Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district

Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district
	Boundaries since the 2018 elections.
	Brian Fitzpatrick; R–Levittown
Population (2019)	713,411
Median household; income	$93,474
Ethnicity	83.5% White; 6.2% Asian; 5.5% Hispanic; 4.7% Black; 0.1% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+1

Pennsylvania's first congressional district includes all of Bucks County and a sliver of Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania. It has been represented by Brian Fitzpatrick since 2019.

The state congressional district map was redrawn by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional due to partisan gerrymandering; the previous 1st district was geographically succeeded by the newly redrawn 2nd district which on November 6, 2018 elected Brendan Boyle, the incumbent from the 13th district. The new first district is similar to the previous eighth district, with the new boundaries going into effect for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter.^[2] Brian Fitzpatrick, the incumbent from the previous 8th district, was elected on November 6, 2018 to the newly redrawn 1st district.

List of members representing the districtEdit

The district was organized from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district in 1791.

1791–1793: One seatEdit

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Thomas Fitzsimons	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1791. Redistricted to the at-large district.

1795–1803: One seatEdit

The district was organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1795.

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
John Swanwick	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – August 1, 1798	4th 5th	Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Died.
Vacant		August 1, 1798 – December 3, 1798	5th
Robert Waln	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1798 – March 3, 1801	5th 6th	Elected October 9, 1798 to finish Swanwick's term and seated December 3, 1798. Elected the same day to the next term. Retired.
William Jones	Federalist	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1800. Retired.

1803–1823: Three seats, then fourEdit

The district was reorganized in 1803 to have 3 At-large seats on a general ticket. The district was apportioned a fourth seat in 1813, also elected on a general ticket.

Cong ress	Years	Seat A			Seat B			Seat C			Seat D
Cong ress	Years	Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Joseph Clay	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Resigned.	Jacob Richards	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired.	Michael Leib	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Resigned.	Fourth seat added in 1812.
9th	March 4, 1805 – February 14, 1806							Michael Leib	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Resigned.
	February 14, 1806 – December 8, 1806							Vacant
	December 8, 1806 – March 3, 1807							John Porter	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1806. Later elected to finish Leib's term. Re-elected in 1808. Lost re-election.
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 28, 1808
	March 28, 1808 – November 16, 1808	Vacant
	November 16, 1808 – March 3, 1809	Benjamin Say	Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Clay's term. Re-elected in 1808. Resigned.
11th	March 4, 1809 – June 1809	Benjamin Say	Democratic-Republican		William Anderson	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Lost re-election.
	June 1809 – October 10, 1809	Vacant
	October 10, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Adam Seybert	Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Anderson's term. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Lost re-election.
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813							James Milnor	Federalist	Elected in 1810. Retired.
13th	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815							Charles J. Ingersoll	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1812. Lost re-election.	John Conard	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1812. Retired.
14th	March 4, 1815 – May 16, 1815	William Milnor	Federalist	Elected in 1814. Lost re-election.	Thomas Smith	Federalist	Elected in 1814. Retired.	Joseph Hopkinson	Federalist	Elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Retired.	Jonathan Williams	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814. Died.
	May 16, 1815 – October 10, 1815										Vacant
	October 10, 1815 – March 3, 1817										John Sergeant	Federalist	Elected to finish Williams's term. Re-elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Retired.
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Adam Seybert	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1816. Lost re-election.	William Anderson	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1816. Lost re-election.
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Thomas Forrest	Federalist	Elected in 1818. Lost re-election.	Joseph Hemphill	Federalist	Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 2nd district and won re-election.	Samuel Edwards	Federalist	Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 4th district and won re-election.
17th	March 4, 1821 – May 8, 1822	William Milnor	Federalist	Elected in 1820. Resigned.
	May 8, 1822 – October 8, 1822	Vacant
	October 8, 1822 – March 3, 1823	Thomas Forrest	Federalist	Elected to finish Milnor's term, but on the same day lost election to the next term when redistricted to the 3rd district.

1823–present: One seatEdit

The district was reorganized in 1823 to have one seat.

