Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district is an immensely safe seat for the Democrats. In 2004 their candidate Paul E. Kanjorski was unopposed by a Republican and won 94% of the vote.

Kanjorski is an eleventh term Congressman and won a twelfth term in 2006, receiving 72 percent of the vote that year. His Republican opponent, Joseph Leonardi, received just 28 percent of the vote. He has represented the district since 1984, the year he was elected to the district, a year which, despite Congressman Kanjorski's election, was considered a massive failure for Democrats due to Republican President Ronald Reagan's landslide re-election that year in which he won 49 states, including Pennsylvania.

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
William Findley	Democratic-Republican	1795 - 1799
John Smilie	Democratic-Republican	1799 - 1803		Moved to Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district
John B.C. Lucas	Democratic-Republican	1803 - 1805		Resigned in 1805 before the assembling of Congress to become district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana
Samuel Smith	Democratic-Republican	1805 - 1811		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Abner Lacock	Democratic-Republican	1811 - 1813		Resigned when he was elected to the United States Senate
William Findley	Democratic-Republican	1813 - 1817
David Marchand	Democratic-Republican	1817 - 1821	Greensburg
George Plumer	Democratic-Republican	1821 - 1823		Moved to Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
District reoganized in 1823 to have two seats
James Wilson John Findlay	Democratic-Republican	1823 - 1827
James Wilson William Ramsey	Jacksonian	1827 - 1829
Thomas Hartley Crawford William Ramsey	Jacksonian	1829 - 1831
Thomas Hartley Crawford Robert McCoy	Jacksonian	1831 - 1833
District reoganized in 1833 to have one seat
Charles A. Barnitz	Anti-Masonic	1833 - 1835	York
Henry Logan	Jacksonian	1835 - 1837	Dillsburg
Henry Logan	Democrat	1837 - 1839	Dillsburg
James Gerry	Democrat	1839 - 1843	Shrewsbury
Benjamin A. Bidlack	Democrat	1843 - 1845	Wilkes-Barre
Owen D. Leib	Democrat	1845 - 1847	Catawissa
Chester P. Butler	Whig	1847 – 1850	Wilkes-Barre	Died in office
John Brisbin	Democrat	1851	Tunkhannock
Henry M. Fuller	Whig	1851 – 1853	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Christian M. Straub	Democrat	1853 – 1855
James H. Campbell	Opposition	1855 – 1857		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William L. Dewart	Democrat	1857 – 1859	Sunbury	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
James H. Campbell	Republican	1859 – 1863		Not a candidate for renomination
Philip Johnson	Democrat	1863 – 1867	Easton	Not a candidate for reelection
Daniel M. Van Auken	Democrat	1867 – 1871	Milford	Not a candidate for reelection
John B. Storm	Democrat	1871 – 1875	Stroudsburg	Not a candidate for renomination
Francis D. Collins	Democrat	1875 – 1879	Scranton
Robert Klotz	Democrat	1879 – 1883	Mauch Chunk
John B. Storm	Democrat	1883 – 1887	Stroudsburg	Not a candidate for renomination
Charles R. Buckalew	Democrat	1887 – 1889	Bloomsburg
Joseph A. Scranton	Republican	1889 – 1891		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Lemuel Amerman	Democrat	1891 – 1893	Scranton	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Joseph A. Scranton	Republican	1893 – 1897		Not a candidate for renomination
William Connell	Republican	1897 – 1903	Scranton	Moved to Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district and successfully contested the election of George Howell
Henry W. Palmer	Republican	1903 – 1907
John T. Lenahan	Democrat	1907 – 1909	Wilkes-Barre	Not a candidate for renomination
Henry W. Palmer	Republican	1909 – 1911
Charles C. Bowman	Republican	1911 – 1912		Seat was declared vacant on December 12, 1912. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1912.
John J. Casey	Democrat	1913 – 1917		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Thomas W. Templeton	Republican	1917 – 1919		Not a candidate for renomination
John J. Casey	Democrat	1919 – 1921		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Clarence D. Coughlin	Republican	1921 – 1923		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Laurence H. Watres	Republican	1923 – 1931		Not a candidate for renomination
Patrick J. Boland	Democrat	1931 – 1942	Scranton	Died in office
Veronica Grace Boland	Democrat	1942 – 1943	Scranton	Succeeded her husband after his death. Not a candidate for reelection. She was the first female member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
John W. Murphy	Democrat	1943 – 1945	Scranton	Moved to Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
Daniel J. Flood	Democrat	1945 – 1947	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Mitchell Jenkins	Republican	1947 – 1949		Not a candidate for reelection
Daniel J. Flood	Democrat	1949 – 1953	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Edward J. Bonin	Republican	1953 – 1955	Hazleton	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Daniel J. Flood	Democrat	1955 – 1980	Wilkes-Barre	Resigned from office January 31, 1980, due to allegations of bribery
Raphael J. Musto	Democrat	1980 – 1981	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
James L. Nelligan	Republican	1981 – 1983	Wilkes-Barre	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Frank G. Harrison	Democrat	1983 – 1985	Wilkes-Barre
Paul E. Kanjorski	Democrat	1985 – Incumbent

[edit] External Link

Website of Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski

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