Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district

Pennsylvania's twenty-first congressional district was a congressional district in northwestern Pennsylvania. It was created following the 1830 Census and was disbanded after the 2000 Census removed two representatives from Pennsylvania.

List of members representing the district

Representatives	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created in 1833
Thomas M. T. McKennan	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839	23rd 24th 25th	Redistricted from the 15th district. [data unknown/missing]
Isaac Leet	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph Lawrence	Whig	March 4, 1841 – April 17, 1842	27th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		April 17, 1842 – May 30, 1842
Thomas M. T. McKennan	Whig	May 30, 1842 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing]
William Wilkins	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – February 14, 1844	28th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Russia
Vacant		February 14, 1844 – March 26, 1844
Cornelius Darragh	Whig	March 26, 1844 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing]
Moses Hampton	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas M. Howe	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 22nd district.
David Ritchie	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th 35th	[data unknown/missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
James K. Moorhead	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 22nd district.
John L. Dawson	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	[data unknown/missing]
John Covode	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Lost election contest
Vacant		March 4, 1869 – February 9, 1870
John Covode	Republican	February 9, 1870 – January 11, 1871	41st	Won election contest Died.
Vacant		January 11, 1871 – March 3, 1871
Henry D. Foster	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing]
Alexander W. Taylor	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Jacob Turney	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]
Morgan R. Wise	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles E. Boyle	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	[data unknown/missing]
Welty McCullogh	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel A. Craig	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	[data unknown/missing]
George F. Huff	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing]
Daniel B. Heiner	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	[data unknown/missing]
Edward E. Robbins	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	[data unknown/missing]
Summers M. Jack	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	[data unknown/missing]
Solomon R. Dresser	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles F. Barclay	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	60th 61st	[data unknown/missing]
Charles E. Patton	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Rowland	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	[data unknown/missing]
Evan J. Jones	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	[data unknown/missing]
Jacob B. Kurtz	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Francis E. Walter	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 20th district.
Chester H. Gross	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949	79th 80th	Redistricted from the 22nd district. [data unknown/missing]
James F. Lind	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing]
Augustine B. Kelley	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – November 20, 1957	83rd 84th 85th	Redistricted from the 27th district. Died.
Vacant		November 20, 1957 – January 21, 1958
John H. Dent	Democratic	January 21, 1958 – January 3, 1979	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th	[data unknown/missing]
Donald A. Bailey	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	96th 97th	[data unknown/missing]
Tom Ridge	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Governor of Pennsylvania
Phil English	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	104th 105th 106th 107th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
District eliminated		January 3, 2003

Recent election history

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Year		Democratic				Republican				Independent				Other and write-in
		Candidate	Votes	Pct		Candidate	Votes	Pct		Candidate	Votes	Pct		Candidate	Votes	Pct
1992		John C. Harkins	70,802	32%		√ Thomas J. Ridge	150,729	68%
1994		Bill Leavens	84,796	47%		√ Phil English	89,439	49%		Arthur E. Drew	6,588	4%		(assorted)	6	0%
1996		Ronald A. DiNicola	104,004	49%		√ Phil English	106,875	51%						(assorted)	9	0%
1998		Larry Klemens	54,591	37%		√ Phil English	94,518	63%						(assorted)	6	0%
2000		Marc A. Flitter	87,018	39%		√ Phil English	135,164	61%

References

• 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
• "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved 2007-08-08.