PENNSYLVANIA'S 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Pennsylvania's fifth district is currently the largest of all of Pennsylvania's congressional districts.

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Geography

Representatives

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Geography

Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district is located in north central Pennsylvania and includes all or part of the following sixteen counties:

★ Cameron

★ Centre

★ Clarion

★ Clearfield (all but the southwest corner)

★ Clinton

★ Crawford (Eastern corner)

★ Elk

★ Forest

★ Jefferson

★ Lycoming (Western half)

★ McKean

★ Mifflin

★ Potter

★ Tioga (all but Ward Township)

★ Warren (Southern and eastern half)

★ Venango (all but the southern third)
Cities in this district include:

★ Bradford, Pennsylvania

★ Clarion, Pennsylvania

★ DuBois, Pennsylvania

★ Lewistown, Pennsylvania

★ Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

★ Oil City, Pennsylvania

★ State College, Pennsylvania

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Daniel Hiester	Democratic-Republican	1795 - 1796		Resigned from office, July 1, 1796
George Ege	Federalist	1796 - 1797		Resigned from office, October 1797
Joseph Hiester	Democratic-Republican	1797 - 1803
Andrew Gregg	Democratic-Republican	1803 - 1807
Daniel Montgomery, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1807 - 1809	Danville
George Smith	Democratic-Republican	1809 - 1813
District reorganized in 1813 to contain two seats
William Crawford Robert Whitehill	Democratic-Republican	1813	Gettysburg Camp Hill	Robert Whitehill died in office
William Crawford John Rea	Democratic-Republican	1813 - 1815	Gettysburg Chambersburg
William Crawford William Maclay	Democratic-Republican	1815 - 1817	Gettysburg Chambersburg
Andrew Boden William Maclay	Democratic-Republican	1817 - 1819	Carlisle Chambersburg
Andrew Boden David Fullerton	Democratic-Republican	1819 - 1820	Carlisle Greencastle	David Fullerton resigned May 15, 1820
Andrew Boden	Democratic-Republican	1820 - 1821	Carlisle
Thomas Grubb McCullough	Federalist		Chambersburg
James Duncan	Democratic-Republican	1821	Chambersburg	Resigned before congress assembled
James McSherry	Federalist
John Findlay	Democratic-Republican	1821 - 1823	Chambersburg	Moved to Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district due to redistricting
James McSherry	Federalist
District reorganized in 1823 to contain one seat
Philip Swenk Markley	Jackson Democratic-Republican	1823 - 1827	Norristown	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826
John Benton Sterigere	Jacksonian	1827 - 1831	Norristown
Joel K. Mann	Jacksonian	1831 - 1835	Jenkintown
Jacob Fry, Jr.	Jacksonian	1835 - 1837	Trappe	Joined the newly created Democratic Party
Jacob Fry, Jr.	Democrat	1837 - 1839	Trappe	Not a candidate for renomination
Joseph Fornance	Democrat	1839 - 1843	Norristown
Jacob S. Yost	Democrat	1843 - 1847	Pottstown
John Freedley	Democrat	1847 - 1851	Norristown
John McNair	Democrat	1851 - 1855	Norristown
John Cadwalader	Democrat	1855 - 1857	Philadelphia
Owen Jones	Democrat	1857 - 1859	Ardmore	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
John Wood	Republican	1859 - 1861	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for renomination
William M. Davis	Republican	1861 - 1863	Germantown
Martin R. Thayer	Republican	1863 - 1867	Philadelphia	Declined to be a candidate for renomination
Caleb N. Taylor	Republican	1867 - 1869	Philadelphia
John R. Reading	Democratic	1869 - 1870	Somerton	Election successfully contested by Caleb N. Taylor
Caleb N. Taylor	Republican	1870 - 1871	Philadelphia
Alfred C. Harmer	Republican	1871 - 1875	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
John Robbins	Republican	1875 - 1977	Philadelphia	Declined to be a candidate for reelection
Alfred C. Harmer	Republican	1877 - 1900	Philadelphia	Died in office
Edward de Veaux Morrell	Republican	1900 - 1907	Torresdale	Not a candidate for renomination
William W. Foulkrod	Republican	1907 - 1911	Frankford	Died in office
Michael Donohoe	Democrat	1911 – 1915	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Peter E. Costello	Republican	1915 - 1921	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
James J. Connolly	Republican	1921 - 1935	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Frank J.G. Dorsey	Democrat	1935 – 1939	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Fred C. Gartner	Republican	1939 - 1941	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Francis R. Smith	Democrat	1941 – 1943	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
C. Frederick Pracht	Republican	1943 - 1945	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William J. Green, Jr.	Democrat	1945 – 1947	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
George W. Sarbacher, Jr.	Republican	1947 - 1949	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William J. Green, Jr.	Democrat	1949 – 1963	Philadelphia	Died in office
William J. Green, III	Democrat	1964 – 1973	Philadelphia	Switched to Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district in 1973 due to redistricting
John H. Ware, III	Republican	1973 - 1975	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for reelection
Richard T. Schulze	Republican	1975 - 1993	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for renomination, District moved to its current location
William F. Clinger, Jr.	Republican	1993 - 1997	Warren	Not a candidate for reelection
John E. Peterson	Republican	1997 - Incumbent	Titusville	Incumbent

External links

★ District Map