Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district is a relatively safe seat for the Republicans.

In 2004 their candidate, former businessman Bill Shuster won a convincing majority over his Democratic opponent winning 70% of the vote. In 2006, he defeated teacher Tony Barr 60%-40%. Shuster was first elected to the district in 2001.

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years ↑	District home	Note
District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Andrew Gregg	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – 1803	Bellefonte	Moved to Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
John Smilie	Democratic-Republican	1803 – 1812		Died
Vacant		1812
Isaac Griffin	Democratic-Republican	1812 – 1813	Nicholson Township	Moved to Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
David Bard	Democratic-Republican	1813 – 1815	Alexandria	Died
Vacant		1815
Thomas Burnside	Democratic-Republican	1815 – April 1816	Milroy	Resigned
Vacant		1816
William Plunkett Maclay	Democratic-Republican	1816 – 1821	Milroy	Not a candidate for renomination
John Brown	Democratic-Republican	1821 – 1823		Moved to Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district
District reorganized in 1823 to have three seats
George Kremer Samuel McKean	Jacksonian	1823 – 1825
William Cox Ellis	Jackson Federalist		Muncy
George Kremer Samuel McKean Espy Van Horne	Jacksonian	1825 – 1829
James Ford Philander Stephens Alem Marr	Jacksonian	1829 – 1831
James Ford Philander Stephens Lewis Dewart	Jacksonian	1831 – 1833
District reorganized in 1833 to have one seat
Henry A. P. Muhlenberg	Jacksonian	1833 – 1837	Reading
	Democrat	1837 – February 8, 1838		Appointed as United States Minister to the Austrian Empire
George M. Keim	Democrat	1838 – 1843	Reading
John Ritter	Democrat	1843 – 1847	Reading	Not a candidate for renomination
William Strong	Democrat	1847 – 1851	Reading	Did not seek reelection
J. Glancy Jones	Democrat	1851 – 1853	Reading	Did not seek reelection
Isaac E. Hiester	Whig	1853 – 1855	Lancaster	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts	Independent Whig	1855 – 1857	Lancaster
	Republican	1857 – 1859		Not a candidate for re-nomination
Thaddeus Stevens	Republican	1859 – 1868	Lancaster	Not a candidate for re-nomination
Oliver James Dickey	Republican	1868 – 1873	Lancaster	Not a candidate for re-nomination
A. Herr Smith	Republican	1873 – 1885	Lancaster	Unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination
John A. Hiestand	Republican	1885 – 1889	Lancaster	Unsuccessful for re-nomination
David B. Brunner	Democrat	1889 – 1893	Reading	Not a candidate for re-nomination
Constantine J. Erdman	Democrat	1893 – 1897	Allentown	Not a candidate for re-election
Daniel Ermentrout	Democrat	1897 – 1899	Reading	Died
Vacant		1899
Henry D. Green	Democrat	1899 – 1903	Reading	Not a candidate for re-nomination
Henry B. Cassel	Republican	1903 – 1909	Marietta
William W. Griest	Republican	1909 – 1923	Lancaster	Moved to Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
Henry W. Watson	Republican	1923 – 1933	Langhorne	Died
Vacant		1933
Oliver W. Frey	Democrat	1933 – 1939	Allentown	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Charles L. Gerlach	Republican	1939 – 1945	Allentown	Moved to Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
J. Roland Kinzer	Republican	1945 – 1947	Lancaster	Not a candidate for re-nomination
Paul B. Dague	Republican	1947 – December 30, 1966	Downingtown	Resigned
Vacant		1966 – 1967
G. Robert Watkins	Republican	1967 – 1970	West Chester	Died
Vacant		1970
John H. Ware, III	Republican	1970 – 1973	Oxford	Moved to Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
Bud Shuster	Republican	1973 – February 3, 2001	Everett	Resigned, claiming health problems but also due to a Republican policy of term limitations on House committee chairs, meaning that he could no longer chair the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Vacant		February 4, 2001 – May 14, 2001
Bill Shuster	Republican	May 15, 2001 – present	Hollidaysburg	Incumbent

[edit] External Link

Website of Congressman Bill Shuster

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