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Members of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Current congressional districts: 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th.

Obsolete congressional districts: At-Large | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 29th | 31st | 32nd.


At-Large Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s At-Large Congressional District
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1750; d. June 4 1801.

Pro-Administration Party

1789 – 1791

John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1746; d. October 1 1807.

Anti-Administration Party

1789 – 1791

Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1750; d. June 4 1801.

Anti-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1746; d. October 1 1807.

Anti-Administration Party

1793 – 1795

Galusha Aaron Grow

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1823; d. March 31 1907.

Republican Party

1894 – 1903


1st Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District
William Jones

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1760; d. September 6 1831.

Democratic-Republican Party

1801 – 1803

Charles Jared Ingersoll

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1782; d. May 14 1862.

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1815

John Sergeant

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1779; d. November 23 1852.

Federalist Party

1815 – 1823

Thomas Forrest

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1747; d. March 20 1825.

Federalist Party

1819 – 1821

Joseph Hemphill

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1770; d. May 29 1842.

Federalist Party

1819 – 1823

Thomas Forrest

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1747; d. March 20 1825.

Federalist Party

1822 – 1823

Joel Barlow Sutherland

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1792; d. November 15 1861.

Democratic Party (1827 – 1836); Whig Party (1836 – 1841)

1827 – 1841

Samuel Jackson Randall

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1828; d. April 13 1890.

Democratic Party

1863 – 1875

Robert A. “Bob” Brady

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1945.

Democratic Party

1998 – 2019

Brian Kevin Fitzpatrick

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1973.

Republican Party

2019 – present


2nd Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 2nd Congressional District
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1750; d. June 4 1801.

Anti-Administration Party

1791 – 1793

Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1750; d. June 4 1801.

Democratic-Republican Party

1795 – 1797

John Swanwick

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1760; d. August 1 1798.

Democratic-Republican Party

1795 – 1798

Joseph Hemphill

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1770; d. May 29 1842.

Federalist Party

1823 – 1826

John Sergeant

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1779; d. November 23 1852.

National Republican Party

1827 – 1829

Horace Binney

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1780; d. August 12 1875.

Whig Party

1833 – 1835

Joseph Reed Ingersoll

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1786; d. February 20 1868.

Whig Party

1835 – 1837

John Sergeant

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1779; d. November 23 1852.

Whig Party

1837 – 1841

Joseph Reed Ingersoll

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1786; d. February 20 1868.

Whig Party

1841 – 1849

George Scott Graham

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1850; d. July 4 1931.

Republican Party

1913 – 1931

William Herbert Gray III

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1941; d. July 1 2013.

Democratic Party

1979 – 1991

Dwight E. Evans

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1954.

Democratic Party

2016 – 2019

Brendan Francis Boyle

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1977.

Democratic Party

2019 – present


3rd Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District
Joseph Hemphill

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1770; d. May 29 1842.

Federalist Party

1801 – 1803

Jacob Hibshman

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1772; d. May 19 1852.

Democratic-Republican Party

1819 – 1821

James Buchanan, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1791; d. June 1 1868.

Federalist Party

1821 – 1823

Daniel H. Miller

Date of birth/date of death: b. ??.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1831)

1823 – 1831

Joseph Hemphill

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1770; d. May 29 1842.

Democratic Party

1829 – 1831

Charles Jared Ingersoll

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1782; d. May 14 1862.

Democratic Party

1841 – 1843

Leonard Myers

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1827; d. February 11 1905.

Republican Party

1863 – 1869

Leonard Myers

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1827; d. February 11 1905.

Republican Party

1869 – 1875

Samuel Jackson Randall

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1828; d. April 13 1890.

Democratic Party

1875 – 1890

Dwight E. Evans

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1954.

Democratic Party

2019 – present


4th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional District
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1746; d. October 1 1807.

Democratic-Republican Party

1799 – 1801

James S. Mitchell

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1784; d. 1844.

Democratic-Republican Party

1821 – 1823

James Buchanan, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1791; d. June 1 1868.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1831)

1823 – 1831

William Muhlenberg Hiester

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1818; d. August 16 1878.

Anti-Masonic Party

1831 – 1837

Charles Jared Ingersoll

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1782; d. May 14 1862.

Democratic Party

1843 – 1849

Jacob Broom

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1808; d. November 28 1864.

American Party

1855 – 1857

William Darrah Kelley

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1814; d. January 9 1890.

Republican Party

1861 – 1890

Melissa Ann Hart

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1962.

Republican Party

2001 – 2007

Jason Altmire

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1968.

Democratic Party

2007 – 2013

Madeleine Dean Cunnane

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 6 1959.

Democratic Party

2019 – present


5th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District
Glenn William “GT” Thompson, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1959.

Republican Party

2009 – 2019

Mary Gay Scanlon

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1959.

