Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district | |
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Obsolete district | |
Created | 1875 |
Eliminated | 1980 |
Years active | 1875-1983 |
Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district was one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
District home | Note |
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District established March 4, 1875 | |||||
James Sheakley (Greenville) |
Democrat | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 44th | Elected in 1874. ]
[data missing | |
John M. Thompson )
(Butler |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | 45th | Elected in 1876 .Not a candidate for renomination. | |
Samuel B. Dick (Meadville) |
Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | 46th | Elected in 1878 .Not a candidate for reelection. | |
Samuel H. Miller (Mercer) |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 | 47th 48th |
Re-elected in 1882 .Declined to be a candidate for renomination. | |
George W. Fleeger )
(Butler |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | 49th | Elected in 1884. ]
[data missing | |
Norman Hall (Sharon) |
Democrat | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | 50th | Elected in 1886. ]
[data missing | |
William C. Culbertson )
(Girard |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | 51st | Elected in 1888 .Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | |
Matthew Griswold (Erie) |
Republican | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | 52nd | Elected in 1890 .Not a candidate for renomination. | |
Joseph C. Sibley (Franklin) |
Democrat | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | 53rd | Elected in 1892 .Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | |
Matthew Griswold (Erie) |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | 54th | Elected in 1894 .Not a candidate for renomination. | |
John C. Sturtevant (Conneautville) |
Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | 55th | Elected in 1896 Not a candidate for renomination. | |
Athelston Gaston (Meadville) |
Democrat | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | 56th | Elected in 1898 .Unsuccessful candidate for reelection | |
Arthur L. Bates (Meadville) |
Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | 57th | Elected in 1900. .
Redistricted to the 25th district | |
Joseph H. Shull (Stroudsburg) |
Democrat | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | 58th | Elected in 1902 .Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | |
Gustav A. Schneebeli (Nazareth) |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 | 59th | Elected in 1904 .Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | |
J. Davis Brodhead )
(South Bethlehem |
Democrat | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | 60th | Elected in 1906 .Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | |
A. Mitchell Palmer (Stroudsburg) |
Democrat | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 | 61st 62nd 63rd |
Re-elected in 1912 .Not a candidate for renomination | |
Henry J. Steele (Easton) |
Democrat | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921 | 64th 65th 66th |
Re-elected in 1918 Did not seek renomination. | |
William H. Kirkpatrick (Easton) |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | 67th | Elected in 1920 .Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | |
Thomas W. Phillips, Jr. )
(Butler |
Republican | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 | 68th 69th |
Re-elected in 1924 .Did not seek renomination. | |
J. Howard Swick (Beaver Falls) |
Republican | March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935 | 70th 71st 72nd 73rd |
Re-elected in 1932 .Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | |
Charles R. Eckert (Beaver) |
Democrat | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 | 74th 75th |
Re-elected in 1936 .Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | |
Louis E. Graham (Beaver) |
Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945 | 76th 77th 78th |
Re-elected in 1942. .
Redistricted to the 25th district | |
Harve Tibbott (Ebensburg) |
Republican | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949 | 79th 80th |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1946 .Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | |
Robert L. Coffey (Johnstown) |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – April 20, 1949 | 81st | Elected in 1948 .Died. | |
Vacant | April 20, 1949– September 13, 1949 | ||||
John P. Saylor (Johnstown) |
Republican | September 13, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | 81st 82nd |
Re-elected in 1950. .
Redistricted to the 22nd district | |
Thomas E. Morgan (Fredericktown) |
Democrat | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973 | 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1970. .
Redistricted to the 22nd district | |
District dissolved January 3, 1973 |
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
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