Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district

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Pennsylvania's first district includes primarily central and South Philadelphia, the City of Chester, the Philadelphia International Airport, and other small sections of Delaware County. The district currently has an overwhelming Democratic majority.

Congressman Bob Brady, the chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic Party has represented the district since 1998.

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1795
John Swanwick	Democratic-Republican	1795 – 1798	Philadelphia	Died in office
Robert Waln	Democratic-Republican	1798 – 1801	Philadelphia
William Jones	Federalist	1801 – 1803	Philadelphia
District reorganized in 1803 to have 3 At-large seats on a general ticket
Joseph Clay Jacob Richards Michael Leib	Democratic-Republican	1803 – 1806	Philadelphia	Michael Leib resigned in 1806 John Porter elected to fill seat
Joseph Clay Jacob Richards John Porter	Democratic-Republican	1806 – 1808	Philadelphia	Joseph Clay resigned March 28, 1808 Benjamin Say elected to fill seat
Benjamin Say Jacob Richards John Porter	Democratic-Republican	1808 – 1809	Philadelphia
Benjamin Say William Anderson John Porter	Democratic-Republican	1809	Philadelphia	Benjamin Say resigned June 1809 Adam Seybert was elected to fill seat
Adam Seybert William Anderson John Porter	Democratic-Republican	1809 – 1811	Philadelphia
Adam Seybert	Democratic-Republican	1811 - 1813	Philadelphia
William Anderson
James Milnor	Federalist
District reorganized in 1813 to have 4 At-large seats on a general ticket
Adam Seybert John Conard William Anderson Charles J. Ingersoll	Democratic-Republican	1813 – 1815	Philadelphia
Joseph Hopkinson	Federalist	1815	Philadelphia	Jonathan Williams died in 1815. John Sergeant was elected to complete his term
Thomas Smith
William Milnor
Jonathan Williams	Democratic-Republican
Joseph Hopkinson John Sergeant William Milnor Thomas Smith	Federalist	1815 – 1817	Philadelphia
Joseph Hopkinson	Federalist	1817 - 1819	Philadelphia
John Sergeant
William Anderson	Democratic-Republican
Adam Seybert
Joseph Hemphill John Sergeant Thomas Forrest Samuel Edwards	Federalist	1819 – 1821	Philadelphia
Joseph Hemphill John Sergeant William Milnor Samuel Edwards	Federalist	1821 – 1822	Philadelphia	William Milnor resigned May 8, 1822. Thomas Forrest elected to fill seat
Joseph Hemphill John Sergeant Thomas Forrest Samuel Edwards	Federalist	1822 – 1823	Philadelphia	District reorganized: Samuel Edwards moved to 4th District Joseph Hemphill moved to 2nd District
District reorganized in 1823 to have one seat
Samuel Breck	Adams-Clay Federalist	1823 – 1825	Philadelphia
Daniel H. Miller	Jacksonian	1825 – 1829	Philadelphia
Lemuel Paynter	Jacksonian	1829 – 1837	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful Whig candidate for reelection
Lemuel Paynter	Democrat	1837 – 1841	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for reelection
Charles Brown	Democrat	1841 – 1843	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for reelection
Edward J. Morris	Whig	1843 – 1845	Philadelphia	Moved to Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district after redistricting
Lewis C. Levin	American	1845 – 1851	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Thomas B. Florence	Democrat	1851 – 1861	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William E. Lehman	Democrat	1861 – 1863	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Samuel J. Randall	Democrat	1863 – 1875	Philadelphia	Moved to Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district after redistricting in 1875
Chapman Freeman	Republican	1875 - 1879	Philadelphia	Was not a candidate for renomination in 1878
Henry H. Bingham	Republican	1879 - 1912	Philadelphia	Died in office on 22 March 1912
William S. Vare	Republican	1912 - 1927	Philadelphia	Became United States Senator from Pennsylvania in 1927
James M. Hazlett	Republican	1927	Philadelphia	Resigned before the convening of Congress in 1927
James M. Beck	Republican	1927 – 1933	Philadelphia	Moved to Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district after redistricting in 1933
Harry C. Ransley	Republican	1933 – 1937	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936
Leon Sacks	Democrat	1937 – 1943	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1942
James A. Gallagher	Republican	1943 – 1945	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944
William A. Barrett	Democrat	1945 – 1947	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1947
James A. Gallagher	Republican	1947 – 1949	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1949
William A. Barrett	Democrat	1949 – 1976	Philadelphia	Died in office
Michael "Ozzie" Myers	Democrat	1976 – 1980	Philadelphia	Expelled from the House as a result of the Abscam scandal, and lost primary
Thomas M. Foglietta	Democrat	1981 – 1997	Philadelphia	Resigned to become ambassador to Italy
Bob Brady	Democrat	1997 – Incumbent	Philadelphia	Incumbent

[edit] External links

• district map

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