Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2022) | 780,519[1] | ||
Median household income | $103,922 | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+7[2] |
Pennsylvania's fourth congressional district, effective January 3, 2023, encompasses the majority of Montgomery County and most of Berks County northeast of Reading in southeastern Pennsylvania. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the Pennsylvania district pushed northwards, further into Berks County, effective with the 2022 elections. The area has been represented by Democrat Madeleine Dean since 2019.
Recent statewide election results
Year | Office | Result |
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2020 | President | Biden 62–37% |
2022 | Governor | Shapiro 66–32% |
2022 | Senate | Fetterman 60–38% |
History
From 2003 to 2013 the district included suburbs of
This district changed drastically when Pennsylvania's new districts went into effect on January 3, 2013. Due to slower population growth than the nation as a whole, Pennsylvania lost a seat in Congress in reapportionment following the 2010 United States census, and this seat was effectively eliminated. Most of the 4th district was merged into a redrawn 12th district, and the previous 19th district was rebranded as the 4th. Thus from 2013 to 2018, the 4th district was located in south-central Pennsylvania and included all of Adams and York counties, as well as parts of Cumberland and Dauphin counties. During this time, the district was represented by Republican Scott Perry.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the state's congressional districts in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional due to gerrymandering. The fourth district was reconfigured as a Democratic-leaning area to the northwest of Philadelphia for the 2018 election and representation thereafter. Geographically, it is the successor to the old 13th district, which was represented at the time by Democrat Brendan Boyle. Boyle, however, opted to run in the neighboring 2nd district, the geographic successor to the 1st district, represented by retiring incumbent Bob Brady. The bulk of Perry's representation, including York and Harrisburg, became part of a redrawn 10th district. Gettysburg and Adams County joined a new, heavily Republican 13th district, which was the successor to the old 9th district of retiring Congressman Bill Shuster. Areas to the south and east of York joined Lancaster in a redrawn, heavily Republican 11th district, the successor of Republican Lloyd Smucker's 16th district.[3]
List of members representing the district
The district was organized from the Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district in 1791
1791–1793: one seat
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | |
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District first established March 4, 1791 | |||||
Daniel Hiester (Montgomery County) |
Anti-Administration
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March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 |
2nd | Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1791. Redistricted to the at-large district. |
1795–1843: two, then one, then three seats
District created in 1795 with two seats from the Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district. The second seat was eliminated in 1813. The second seat was restored in 1823 along with a third seat.
Cong ress |
Years | Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | |||||||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||||
4th | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
Samuel Sitgreaves (Easton) |
Federalist
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Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Resigned. |
New Hanover )
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Democratic-Republican
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Elected in 1794. Lost re-election. |
No third seat until 1823 | |||||
5th | March 4, 1797 – August 29, 1798 |
Upper Makefield )
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Federalist
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Elected in 1796. Lost re-election. | |||||||||
August 29, 1798 – December 4, 1798 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||
December 4, 1798 – March 3, 1799 |
Robert Brown (East Allen) |
Democratic-Republican
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Elected October 9, 1798, to finish Sitgreaves's term and seated December 4, 1798. Also elected October 9, 1798, to the next term. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 2nd district. | ||||||||||
6th | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 |
Peter Muhlenberg (Montgomery County) |
Democratic-Republican
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Elected in 1798. Elected in 1800 but declined the seat when elected U.S. Senator. | |||||||||
7th | March 4, 1801 – December 7, 1801 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
December 7, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
Isaac Van Horne (Solebury Township) |
Democratic-Republican
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Elected October 13, 1801, to finish Muhlenberg's term and seated December 7, 1801. Redistricted to the 2nd district. | ||||||||||
8th | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
John A. Hanna (Harrisburg) |
Democratic-Republican
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Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1802. Died. |
David Bard (Frankstown) |
Democratic-Republican
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Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 9th district. | ||||||
9th | March 4, 1805 – July 23, 1805 | ||||||||||||
July 23, 1805 – December 2, 1805 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||
December 2, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
Robert Whitehill (Camp Hill) |
Democratic-Republican
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Elected October 8, 1805, to finish Hanna's term and seated December 2, 1805. .
Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 5th district | ||||||||||
10th | March 4, 1807 March 3, 1809 | ||||||||||||
11th | March 4, 1809 March 3, 1811 | ||||||||||||
12th | March 4, 1811 March 3, 1813 | ||||||||||||
13th | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
Hugh Glasgow (York) |
Democratic-Republican
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Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired. |
No second seat from 1813 to 1823 | ||||||||
14th | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | ||||||||||||
15th | March 4, 1817 – April 20, 1818 |
Jacob Spangler (York) |
Democratic-Republican
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Elected in 1816. Resigned to become Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania. | |||||||||
April 20, 1818 – November 16, 1818 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||
November 16, 1818 – March 3, 1819 |
Jacob Hostetter (Hanover) |
Democratic-Republican
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Elected in 1818 to finish Spangler's term and seated November 16, 1818. Also elected in 1818 to the next term. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | ||||||||||||
17th | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
James S. Mitchell (Rossville) |
Democratic-Republican
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Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 10th district. | |||||||||
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
James Buchanan (Lancaster) |
Jackson Federalist
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Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Retired. |
Samuel Edwards (Chester) |
Jackson Federalist
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Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Retired. |
Isaac Wayne (Warren) |
Jackson Federalist
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[data missing] | |||
19th | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
Jacksonian
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Jacksonian
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Charles Miner (West Chester) |
Anti-Jacksonian
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Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Retired. | |||||||
20th | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
Samuel Anderson (Providence) |
Anti-Jacksonian
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Elected in 1826. Returned to Pennsylvania House of Representatives. | |||||||||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |
George G. Leiper (Leiperville) |
Jacksonian
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Elected in 1828. Retired. |
Joshua Evans Jr. (Paoli) |
Jacksonian
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Re-elected in 1830 .Retired. | ||||||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
William Hiester (New Holland) |
Anti-Masonic
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Re-elected in 1834 .Retired. |
David Potts Jr. (Pottstown) |
Anti-Masonic
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Re-elected in 1836 .Retired. | ||||||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
Edward Darlington (Chester) |
Anti-Masonic
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Re-elected in 1836 .Retired. | |||||||||
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | ||||||||||||
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
Edward Davies (Churchtown) |
Anti-Masonic
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Re-elected in 1838. ]
[data missing | |||||||||
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
Francis James (West Chester) |
Anti-Masonic
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Re-elected in 1840. ]
[data missing |
John Edwards )
(Ivy Mills |
Anti-Masonic
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Re-elected in 1840. ]
[data missing | ||||||
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
Jeremiah Brown (Goshen) |
Whig | Elected in 1840. .
Redistricted to the 8th district |
Whig | Whig |
1843–present: one seat
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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Philadelphia )
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Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 |
28th 29th 30th |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1846 .Retired. |
Kensington )
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Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
31st 32nd |
Re-elected in 1850. .
