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.

Representatives	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1833
Thomas M. T. McKennan (Washington)	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839	23rd 24th 25th	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1836. [data missing ]
Isaac Leet (Washington)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	Elected in 1838. [data missing ]
Joseph Lawrence (Washington)	Whig	March 4, 1841 – April 17, 1842	27th	Elected in 1840 . Died.
Vacant		April 17, 1842 – May 30, 1842
Thomas M. T. McKennan (Washington)	Whig	May 30, 1842 – March 3, 1843		Elected to finish Lawrence's term. [data missing ]
Pittsburgh )	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – February 14, 1844	28th	U.S. Minister to Russia
Vacant		February 14, 1844 – March 26, 1844
Pittsburgh )	Whig	March 26, 1844 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Re-elected in 1844. [data missing ]
Pittsburgh )	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Re-elected in 1848. [data missing ]
Allegheny City )	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. Redistricted to the 22nd district .
Pittsburgh )	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th 35th	Re-elected in 1856. [data missing ]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Pittsburgh )	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Re-elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 22nd district .
John L. Dawson (Brownsville )	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Re-elected in 1864. [data missing ]
John Covode (Lockport)	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1866 . Lost election contest.
Vacant		March 4, 1869 – February 9, 1870	41st
John Covode (Lockport)	Republican	February 9, 1870 – January 11, 1871		Won election contest . Died.
Vacant		January 11, 1871 – March 3, 1871	42nd
Henry D. Foster (Greensburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873		Elected in 1870. [data missing ]
Alexander W. Taylor (Indiana )	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data missing ]
Jacob Turney (Greensburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Re-elected in 1876. [data missing ]
Morgan R. Wise (Waynesburg )	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Re-elected in 1880. [data missing ]
Charles E. Boyle (Uniontown)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Re-elected in 1884. [data missing ]
Welty McCullogh (Greensburg)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. [data missing ]
Samuel A. Craig (Brookville )	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. [data missing ]
George F. Huff (Greensburg )	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. [data missing ]
Daniel B. Heiner (Kittanning)	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Re-elected in 1894. [data missing ]
Edward E. Robbins (Greensburg )	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	Elected in 1896. [data missing ]
Summers M. Jack (Indiana )	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Re-elected in 1900. [data missing ]
Solomon R. Dresser (Bradford )	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Re-elected in 1904. [data missing ]
Charles F. Barclay (Sinnemahoning)	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	60th 61st	Re-elected in 1908. [data missing ]
Charles E. Patton (Curwensville)	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	Re-elected in 1912. [data missing ]
Charles H. Rowland (Philispburg )	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	Re-elected in 1916. [data missing ]
Evan J. Jones (Bradford)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	Re-elected in 1920. [data missing ]
Jacob B. Kurtz (Altoona )	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 23rd district .
Francis E. Walter (Easton)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to the 20th district .
Chester H. Gross (York)	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949	79th 80th	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1946. [data missing ]
James F. Lind (York)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	Re-elected in 1950. [data missing ]
Augustine B. Kelley (Greensburg)	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – November 20, 1957	83rd 84th 85th	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1956 . Died.
Vacant		November 20, 1957 – January 21, 1958	85th
John H. Dent (Ligonier)	Democratic	January 21, 1958 – January 3, 1979	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th	Re-elected in 1976. [data missing ]
Donald A. Bailey (Greensburg)	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	96th 97th	Re-elected in 1980. [data missing ]
Tom Ridge (Erie)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Governor of Pennsylvania
Phil English (Erie)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	104th 105th 106th 107th	Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 3rd district .
District dissolved January 3, 2003

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

• 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 August 8, 2007.