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Pennsylvania's 26th Congressional District

Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district was one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Cong
ress
District home Note
District established March 4, 1875

James Sheakley
(Greenville)
Democrat March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 44th Elected in 1874.
[data missing]

John M. Thompson
(Butler)
Republican March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 45th Elected in 1876.
Not a candidate for renomination.

Samuel B. Dick
(Meadville)
Republican March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 46th Elected in 1878.
Not a candidate for reelection.

Samuel H. Miller
(Mercer)
Republican March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 47th
48th
Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Declined to be a candidate for renomination.
George W. Fleeger
(Butler)
Republican March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 49th Elected in 1884.
[data missing]

Norman Hall
(Sharon)
Democrat March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 50th Elected in 1886.
[data missing]

William C. Culbertson
(Girard)
Republican March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 51st Elected in 1888.
Unsuccessful candidate for renomination.

Matthew Griswold
(Erie)
Republican March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 52nd Elected in 1890.
Not a candidate for renomination.

Joseph C. Sibley
(Franklin)
Democrat March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 53rd Elected in 1892.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Matthew Griswold
(Erie)
Republican March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 54th Elected in 1894.
Not a candidate for renomination.

John C. Sturtevant
(Conneautville)
Republican March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 55th Elected in 1896
Not a candidate for renomination.

Athelston Gaston
(Meadville)
Democrat March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 56th Elected in 1898.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection

Arthur L. Bates
(Meadville)
Republican March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 57th Elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 25th district.

Joseph H. Shull
(Stroudsburg)
Democrat March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 58th Elected in 1902.
Unsuccessful candidate for renomination.

Gustav A. Schneebeli
(Nazareth)
Republican March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 59th Elected in 1904.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

J. Davis Brodhead
(South Bethlehem)
Democrat March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 60th Elected in 1906.
Unsuccessful candidate for renomination.

A. Mitchell Palmer
(Stroudsburg)
Democrat March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 61st
62nd
63rd
Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Not a candidate for renomination

Henry J. Steele
(Easton)
Democrat March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921 64th
65th
66th
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918
Did not seek renomination.

William H. Kirkpatrick
(Easton)
Republican March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 67th Elected in 1920.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Thomas W. Phillips, Jr.
(Butler)
Republican March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 68th
69th
Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Did not seek renomination.

J. Howard Swick
(Beaver Falls)
Republican March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935 70th
71st
72nd
73rd
Elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Charles R. Eckert
(Beaver)
Democrat January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 74th
75th
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Louis E. Graham
(Beaver)
Republican January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945 76th
77th
78th
Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Redistricted to the 25th district.

Harve Tibbott
(Ebensburg)
Republican January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949 79th
80th
Redistricted from the 27th district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Robert L. Coffey
(Johnstown)
Democratic January 3, 1949 – April 20, 1949 81st Elected in 1948.
Died.
Vacant April 20, 1949– September 13, 1949

John P. Saylor
(Johnstown)
Republican September 13, 1949 – January 3, 1953 81st
82nd
Elected to finish Coffey's term.
Re-elected in 1950.
Redistricted to the 22nd district.

Thomas E. Morgan
(Fredericktown)
Democrat January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973 83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 22nd district.
District dissolved January 3, 1973

References

  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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