Redistricted to the 3rd district |
Philadelphia )
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Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected in 1852 .Retired. |
Philadelphia )
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American | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | Elected in 1854 .Lost renomination. |
Philadelphia )
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Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | Elected in 1856 .Lost re-election. |
Philadelphia )
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Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th | Elected in 1858 .Lost renomination. |
Philadelphia )
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Republican | March 4, 1861 – January 9, 1890 |
37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st |
Re-elected in 1888 .Died. |
Vacant | January 9, 1890 – February 18, 1890 |
51st | ||
Philadelphia )
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Republican | February 18, 1890 – March 3, 1897 |
51st 52nd 53rd 54th |
Re-elected in 1894 .Lost renomination. |
Philadelphia )
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Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 |
55th 56th 57th |
Re-elected in 1900. ]
[data missing |
Philadelphia )
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Republican | March 4, 1903 – July 26, 1903 |
58th | Redistricted from the re-elected in 1902 .Died. |
Vacant | July 26, 1903 – November 3, 1903 |
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Philadelphia )
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Republican | November 3, 1903 – March 3, 1913 |
58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd |
Re-elected in 1910 .Lost renomination. |
Philadelphia )
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Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th |
Re-elected in 1922 .Lost renomination. |
Philadelphia )
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Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Re-elected in 1930 .Lost re-election. |
Philadelphia )
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Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | Elected in 1932 .Lost re-election. |
Philadelphia )
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Democratic | January 3, 1935 – March 12, 1939 |
74th 75th 76th |
Re-elected in 1938 .Died. |
Vacant | March 12, 1939 – November 7, 1939 |
76th | ||
Philadelphia )
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Democratic | November 7, 1939 – January 3, 1947 |
76th 77th 78th 79th |
Re-elected in 1944 .Retired. |
Philadelphia )
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Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
80th | Elected in 1946 .Lost re-election. |
Philadelphia )
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Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1958 |
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th |
Re-lected in 1956 .Resigned to become judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. |
Vacant | January 5, 1958 – May 20, 1958 |
85th | ||
Philadelphia )
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Democratic | May 20, 1958 – January 3, 1963 |
85th 86th 87th |
Re-elected in 1960. .
Redistricted to the 2nd district |
Philadelphia )
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Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 |
88th 89th |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1964 .Retired. |
Philadelphia )
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Democratic | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1979 |
90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th |
Re-elected in 1976 .Lost renomination. |
Philadelphia )
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Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 |
96th 97th |
Re-elected in 1980. and lost re-election.
Redistricted to the 3rd district |
Joseph P. Kolter (New Brighton) |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Re-elected in 1990 .Lost renomination. |
Ron Klink (Jeannette) |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th |
Re-elected in 1998. .
Retired to run for U.S. Senator |
Melissa Hart (Bradford Woods) |
Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 |
107th 108th 109th |
Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Lost re-election. |
Jason Altmire (McCandless) |
Democratic | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
110th 111th 112th |
Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 12th district and lost renomination there. |
Scott Perry (Dillsburg) |
Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 |
113th 114th 115th |
Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Redistricted to the 10th district. |
Madeleine Dean (Bala Cynwyd) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 – present |
116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
Recent elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Jason Altmire | 130,480 | 51.92% | |
Republican
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Melissa Hart (Incumbent) | 120,822 | 48.08% | |
Majority | 9,658 | 3.84% | ||
Turnout | 251,302 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Jason Altmire (Incumbent) | 186,536 | 55.86% | |
Republican
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Melissa Hart | 147,411 | 44.14% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Jason Altmire (Incumbent) | 120,827 | 50.81% | |
Republican
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Keith Rothfus | 116,958 | 49.19% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Scott Perry | 181,603 | 59.74% | |
Democratic
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Harry Perkinson | 104,643 | 34.42% | |
Independent | Wayne W. Wolff | 11,524 | 3.79% | |
Libertarian
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Michael B. Koffenberger | 6,210 | 2.04% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Scott Perry (Incumbent) | 147,090 | 74.54% | |
Democratic
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Linda D. Thompson | 50,250 | 25.46% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Scott Perry (Incumbent) | 220,628 | 66.06% | |
Democratic
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Joshua T. Burkholder | 113,372 | 33.94% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Madeleine Dean | 210,219 | 63.45% | |
Republican
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Daniel David | 121,117 | 36.66% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Madeleine Dean (incumbent) | 264,637 | 59.5 | |
Republican | Kathy Barnette | 179,926 | 40.5 | |
Total votes | 444,563 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Madeleine Dean (incumbent) | 224,799 | 61.3 | |
Republican | Christian Nascimento | 141,986 | 38.7 | |
Total votes | 366,785 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Historical district boundaries
In the very early 19th century, this district included all or part of Bucks County.
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2003–2013
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2013–2019
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2019–2023
See also
References
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