PENNSYLVANIA'S 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

'Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district' is located primarily in the northeast corner of the state. The district was one of the created prior to the 4th Congress. It is currently represented by Democrat Chris Carney, who defeated Republican incumbent Don Sherwood during the 2006 midterm elections. since January 4, 2007. The 10th District experienced one of the greatest party shifts among all House seats that switched party control: in 2004, Sherwood won with an 86% margin of victory over his nearest opponent.^[3]

Contents

District boundaries

2006 election

Trivia

Representatives

Notes

District boundaries

The Pennsylvania 10th is the third-largest congressional district in the state. The district encompasses the following counties and areas:^[4][5]

★ Bradford County

★ Lackawanna County

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★ excluding Old Forge, Moosic, Scranton, and Dunmore

★ Luzerne County

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★ Back Mountain area, including Dallas, Kingston, Wyoming, and Swoyersville

★ Lycoming County

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★ Sullivan/Columbia/Montour County boundaries west to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River (except Montoursville), north to Cogan House

★ Montour County

★ Northumberland County

★ Pike County

★ Snyder County

★ Sullivan County

★ Susquehanna County

★ Tioga County

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★ Ward Township

★ Union County

★ Wayne County

★ Wyoming County

2006 election

Main articles: Pennsylvania 10th congressional district election, 2006

Trivia

★ The Pennsylvania 10th was the 46th congressional district mentioned on the recurring ''The Colbert Report'' segment, "Better Know A District," when the December 12, 2006 episode featured incoming House freshmen, including Representative-elect Chris Carney, at the Kennedy School of Government.

Representatives

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
4th	David Bard	Democratic-Republican	1795 - 1799	Alexandria, Pennsylvania
5th
6th	Henry Woods	Federalist	1799 - 1803	Bedford, Pennsylvania
7th
8th	William Hoge	Democratic-Republican	1803 - 1804	Washington, Pennsylvania	Resigned October 15, 1804
	John Hoge	Democratic-Republican	1804 - 1805	Washington, Pennsylvania
9th	John Hamilton	Democratic-Republican	1805 - 1807	Washington, Pennsylvania
10th	William Hoge	Democratic-Republican	1803 - 1804	Washington, Pennsylvania
11th	Aaron Lyle	Democratic-Republican	1809 - 1813		Moved to 12th district
12th
	''From 1813-1823 the Pennsylvania 10th was represented by two at-large seats elected on a general ticket.''
13th	Isaac Smith	Democratic-Republican	1813 - 1815
	Jared Irwin	Democratic-Republican	1813 - 1817
14th
	William Wilson	Democratic-Republican	1815 - 1819
15th
	David Scott	Democratic-Republican	1817		Resigned before Congress assembled.
	John Murray	Democratic-Republican	1817 - 1821
16th
	George Denison	Democratic-Republican	1819 - 1823
17th
	William Cox Ellis	Democratic-Republican	1821		Resigned before Congress assembled.
	Thomas Murray, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1821 - 1823
	''In 1823 the district reverted back to having one seat in the House of Representatives.''
18th	James S. Mitchell	Democratic-Republican	1823 - 1827
19th
20th	Adam King	Jacksonian	1827 - 1831	York, Pennsylvania
21st
22nd
23rd	William Clark	Anti-Masonic	1833 - 1837	Dauphin, Pennsylvania
24th
25th	Luther Reily	Democrat	1837 - 1839	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
26th	William Simonton	Whig	1821 - 1823
27th
28th	Richard Brodhead	Democrat	1843 - 1849	Easton, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
29th
30th
31st	Milo M. Dimmick	Democrat	1849 - 1853	Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
32nd
33rd	Ner Middleswarth	Whig	1853 - 1855
34th	John Christian Kunkel	Whig	1855 - 1857	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	Switched to Republican Party following first term
35th	John Christian Kunkel	Republican	1857 - 1859	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
36th	John W. Killinger	Republican	1821 - 1823		Not a candidate for renomination
37th
38th	Myer Strouse	Democratic	1863 - 1865	Pottsville, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
39th
40th	Henry L. Cake	Republican	1867 - 1871		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
41st
42nd	John W. Killinger	Republican	1871 - 1875		Not a candidate for renomination
43rd
44th	William Mutchler	Democrat	1875 - 1877	Easton, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
45th	Samuel A. Bridges	Democrat	1877 - 1879	Allentown, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
46th	Reuben K. Bachman	Democrat	1879 - 1881		Not a candidate for renomination
47th	William Mutchler	Democrat	1881 - 1885	Easton, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
48th
49th	William H. Sowden	Democrat	1885 - 1889	Allentown, Pennsylvania	Not a candidate for renomination
50th
51st	Marriott Brosius	Republican	1889 - 1901	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	Died in office
52nd
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th
	Henry B. Cassel	Republican	1901 - 1903	Marietta, Pennsylvania	Moved to 9th district
58th	George Howell	Democratic	1903 - 1904	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Election successfully contested by William Connell
	William Connell	Republican	1904 - 1905	Scranton, Pennsylvania
59th	Thomas H. Dale	Republican	1905 - 1907	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
60th	Thomas D. Nicholls	Independent Democrat	1907 - 1911		Not a candidate for renomination
61st
62nd	John R. Farr	Republican	1911 - 1919	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Successfully contested the election of Patrick McLane
63rd
64th
65th
66th	Patrick McLane	Democratic	1919 - 1920	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Election successfully contested by John R. Farr
	John R. Farr	Republican	1920 - 1921	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
67th	Charles R. Connell	Republican	1921 - 1923	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Died in office
68th	William W. Griest	Republican	1923 - 1929		Died in office
68th
69th
70th
71st
	J. Roland Kinzer	Republican	1929 - 1945		Moved to 9th district
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th	John W. Murphy	Democratic	1945 - 1947		Resigned July 17, 1946, to become judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
80th	James P. Scoblick	Republican	1947 - 1949		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
81th	Harry P. O'Neill	Democratic	1949 - 1953		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
82nd
83rd	Joseph L. Carrigg	Republican	1953 - 1959		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
84th
85th
86th	Stanley A. Prokop	Democratic	1959 - 1961		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
87th	William Scranton	Republican	1961 - 1963		Elected Governor of Pennsylvania in 1963
88th	Joseph M. McDade	Republican	1963 - 1999	Scranton, then Clarks Summit
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th	Don Sherwood	Republican	1999 - 2007	Tunkhannock	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
107th
108th
109th
110th	Christopher Carney	Democratic	2007 - present	Dimock Township

Notes

1. Congressional Districts by Urban/Rural Population & Land Area (109th Congress)
2. Census Data: Pennsylvania, District 10
3. 2006 Election Results: U.S. House
4. 109th Congressional District Wall Maps
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