Democratic Party

2019 – present


6th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District
Samuel Maclay

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1941; d. October 5 1811.

Democratic-Republican Party

1795 – 1797

Samuel Delucenna Ingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1779; d. June 5 1860.

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1818

Samuel Delucenna Ingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1779; d. June 5 1860.

Democratic-Republican Party

1822 – 1823

John Hickman

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1810; d. March 23 1875.

Democratic Party (1855 – 1859); Anti-Lecompton Democrat (1859 – 1861); Republican Party (1861 – 1863)

1855 – 1863

Washington Townsend

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1813; d. March 18 1894.

Republican Party

1875 – 1877

Francis John Myers

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1901; d. July 5 1956.

Democratic Party

1939 – 1945

Hugh Doggett Scott, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1900; d. July 21 1994.

Republican Party

1947 – 1959


7th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District
Washington Townsend

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1813; d. March 18 1894.

Republican Party

1869 – 1875

Hugh Doggett Scott, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1900; d. July 21 1994.

Republican Party

1941 – 1945

Mary Gay Scanlon

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1959.

Democratic Party

2018 – 2019

Susan Wild

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1957.

Democratic Party

2019 – 2025


8th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District
Samuel Delucenna Ingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1779; d. June 5 1860.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1829)

1823 – 1829

George Wolf

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1777; d. March 11 1840.

Democratic-Republican Party (1824 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1829)

1824 – 1829

Thaddeus Stevens

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1792; d. August 11 1868.

Whig Party

1849 – 1853

Hiester Clymer

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1827; d. June 12 1884.

Democratic Party

1873 – 1881

Brian Kevin Fitzpatrick

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1973.

Republican Party

2017 – 2019

Robert Paul “Rob” Bresnahan, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1990.

Republican Party

2025 – present


9th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District
Samuel McKean

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1787; d. December 14 1841.

Democratic Party

1823 – 1829

William Strong

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1808; d. August 19 1895.

Democratic Party

1847 – 1851

Thaddeus Stevens

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1792; d. August 11 1868.

Republican Party

1859 – 1868

David B. Brunner

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1835; d. November 29 1903.

Democratic Party

1889 – 1893

Paul Bartram Dague

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1898; d. December 2 1974.

Republican Party

1947 – 1966

Elmer Greinert “Bud” Shuster

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1932; d. April 19 2023.

Republican Party

1973 – 2001

Daniel Philip “Dan” Meuser

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1964.

Republican Party

2019 – present


10th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District
James S. Mitchell

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1784; d. 1844.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1827)

1823 – 1827

Marriott Henry Brosius

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1843; d. March 16 1901.

Republican Party

1889 – 1901

William Warren Scranton

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1917; d. July 28 2013.

Republican Party

1961 – 1963

Thomas Anthony “Tom” Marino

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1952.

Republican Party

2011 – 2019


11th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District
Benjamin Alden Bidlack

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1804; d. February 6 1849.

Democratic Party

1843 – 1845

Patrick Joseph Boland

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1804; d. February 6 1849.

Democratic Party

1931 – 1942

Lloyd Kenneth Smucker

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1964.

Republican Party

2019 – present


12th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1761; d. August 12 1849.

Democratic-Republican Party

1795 – 1801

David Wilmot

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1814; d. March 16 1868.

Democratic Party (1845 – 1848); Free Soil Party (1848 – 1851)

1845 – 1851

Galusha Aaron Grow

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1823; d. March 31 1907.

Democratic Party

1851 – 1853

George Washington Woodward

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1809; d. May 10 1875.

Democratic Party

1867 – 1871

John Phillips Saylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1908; d. October 28 1973.

Republican Party

1973

Keith James Rothfus

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1962.

Republican Party

2013 – 2019

Thomas Anthony “Tom” Marino

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1952.

Republican Party

2019


13th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District
Andrew Stewart

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1791; d. July 16 1872.

Democratic-Republican Party

1821 – 1823

Samuel Kerns McConnell, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1901; d. April 11 1985.

Republican Party

1953 – 1957

Richard Schultz Schweiker

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1926; d. July 31 2015.

Republican Party

1961 – 1969

Brendan Francis Boyle

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1977.

Democratic Party

2015 – 2019


14th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District
Henry Baldwin

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1780; d. April 21 1844.

Democratic-Republican Party

1817 – 1822

Walter Forward

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1786; d. November 24 1852.

Democratic-Republican Party

1822 – 1823

Andrew Stewart

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1791; d. July 16 1872.

Democratic-Republican Party (1823 – 1825); Democratic Party (1825 – 1829)

1823 – 1829

Andrew Stewart

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1791; d. July 16 1872.

Democratic Party

1831 – 1833

Alexander Ramsey

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1815; d. April 22 1903.

Whig Party

1843 – 1847

Galusha Aaron Grow

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1823; d. March 31 1907.

