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 6, 2012. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
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: 41°23′14″N 78°34′14″W / 41.38722°N 78.57056°W / 41.38722; -78.57056
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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