U.S. House district for Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania 's second congressional district includes all of Northeast Philadelphia and parts of North Philadelphia east of Broad Street, as well as portions of Philadelphia's River Wards. It has been represented by Democrat Brendan Boyle since 2019.
The district is demographically diverse, with about 39% of residents identifying as white, nearly 27% of residents identifying as black, 26% identifying as Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 8% identifying as Asian.[2]
Prior to 2018, the district covered West Philadelphia , North Philadelphia , and Northwest Philadelphia , as well as 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 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional due to partisan gerrymandering. The new second district is essentially the successor to the previous first district . As such, it remained heavily Democratic for the 2018 election and representation thereafter. Brendan Boyle , the incumbent from the previous 13th district , ran for re-election in the new 2nd district.[3] Parts of the previous second district were shifted to the third .[4]
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 .[5] [6] On April 26, 2016, Dwight Evans toppled Fattah in a competitive Democratic primary election.[7] Fattah resigned June 23, 2016.[8] Evans then won a special election to fill Fattah's seat. He also won election for the regular term beginning January 3, 2017. Evans won re-election in the new 3rd congressional district .
List of members representing the district
The district was organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1791.
1791–1793: One seat
1795–1843: multiple seats
District created in 1795 from the at-large 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 in 1794 . Retired.
No second seat
No third seat
5th
March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799
Blair McClenachan
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1796 . Retired.
6th
March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801
Michael Leib
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1798 .Re-elected in 1800 . Redistricted to the 1st district .
7th
March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803
8th
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805
Robert Brown
Democratic-Republican
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1802 .Re-elected in 1804 .Re-elected in 1806 .Re-elected in 1808 .Re-elected in 1810 . Redistricted to the 6th district .
Frederick Conrad
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1802 .Re-elected in 1804 . Lost re-election.
Isaac Van Horne
Democratic-Republican
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1802 . Retired.
9th
March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807
John Pugh
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1804 .Re-elected in 1806 . Lost re-election.
10th
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809
William Milnor
Federalist
Elected in 1806 .Re-elected in 1808 . Lost re-election.
11th
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811
John Ross
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1808 . Retired.
12th
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Jonathan Roberts
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1810 .Re-elected in 1812 . Resigned when elected U.S. Senator .
William Rodman
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1810 . Lost re-election as a Federalist.
13th
March 4, 1813 – February 24, 1814
Roger Davis
Democratic-Republican
Redistricted from the 3rd district , and re-elected in 1812 . Retired.
No third seat
February 24, 1814 – October 11, 1814
Vacant
October 11, 1814 – March 3, 1815
Samuel Henderson
Federalist
Elected October 11, 1814, to finish Roberts's term and seated November 27, 1814. Lost election the same day to the next term.
14th
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
William Darlington
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1814 . Lost re-election.
John Hahn
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1814 . Lost re-election.
15th
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
Isaac Darlington
Federalist
Elected in 1816 . Retired.
Levi Pawling
Federalist
Elected in 1816 . Lost re-election.
16th
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
William Darlington
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1818 .Re-elected in 1820 . Lost re-election.
Samuel Gross
Democratic-Republican
Elected in 1818 .Re-elected in 1820 . Retired.
17th
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
18th
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Joseph Hemphill
Jacksonian Federalist
Redistricted from the 1st district , and re-elected in 1822 .Re-elected in 1824 . Resigned.
No second seat
19th
March 4, 1825 – 1826
Jacksonian
1826 – October 26, 1826
Vacant
October 26, 1826 – March 3, 1827
Thomas Kittera
Anti-Jacksonian
Elected to finish Hemphill's term in 1826 . Lost re-election.
20th
March 4, 1827 – January 14, 1828
General election ended in a tie vote and the seat remained vacant.
January 14, 1828 – March 3, 1829
John Sergeant
Anti-Jacksonian
Elected October 9, 1827, to finish the vacant term and seated January 14, 1828. Lost re-election.
21st
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Joseph Hemphill
Jacksonian
Elected in 1828 . Retired.
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.
James Harper
Anti-Jacksonian
Elected in 1832 .Re-elected in 1834 . Retired.
24th
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Joseph R. Ingersoll
Anti-Jacksonian
Elected in 1834 . Retired.
25th
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
John Sergeant
Whig
Elected in 1836 .Re-elected in 1838 .Re-elected in 1840 . Resigned.
George W. Toland
Whig
Elected in 1836 .Re-elected in 1838 .Re-elected in 1840 .[data unknown/missing ]
26th
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
27th
March 3, 1841 – September 15, 1841
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
Representative
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
Joseph R. Ingersoll
Whig
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849
28th 29th 30th
Re-elected in 1843 .Re-elected in 1844 .Re-elected in 1846 . Declined to accept renomination.
Joseph R. Chandler
Whig
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855
31st 32nd 33rd
Elected in 1848 .Re-elected in 1850 .Re-elected in 1852 . Lost re-election.
Job R. Tyson
Whig
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th
Elected in 1854 .[data unknown/missing ]
Edward J. Morris
Republican
March 4, 1857 – June 8, 1861
35th 36th 37th
Elected in 1856 .Re-elected in 1858 .Re-elected in 1860 . Resigned to become U.S. Minister to the Ottoman Empire .
