Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
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Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district | |
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 7th District boundaries beginning in January 2019. | |
| Current Representative | Vacant |
| Distribution |
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| Population (2010) | 692,866 |
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | D+1[2] |
The 7th congressional district's boundaries from January 3, 2013 to January 2019
Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district incorporates parts of the Philadelphia suburbs, including most of Delaware County along with portions of Chester County, Montgomery County, Berks County, and Lancaster County. It is currently vacant, and last represented by Republican Pat Meehan in the 115th United States Congress, who resigned on April 27, 2018.
The district's extreme non-congruity was the result of gerrymandering.[3] On January 22, 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the map violated the state constitution, and in February it issued its own district boundaries for use in the 2018 elections and representation thereafter. Most of the population in the old 7th will become part of a new, heavily Democratic fifth district, while most of the old 15th district will become a new, marginal seventh district.[4][5]
Contents
1 Elections
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 List of representatives
4.1 1791 – 1793: One seat
4.2 1795 – 1823: One seat
4.3 1823 – 1833: Two seats
4.4 1833 – Present: One seat
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Elections[edit]
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
2002 | Representative | Weldon 66.09–33.91% |
2004 | President | Kerry 53–47% |
Representative | Weldon 58.8–40.3% | |
2006 | Representative | Sestak 56.4–43.6% |
2008 | President | Obama 56–43% |
Representative | Sestak 59.6–40.4% | |
2010 | Representative | Meehan 54.9–44.1% |
2012 | President | Romney 50.4–48.5% |
Representative | Meehan 59.4–40.6% | |
2014 | Representative | Meehan 62.0–38.0% |
2016 | President | Clinton 49.3–47.0% |
Representative | Meehan 59.5–40.5% |
Geography[edit]
2003 - 2013
The 2003–2013 version of the District was located in Southeastern Pennsylvania. It contained the western and northwestern suburbs of Philadelphia. It consisted of the majority of Delaware County (except for the City of Chester and some of the eastern boroughs), a portion of Chester County east of West Chester in the affluent Main Line area, and a portion of southern Montgomery County centered on Upper Merion Township.
The 2013–2018 version of the District contains most of Delaware County outside of the City of Chester and the heavily African American townships and boroughs in the eastern portion of the county. It also contains parts of central Montgomery County, southern portions of Berks County, southern and central portions of Chester County, and a small portion of eastern Lancaster County. The District as it stood in October 2016 was named on NPR's On the Media as an egregious example of gerrymandering. The shape of the district was described as "Goofy kicking Donald Duck. The only point that is essentially contiguous there is Goofy's foot in Donald Duck's rear end. [...] However these district lines are the building blocks of democracy, and when they get as perverted and twisted as this, it leads to deeply undemocratic outcomes."[6]The Washington Post listed it as one of the ten most gerrymandered districts in the country.[7]
On February 19, 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania released a new congressional map after lawmakers had failed to agree on a map that would reduce gerrymandering. The map substantially redrew the District.[5]
Demographics[edit]
The district encompasses an area of diverse wealth, ranging from blue collar and working class households in the southeastern portions of Delaware County (mostly around in the oil refinery areas of Marcus Hook and Trainer) to the southern and western portions of the affluent Main Line area of Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties. The district is the home of several major colleges and universities, including Haverford College; Villanova University; Penn State Brandywine; Delaware County Community College; Eastern University; and Cheyney University, the first traditionally black college in the U.S. The district is also the home of Boeing's helicopter facility in Ridley Park. Chester, the only city in Delaware County, is split between the 7th district and 1st Congressional District, but is mostly in the 1st district.