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
Samuel Breck	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822. Retired.	1823–1833 [data unknown/missing]
John Wurts	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Elected in 1824. Retired.
Joel B. Sutherland	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – February 1833	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1832 but resigned to become a judge.
Vacant		February 1833 – October 8, 1833	22nd 23rd
Vacant		February 1833 – October 8, 1833	22nd 23rd		1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
Joel B. Sutherland	Jacksonian	October 8, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected to finish his vacant term. Re-elected in 1834. Lost re-election.
Lemuel Paynter	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Retired.
Charles Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Edward J. Morris	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
Lewis C. Levin	American	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	29th 30th 31st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Thomas B. Florence	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1861	32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Thomas B. Florence	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1861	32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
William E. Lehman	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
Samuel J. Randall	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1875	38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.	1833–1873 [data unknown/missing]
Samuel J. Randall	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1875	38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th		1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
Chapman Freeman	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	45th 46th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Henry H. Bingham	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 22, 1912	47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
					1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
					1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
					1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 22, 1912 – May 24, 1912	62nd
William S. Vare	Republican	May 24, 1912 – March 3, 1927	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th	Elected to finish Bingham's term. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
William S. Vare	Republican	May 24, 1912 – March 3, 1927	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th		1913–1933 [data unknown/missing]
James M. Hazlett	Republican	March 4, 1927 – October 20, 1927	70th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		October 20, 1927 – November 8, 1927	70th
James M. Beck	Republican	November 8, 1927 – March 3, 1933	70th 71st 72nd	Elected to finish Hazlett's term. Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Harry C. Ransley	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	73rd 74th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1933–1943 [data unknown/missing]
Leon Sacks	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	75th 76th 77th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1933–1943 [data unknown/missing]
James A. Gallagher	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]
William A. Barrett	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
James A. Gallagher	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William A. Barrett	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – April 12, 1976	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
					1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]
					1963–1973 [data unknown/missing]
					1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		April 12, 1976 – November 2, 1976	94th
Michael Myers	Democratic	November 2, 1976 – October 2, 1980	94th 95th 96th	Elected to finish Barrett's term. Expelled.
Vacant		October 2, 1980 – January 3, 1981	96th
Tom Foglietta	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – November 11, 1997	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Italy.
					1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]
					1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		November 11, 1997 – May 19, 1998	105th
Bob Brady	Democratic	May 19, 1998 – January 3, 2019	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected to finish Foglietta's term. Redistricted to the 3rd district and retired.
					2003–2013
					2013–2019
Brian Fitzpatrick	Republican	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 2018.	2019-present

Recent election resultsEdit

2012Edit

**Pennsylvania's** 1st **congressional** **district**, 2012^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Brady (incumbent)	235,394	85.0
	Republican	John Featherman	41,708	15.0
Total votes			277,102	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014Edit

**Pennsylvania's** 1st **congressional** **district**, 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Brady (incumbent)	131,248	82.8
	Republican	Megan Rath	27,193	17.2
Total votes			158,441	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016Edit

**Pennsylvania's** 1st **congressional** **district**, 2016^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Brady (incumbent)	245,791	82.2
	Republican	Debbie Williams	53,219	17.8
Total votes			299,010	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018Edit

**Pennsylvania's** 1st **congressional** **district**, 2018^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Fitzpatrick (incumbent)	169,053	51.3
	Democratic	Scott Wallace	160,745	48.7
Total votes			329,798	100.0
	Republican hold

2020Edit

**Pennsylvania's** 1st **congressional** **district**, 2020^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Fitzpatrick (incumbent)	249,804	56.6
	Democratic	Christina Finello	191,875	43.4
Total votes			441,679	100.0
	Republican hold

ReferencesEdit

^ "New Pennsylvania Map Is a Major Boost for Democrats". The Cook Political Report. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
^ Cohn, Nate; Bloch, Matthew; Quealy, Kevin (February 19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
^ "Statistics of Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 2012". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
^ https://electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=41&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0
^ "Pennsylvania 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016 Official Results". Pennsylvania Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^ "Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Unofficial Returns". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ "2020 Presidential Election - Representative in Congress". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

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

External linksEdit

Coordinates: 39°55′40″N 75°12′51″W / 39.92778°N 75.21417°W / 39.92778; -75.21417

[Cook-1] "New Pennsylvania Map Is a Major Boost for Democrats". The Cook Political Report. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.

[new-2] Cohn, Nate; Bloch, Matthew; Quealy, Kevin (February 19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.

[USHouseClerk-3] "Statistics of Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 2012". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.

[Generalelection-4] ttps://electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=41&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0

[Generalelection2-5] "Pennsylvania 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016 Official Results". Pennsylvania Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

[6] "Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Unofficial Returns". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[PAgenr-7] "2020 Presidential Election - Representative in Congress". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

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