Vacant
June 8, 1861 – July 2, 1861
37th
Charles J. Biddle
Democratic
July 2, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Elected to finish Morris's term .[data unknown/missing ]
Charles O'Neill
Republican
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871
38th 39th 40th 41st
Elected in 1862 .Re-elected in 1864 .Re-elected in 1866 .Re-elected in 1868 . Lost re-election.
John V. Creely
Republican
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
42nd
Elected in 1870 . Disappeared on his way to the December 1871 Congressional session.
Charles O'Neill
Republican
March 4, 1873 – November 25, 1893
43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd
Elected in 1872 .Re-elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 .
Re-elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 .Re-elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 .Re-elected in 1886 .Re-elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 . Died.
Vacant
November 25, 1893 – December 19, 1893
53rd
Robert Adams Jr.
Republican
December 19, 1893 – June 1, 1906
53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th
Elected to finish O'Neill's term .Re-elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 . Died.
Vacant
June 1, 1906 – November 6, 1906
59th
John E. Reyburn
Republican
November 6, 1906 – March 31, 1907
59th 60th
Elected to finish Adams's term .Re-elected in 1906 . Resigned to become Mayor of Philadelphia .
Vacant
March 31, 1907 – November 5, 1907
60th
Joel Cook
Republican
November 5, 1907 – December 15, 1910
60th 61st
Elected to finish Reyburn's term .Re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 . Died.
Vacant
December 15, 1910 – May 23, 1911
61st 62nd
William S. Reyburn
Republican
May 23, 1911 – March 3, 1913
62nd
Elected to finish Cook's term . Retired.
George S. Graham
Republican
March 4, 1913 – July 4, 1931
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 . Died.
Vacant
July 4, 1931 – November 3, 1931
72nd
Edward L. Stokes
Republican
November 3, 1931 – March 3, 1933
Elected to finish Graham's term . Redistricted to the 6th district .
James M. Beck
Republican
March 3, 1933 – September 30, 1934
73rd
Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1932 . Resigned to object to the New Deal .
Vacant
September 30, 1934 – January 3, 1935
William H. Wilson
Republican
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937
74th
Elected in 1934 . Lost re-election.
James P. McGranery
Democratic
January 3, 1937 – November 17, 1943
75th 76th 77th 78th
Elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .
Re-elected in 1942 . Resigned to become United States Assistant Attorney General .
Vacant
November 17, 1943 – January 18, 1944
78th
Joseph M. Pratt
Republican
January 18, 1944 – January 3, 1945
Elected to finish McGranery's term . Redistricted to the 3rd district and lost re-election.
William T. Granahan
Democratic
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
79th
Elected in 1944 . Lost re-election.
Robert N. McGarvey
Republican
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
80th
Elected in 1946 . Lost re-election.
William T. Granahan
Democratic
January 3, 1949 – May 25, 1956
81st 82nd 83rd 84th
Elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 . Died.
Vacant
May 25, 1956 – November 6, 1956
84th
Kathryn E. Granahan
Democratic
November 6, 1956 – January 3, 1963
84th 85th 86th 87th
Elected to finish her husband's term .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .[data unknown/missing ]
Robert N. C. Nix Sr.
Democratic
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .[data unknown/missing ]
William H. Gray III
Democratic
January 3, 1979 – September 11, 1991
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd
Elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 . Resigned to become President of the United Negro College Fund .
Vacant
September 11, 1991 – November 5, 1991
102nd
Lucien Blackwell
Democratic
November 5, 1991 – January 3, 1995
102nd 103rd
Elected to finish Gray's term .Re-elected in 1992 . Lost renomination.
Chaka Fattah
Democratic
January 3, 1995 – June 23, 2016
104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th
Elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 . Lost renomination and Resigned.
Vacant
June 23, 2016 – November 14, 2016
114th
Dwight Evans
Democratic
November 14, 2016 – January 3, 2019
114th 115th
Elected to finish Fattah's term .Re-elected in 2016 . Redistricted to the 3rd district .
Brendan Boyle
Democratic
January 3, 2019 – Present
116th 117th
Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .
Recent Elections
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index" . The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021 .
^ https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd116/cd_based/ST42/CD116_PA02.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
^ Kopp, John (February 22, 2018). "Brendan Boyle to seek re-election in redrawn Philly congressional district" . Philly Voice . Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
^ 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 (April 26, 2016). "Pennsylvania primary: Dwight Evans topples longtime Congressman Chaka Fattah" . Billy Penn . Retrieved April 30, 2018 .
^ "Rep. Chaka Fattah resigns after conviction, effective immediately" (Press release). CBS. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016 .
^ "Statistics of Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 2012" . Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013 .
^ "Pennsylvania 2014 General Election - November 4, 2014 Official Results" . Pennsylvania Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2021 .
^ "Pennsylvania 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016 Official Results" . Pennsylvania Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016 .
^ "Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Unofficial Returns" . Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
^ "2020 Presidential Election - Representative in Congress" . Pennsylvania Department of State . Retrieved November 25, 2020 .
External links
The 19th–36th and at-large districts are obsolete. In 2023, the 18th district will become obsolete.
See also
Pennsylvania's past and present representatives , senators , and delegations
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