Democratic Party (1853 – 1857); Republican Party (1857 – 1863)

1853 – 1863

Louis Thomas McFadden

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1876; d. October 1 1936.

Republican Party

1915 – 1923

Guy Lorin Reschenthaler

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1983.

Republican Party

2019 – present


15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District
Benjamin Alden Bidlack

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1804; d. February 6 1849.

Democratic Party

1841 – 1843

William Bauchop Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1862; d. May 25 1934.

Democratic Party

1907 – 1913

Louis Thomas McFadden

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1876; d. October 1 1936.

Republican Party

1923 – 1935

Charles Wieder “Charlie” Dent

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1960.

Republican Party

2005 – 2018

Susan Wild

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1957.

Democratic Party

2018 – 2019

Glenn William “GT” Thompson, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1959.

Republican Party

2019 – present


16th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District
Walter Forward

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1786; d. November 24 1852.

Democratic-Republican Party

1823 – 1825

James Xavier McLanahan

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1809; d. December 16 1861.

Democratic Party

1849 – 1853

Samuel Kerns McConnell, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1901; d. April 11 1985.

Republican Party

1945 – 1953

Lloyd Kenneth Smucker

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1964.

Republican Party

2017 – 2019


17th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District
Samuel Kerns McConnell, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1901; d. April 11 1985.

Republican Party

1944 – 1945


18th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District
Charles Ogle

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1798; d. May 10 1841.

Anti-Masonic Party (1837 – 1841); Whig Party (1841)

1837 – 1841

Andrew Stewart

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1791; d. July 16 1872.

Whig Party

1843 – 1849

John Littleton Dawson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1813; d. September 18 1870.

Democratic Party

1851 – 1853


19th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 19th Congressional District
John Covode

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1808; d. January 11 1871.

Republican Party

1855 – 1863

William Franklin “Bill” Goodling

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1927; d. September 17 2017.

Republican Party

1975 – 2001


20th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 20th Congressional District
Andrew Stewart

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1791; d. July 16 1872.

Anti-Masonic Party

1833 – 1835

John Littleton Dawson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1813; d. September 18 1870.

Democratic Party

1853 – 1855

Andrew Gregg Curtin

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1815; d. October 7 1894.

Democratic Party

1881 – 1887


21st Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 21st Congressional District
William Wilkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1779; d. June 23 1865.

Democratic Party

1843 – 1844

John Littleton Dawson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 7 1813; d. September 18 1870.

Democratic Party

1863 – 1867

John Covode

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1808; d. January 11 1871.

Republican Party

1867 – 1871

Thomas Joseph “Tom” Ridge

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1945.

Republican Party

1983 – 1995


22nd Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 22nd Congressional District
James Scott Negley

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1826; d. August 7 1901.

Republican Party

1869 – 1875

James Herron Hopkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1831; d. June 17 1904.

Democratic Party

1875 – 1877

James Herron Hopkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1831; d. June 17 1904.

Democratic Party

1883 – 1885

James Scott Negley

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1826; d. August 7 1901.

Republican Party

1885 – 1887

John Phillips Saylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1908; d. October 28 1973.

Republican Party

1953 – 1973

Thomas Ellsworth Morgan

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1906; d. July 31 1995.

Democratic Party

1973 – 1977


23rd Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 23rd Congressional District
James Thompson

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1806; d. January 28 1874.

Democratic Party

1845 – 1851


24th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 24th Congressional District
Henry Wilson Temple

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1864; d. January 11 1955.

Progressive Party

1913 – 1915

Henry Wilson Temple

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1864; d. January 11 1955.

Republican Party

1915 – 1923

Thomas Ellsworth Morgan

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1906; d. July 31 1995.

Democratic Party

1945 – 1953


25th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 25th Congressional District
Thomas Wharton Phillips

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1835; d. July 21 1912.

Republican Party

1893 – 1897

Henry Wilson Temple

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1864; d. January 11 1955.

Republican Party

1923 – 1933


26th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 26th Congressional District
Alexander Mitchell Palmer

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1872; d. May 11 1936.

Democratic Party

1909 – 1915

John Phillips Saylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1908; d. October 28 1973.

Republican Party

1949 – 1953

Thomas Ellsworth Morgan

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1906; d. July 31 1995.

Democratic Party

1953 – 1973


27th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 27th Congressional District
William Lawrence Scott

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1828; d. September 19 1891.

Democratic Party

1885 – 1889


29th Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 29th Congressional District
Stephen Geyer Porter

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1869; d. June 27 1930.

Republican Party

1911 – 1923


31st Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 31st Congressional District
James Francis Burke

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 21 1867; d. August 8 1932.

Republican Party

1905 – 1915


32nd Congressional District of Pennsylvania

Member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 32nd Congressional District
Stephen Geyer Porter

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1869; d. June 27 1930.

Republican Party

1923 – 1930