List of representatives[edit]
1791 – 1793: One seat[edit]
District created in 1791 from the at-large district
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thomas Hartley | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | 2nd | Redistricted from the At-large district. Redistricted to the At-large district. |
District redistricted in 1793 to the at-large district
1795 – 1823: One seat[edit]
District created in 1795 from the at-large district
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|---|
John W. Kittera | Federalist | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801 | 4th 5th 6th | Redistricted from the At-large district. |
Thomas Boude | Federalist | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | 7th | [Data unknown/missing.] |
John Rea | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811 | 8th 9th 10th 11th | [Data unknown/missing.] |
William Piper | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | 12th | Redistricted to the 8th district. |
John M. Hyneman | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – August 2, 1813 | 13th | Redistricted from the 3rd district. Resigned. |
| Vacant | August 2, 1813 – October 12, 1813 | 13th | ||
Daniel Udree | Democratic-Republican | October 12, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | 13th | Lost re-election. |
 Joseph Hiester | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1815 – December ????, 1820 | 14th 15th 16th | Resigned to become Governor of Pennsylvania. |
| Vacant | December ????, 1820 – December 26, 1820 | 16th | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Daniel Udree | Democratic-Republican | December 26, 1820 – March 3, 1821 | 16th | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Ludwig Worman | Federalist | March 4, 1821 – October 17, 1822 | 17th | Died. |
| Vacant | October 17, 1822 – December 10, 1822 | 17th | ||
Daniel Udree | Democratic-Republican | December 10, 1822 – March 3, 1823 | 17th | [Data unknown/missing.] |
1823 – 1833: Two seats[edit]
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Wilson | Jackson Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | 18th | Died. | Daniel Udree | Jackson Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | 18th | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – August 24, 1826 | 19th | William Addams | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | 19th 20th | [Data unknown/missing.] | |||
| Vacant | August 24, 1826 – December 4, 1826 | |||||||||
Jacob Krebs | Jacksonian | December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1827 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |||||||
Joseph Fry Jr. | Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 | 20th 21st | Retired. | ||||||
Henry A. P. Muhlenberg | Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 | 21st 22nd | Redistricted to the 9th district | ||||||
Henry King | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | 22nd | Redistricted to the 8th district | ||||||
1833 – Present: One seat[edit]
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 David D. Wagener | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | 23rd 24th | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | 25th 26th | ||
| John Westbrook | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | 27th | Retired. |
| Abraham R. McIlvaine | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 | 28th 29th 30th | Lost renomination. |
| Jesse C. Dickey | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | 31st | Lost re-election. |
| John A. Morrison | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | 32nd | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 Samuel A. Bridges | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | 33rd | Lost re-election. |
| Samuel C. Bradshaw | Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | 34th | Lost re-election. |
 Henry Chapman | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | 35th | Retired. |
| Henry C. Longnecker | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | 36th | [Data unknown/missing.] |
| Thomas B. Cooper | Democratic | March 4, 1861 – April 4, 1862 | 37th | Died. |
| Vacant | April 4, 1862 – June 3, 1862 | 37th | ||
 John D. Stiles | Democratic | June 3, 1862 – March 3, 1863 | 37th | Redistricted to the 6th district |
 John M. Broomall | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 | 38th 39th 40th | Retired. |
 Washington Townsend | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 | 41st 42nd 43rd | Redistricted to the 6th district |
 Alan Wood Jr. | Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 44th | Retired. |
 Isaac N. Evans | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | 45th | Retired. |
 William Godshalk | Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | 46th 47th | Retired. |
| Isaac N. Evans | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | 48th 49th | Retired. |
 Robert M. Yardley | Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 | 50th 51st | Retired. |
 Edwin Hallowell | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | 52nd | Lost re-election. |
 Irving P. Wanger | Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903 | 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th | Redistricted to the 8th district. |
 Thomas S. Butler | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1923 | 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th | Redistricted from the 6th district. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
 George P. Darrow | Republican | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1937 | 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th | Redistricted from the 6th district. Lost re-election. |
 Ira W. Drew | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | 75th | Lost re-election. |
| George P. Darrow | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | 76th | Retired. |
 Hugh Scott | Republican | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945 | 77th 78th | Lost re-election. |
 James Wolfenden | Republican | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | 79th | Redistricted from the 8th district. Retired. |
| E. Wallace Chadwick | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | 80th | Lost renomination. |
 Benjamin F. James | Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1959 | 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th | Retired. |
 William H. Milliken Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1965 | 86th 87th 88th | Retired. |
 G. Robert Watkins | Republican | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | 89th | Redistricted to the 9th district |
 Lawrence G. Williams | Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975 | 90th 91st 92nd 93rd | Lost re-election. |
 Robert W. Edgar | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1987 | 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th | Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
 Curt Weldon | Republican | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2007 | 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th | Lost re-election. |
 Joe Sestak | Democratic | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 | 110th 111th | Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
 Pat Meehan | Republican | January 3, 2011 – April 27, 2018 | 112th 113th 114th 115th | Resigned. |
| Vacant | April 27, 2018 – November 6, 2018 | 115th | ||
| To be determined | November 6, 2018 – January 3, 2019 | To be determined in the November 6, 2018 special election. | ||
| To be determined | from January 3, 2019 | 116th | To be determined in the 2018 elections. | |
See also[edit]
- List of United States congressional districts
- Pennsylvania's congressional districts
References[edit]
^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
^ "New Pennsylvania Map Is a Major Boost for Democrats". The Cook Political Report. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017..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
^ Ingraham, Christopher. "This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see". Washington Post. Washington Post. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ "Pennsylvania Supreme Court strikes down state's congressional districts". CBS News. 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. CBS News. January 24, 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ ab 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.
^ "The System Is Rigged". On the Media. October 21, 2016.
^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/05/15/americas-most-gerrymandered-congressional-districts/
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°54′N 75°55′W / 39.900°N 75.917°W / 39.900; -75.917
Categories:
- Congressional districts of Pennsylvania
- 1791 establishments in the United States
- Constituencies established in 1791
- Constituencies disestablished in 1793
- 1793 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
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- 1795 establishments in Pennsylvania
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