Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district | |
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Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
Current Representative | Mike Doyle (D) |
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Population (2000) | 646,013 |
Median income | 30,139 |
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Occupation | |
Cook PVI | D+16[1] |
Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district includes the entire city of Pittsburgh and parts of surrounding suburbs. A variety of working class and majority black suburbs located to the east of the city are included, such as McKeesport and Wilkinsburg. Also a major part of the district are number of middle class suburbs that have historic Democratic roots, such as Pleasant Hills and Penn Hills.
The seat has been held by Democrat Mike Doyle since 1995. In the 2006 election, he faced Green Party candidate Titus North and returned to the house with 90% of the vote.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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District created in 1813 | ||||
Adamson Tannehill | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | Pittsburgh | Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |
John Woods | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – December 16, 1816 | Never attended sessions of Congress due to illness | |
Henry Baldwin | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – May 8, 1822 | Resigned | |
Vacant | May 8, 1822 – October 8, 1822 | |||
Walter Forward | Democratic-Republican | October 8, 1822 – March 3, 1823 | Redistricted to 16th district | |
Andrew Stewart | Jacksonian DR | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from 13th district | |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | |||
Adams | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 | |||
Thomas Irwin | Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | Not a candidate for renomination | |
Andrew Stewart | Anti-Masonic | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Redistricted to 20th district | |
Joseph Henderson | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Not a candidate for renomination | |
William W. Potter | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – October 28, 1839 | Bellefonte | Died |
Vacant | October 28, 1839 – November 20, 1839 | |||
George McCulloch | Democratic | November 20, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | ||
James Irvin | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Redistricted to 17th district | |
Alexander Ramsey | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | ||
George N. Eckert | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | ||
Charles W. Pitman | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | Pottsville | |
Thomas M. Bibighaus | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Lebanon | Not a candidate for renomination due to ill health |
Galusha A. Grow | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 | Glenwood | Redistricted from 12th district, switched to the Republican Party |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 | |||
William H. Miller | Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | Harrisburg | Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |
George F. Miller | Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 | Lewisburg | |
John B. Packer | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1877 | Sunbury | Not a candidate for renomination |
John W. Killinger | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | Lebanon | Not a candidate for renomination |
Samuel F. Barr | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 | Harrisburg | Not a candidate for renomination |
Franklin Bound | Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | Milton | Not a candidate for renomination |
John W. Rife | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | Middletown | Not a candidate for renomination |
Ephraim M. Woomer | Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | Lebanon | Unsuccessful candidate for renomination |
Marlin E. Olmsted | Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 | Harrisburg | Redistricted to 18th district |
Charles F. Wright | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | Redistricted from 15th district, not a candidate for renomination | |
Mial E. Lilley | Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 | Unsuccessful candidate for reelection | |
George W. Kipp | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | Not a candidate for renomination in 1908, being an unsuccessful candidate for State treasurer | |
Charles C. Pratt | Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 | Unsuccessful candidate for reelection | |
George W. Kipp | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – July 24, 1911 | Died | |
Vacant | July 24, 1911 – November 7, 1911 | |||
William D. B. Ainey | Republican | November 7, 1911 – March 3, 1915 | ||
Louis T. McFadden | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 | Redistricted to 15th district | |
William M. Croll | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | Unsuccessful candidate for reelection | |
Charles J. Esterly | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927 | Not a candidate for renomination | |
Robert G. Bushong | Republican | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 | Not a candidate for renomination | |
Charles J. Esterly | Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 | Not a candidate for renomination | |
Norton L. Litchtenwalner | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | Unsuccessful candidate for reelection | |
William E. Richardson | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 | Unsuccessful candidate for renomination | |
Guy L. Moser | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 | Reading | Unsuccessful candidate for renomination |
Daniel K. Hoch | Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | Redistricted to 13th district | |
Wilson D. Gillette | Republican | January 3, 1945 – August 7, 1951 | Redistricted from 15th district, died | |
Vacant | August 7, 1951 – November 6, 1951 | |||
Joseph L. Carrigg | Republican | November 6, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | Redistricted to 10th district | |
George M. Rhodes | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | Reading | Redistricted from 13th district, redistricted to 6th district |
William S. Moorhead | Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981 | Pittsburgh | Redistricted from 28th district, not a candidate for reelection |
William J. Coyne | Democratic | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2003 | Pittsburgh | Not a candidate for reelection |
Michael F. Doyle | Democratic | January 3, 2003 – Present | Forest Hills | Redistricted from 18th district, Incumbent |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
- 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.
- "Pennsylvania's 14th Congressional District". www.house.gov/coyne. United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on
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Preceded by New Jersey's 5th congressional district |
Home district of the Speaker of the House July 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
Succeeded by Indiana's 9th congressional district |
Coordinates: 40°25′57″N 79°54′21″W / 40.43250°N 79.90583°W
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