Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's fourth district is located in western Pennsylvania and includes suburbs of Pittsburgh as well as Beaver County and Lawrence County

The district has a slight Democratic registration edge, though has voted for Republicans in several federal elections over the past decade, including for President George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004.

Democratic Congressman Jason Altmire, has represented the district since January 4, 2007.

Contents 1 Representatives 2 Elections 3 External links 4 Footnote

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District created in 1795 with two seats from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Samuel Sitgreaves John Richards	Federalist	1795 - 1797
Robert Brown	Democratic-Republican	1797 - 1799
John Chapman	Federalist
Robert Brown Peter G. Muhlenberg	Democratic-Republican	1799 - 1801
Robert Brown Isaac Van Horne	Democratic-Republican	1801 - 1803		Due to redistricting, Brown and Van Horne moved to Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
John Andre Hanna David Bard	Democratic-Republican	1803 - 1805		John Andre Hanna died in office, July 23, 1805
Robert Whitehill David Bard	Democratic-Republican	1805 - 1813
District reorganized in 1813 to contain one seat
Hugh Glasgow	Democratic-Republican	1813 - 1817
Jacob Spangler	Democratic-Republican	1817 - 1818		Resigned from office
Jacob Hostetter	Democratic-Republican	1818 - 1821
James S. Mitchell	Democratic-Republican	1821 - 1823
District reorganized in 1823 to contain three seats
James Buchanan Samuel Edwards Isaac Wayne	Jackson Federalist	1823 - 1825
James Buchanan Samuel Edwards Charles Miner	Jacksonian	1825 - 1827
James Buchanan Samuel Anderson Charles Miner	Jacksonian	1827 - 1829
James Buchanan George G. Leiper Joshua Evans, Jr.	Jacksonian	1829 - 1831
William M. Hiester David Potts, Jr.	Anti-Masonic	1831 - 1833
Joshua Evans, Jr.	Jacksonian
William M. Hiester David Potts, Jr. Edward Darlington	Anti-Masonic	1833 – 1837
Edward Davies David Potts, Jr. Edward Darlington	Anti-Masonic	1837 – 1839
Edward Davies Francis James John Edwards	Anti-Masonic	1839 – 1841
Jeremiah Brown Francis James John Edwards	Whig	1841 – 1843
District reorganized in 1843 to contain one seat
Charles J. Ingersoll	Democrat	1843 – 1849	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for renomination
John Robbins	Democrat	1849 – 1853	Philadelphia	Moved to Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
William H. Witte	Democrat	1853 – 1855	Philadelphia
Jacob Broom	American	1855 – 1857	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Henry M. Phillips	Democrat	1857 – 1859	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William Millward	Republican	1859 - 1861	Philadelphia
William D. Kelley	Republican	1861 - 1890	Philadelphia	Died in office
John E. Reyburn	Republican	1890 - 1897	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896
James R. Young	Republican	1897 - 1903	Philadelphia
Robert H. Foerderer	Republican	1903	Philadelphia	Died in office
Reuben O. Moon	Republican	1903 - 1913	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912
George W. Edmonds	Republican	1913 - 1925	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924
Benjamin M. Golder	Republican	1925 - 1933	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932
George W. Edmonds	Republican	1933 - 1935	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934
J. Burrwood Daly	Democrat	1935 – 1939	Philadelphia	Died in office
John E. Sheridan	Democrat	1939 – 1947	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for reelection in 1946
Franklin J. Maloney	Republican	1947 - 1949	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948
Earl Chudoff	Democrat	1949 – 1958	Philadelphia	Resigned in 1958 to become judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Robert N.C. Nix, Sr.	Democrat	1959 – 1963	Philadelphia	Moved to Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district in 1963 due to redistricting
Herman Toll	Democrat	1963 – 1967	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for reelection in 1966
Joshua Eilberg	Democrat	1967 – 1979	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1978
Charles F. Dougherty	Republican	1979 - 1983	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982, District moved to Western Pennsylvania in 1983
Joseph P. Kolter	Democrat	1983 – 1993	New Brighton	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1992
Ron Klink	Democrat	1993 – 2001	Butler	Unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate in 2000
Melissa Hart	Republican	2001 - 2007	Bradford Woods	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Jason Altmire	Democrat	2007 –	McCandless	Incumbent

[edit] Elections

US House election, 2006: Pennsylvania District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jason Altmire	130,480	52
	Republican	Melissa Hart	120,822	48
Majority
Turnout			251,302

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[edit] External links

• district map

[edit] Footnote

Pennsylvania's congressional districts
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