PENNSYLVANIA'S 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

'Pennsylvania's first congressional 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.
Bob Brady, the chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic Party has represented the district since 1998.

Contents

Representatives

1795-1803: One seat

1803-1823: Three seats, then four

Seat One

Seat Two

Seat Three

Seat Four

1823-present: One seat

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Representatives

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

1795-1803: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
John Swanwick	Democratic-Republican	1795 - 1798	Philadelphia	Died
Robert Waln	Democratic-Republican	1798 - 1801	Philadelphia
William Jones	Federalist	1801 - 1803	Philadelphia	Retired

1803-1823: Three seats, then four

The district was reorganized in 1803 to have 3 At-large seats on a general ticket.

Seat One

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Joseph Clay	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - March 28, 1808	Philadelphia	Resigned
Vacant		March 29, 1808 - 1808
Benjamin Say	Democratic-Republican	1808 - 1809	Philadelphia	Resigned
Vacant		1809 - 1809
Adam Seybert	Democratic-Republican	1809 - 1815	Philadelphia
Joseph Hopkinson	Federalist	1815 - 1819	Philadelphia
Joseph Hemphill	Federalist	1819 - 1823	Philadelphia	Redistricted to the

Seat Two

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Jacob Richards	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1809	Philadelphia
William Anderson	Democratic-Republican	1809 - 1815	Philadelphia
Thomas Smith	Federalist	1815 - 1817	Philadelphia
William Anderson	Democratic-Republican	1817 - 1819	Philadelphia
Samuel Edwards	Federalist	1819 - 1823	Philadelphia	Redistricted to the

Seat Three

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Michael Leib	Democratic-Republican	1803 - 1806	Philadelphia	Resigned
Vacant		1806
John Porter	Democratic-Republican	1806 - 1811	Philadelphia
James Milnor	Federalist	1811 - 1813
Charles J. Ingersoll	Democratic-Republican	1813 - 1815	Philadelphia
William Milnor	Federalist	1815 - 1817	Philadelphia
Adam Seybert	Democratic-Republican	1817 - 1819	Philadelphia
Thomas Forrest	Federalist	1819 - 1821	Philadelphia
William Milnor	Federalist	1819 - May 8, 1822	Philadelphia	Resigned
Vacant		May 8, 1822 - 1822
Thomas Forrest	Federalist	1822 - 1823	Philadelphia	Lost-re-election

Seat Four

The district was apportioned a fourth seat in 1813, also elected on a general ticket.

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
John Conard	Democratic-Republican	1813 - 1815	Philadelphia
Jonathan Williams	Democratic-Republican	1815 - 1815	Philadelphia	Died
Vacant		1815 - 1815
John Sergeant	Federalist	1815 - 1823	Philadelphia	Retired

1823-present: One seat

The district was reorganized in 1823 to have one seat.

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Samuel Breck	Adams-Clay Federalist	1823 - 1825	Philadelphia
Daniel H. Miller	Jacksonian	1825 - 1829	Philadelphia
Lemuel Paynter	Jacksonian	1829 - 1837	Philadelphia	Lost reelection as a Whig
Lemuel Paynter	Democratic	1837 - 1841	Philadelphia	Retired
Charles Brown	Democratic	1841 - 1843	Philadelphia	Retired
Edward J. Morris	Whig	1843 - 1845	Philadelphia	Moved to the after redistricting
Lewis C. Levin	American	1845 - 1851	Philadelphia	Lost reelection
Thomas B. Florence	Democratic	1851 - 1861	Philadelphia	Lost reelection
William E. Lehman	Democratic	1861 - 1863	Philadelphia	Lost reelection
Samuel J. Randall	Democratic	1863 - 1875	Philadelphia	Moved to the after redistricting in 1875
Chapman Freeman	Republican	1875 - 1879	Philadelphia	Retired
Henry H. Bingham	Republican	1879 - 22 March 1912	Philadelphia	Died
Vacant		March 23, 1912 - 1912
William S. Vare	Republican	1912 - 1927	Philadelphia	Became United States Senator from Pennsylvania
James M. Hazlett	Republican	1927	Philadelphia	Resigned before the convening of Congress in 1927
Vacant		1927 - 1927
James M. Beck	Republican	1927 - 1933	Philadelphia	Moved to the after redistricting in 1933
Harry C. Ransley	Republican	1933 - 1937	Philadelphia	Lost re-election
Leon Sacks	Democratic	1937 - 1943	Philadelphia	Lost re-election
James A. Gallagher	Republican	1943 - 1945	Philadelphia	Lost re-election
William A. Barrett	Democratic	1945 - 1947	Philadelphia	Lost re-election
James A. Gallagher	Republican	1947 - 1949	Philadelphia	Lost re-election
William A. Barrett	Democratic	1949 - 1976	Philadelphia	Died
Vacant		1976 - 1976
Michael "Ozzie" Myers	Democratic	1976 - 1980	Philadelphia	Expelled from the House as a result of the Abscam scandal
Thomas M. Foglietta	Democratic	1981 - 1997	Philadelphia	Resigned to become Amabassador to Italy
Vacant		1997 - 1997
Bob Brady	Democratic	1997 - present	Philadelphia	Incumbent

External links

★ district map