List of Members of Congress who have represented Erie, Pennsylvania

This is a list of the Members of Congress who have represented Erie, Pennsylvania to the United States House of Representatives. The list is in chronological order and shows changes in congressional districts over the years, including the creation or elimination of a district. Multiple dates indicate that a Congressman served inconsecutive terms within the same district.

Erie is now in Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district (see map, right), but has also been a part of the 10th, 11th, 15th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 24th (twice), 25th (three times), 27th, 28th, and 29th districts as the Congress reapportioned districts in northwestern Pennsylvania based on changes in population.

List of Congressmen

Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Albert GallatinDemocratic-Republican Party1795 – 1801Appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1801
William HogeDemocratic-Republican Party1801 – 1803Moved to Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
District eliminated in 1803

Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
William HogeDemocratic-Republican Party1803 – 1804Resigned October 15, 1804
John HogeDemocratic-Republican Party1804 – 1805

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
John B. C. LucasDemocratic-Republican Party1803 – 1805Resigned in 1805
Samuel SmithDemocratic-Republican Party1805 – 1811Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Abner LacockDemocratic-Republican Party1811 – 1813Resigned when he was elected to the United States Senate

Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
Thomas WilsonDemocratic-Republican Party1813 – 1817
Robert MooreDemocratic-Republican Party1817 – 1821Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Patrick FarrellyDemocratic-Republican Party1821 – 1823Moved to Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
District created in 1823
Patrick FarrellyDemocratic-Republican Party1823 – 1826
Thomas Hale SillNational Republican Party1826 – 1827
Stephen BarlowJacksonian Party1827 – 1829
Thomas Hale SillAnti-Jacksonian Party1829 – 1831
John BanksAnti-Masonic Party1831 – 1833

Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
District created in 1833
John GalbraithJacksonian Party1833 – 1837
Arnold PlumerDemocratic Party1837 – 1839
John GalbraithDemocratic Party1839 – 1841
Arnold PlumerDemocratic Party1841 – 1843
District eliminated in 1843

Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
Charles Manning ReedWhig Party1843 – 1845Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
James ThompsonDemocratic Party1845 – 1851
Carlton Brandaga CurtisDemocratic Party1851 – 1853

Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
John DickWhig Party1853 – 1855Switched to Opposition Party

Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
John DickOpposition Party1855 – 1857Switched to Republican Party
Republican Party1857 – 1859
Elijah BabbittRepublican Party1859 – 1863
District eliminated in 1863

Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
Glenni William ScofieldRepublican Party1863 – 1873
Carlton Brandaga CurtisRepublican Party1873 – 1875Unsuccessful candidate for reelection

Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
Albert Gallatin EgbertDemocrat1875 – 1877
Lewis Findlay WatsonRepublican1877 – 1879
James H. OsmerRepublican1879 – 1881
Lewis Findlay WatsonRepublican1881 – 1883
Samuel Myron BrainerdRepublican1883 – 1885Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
William Lawrence ScottDemocrat1885 – 1889Renominated but declined because of the condition of his health
Lewis Findlay WatsonRepublican1889 – 1890Died in office
Charles Warren StoneRepublican1890 – 1899Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Joseph C. SibleyDemocratic Party1899 – 1903

Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
Arthur Laban BatesRepublican Party1903 – 1913
Milton William ShreveRepublican Party1913 – 1915Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Michael Liebel, Jr.Democrat1915 – 1917Not a candidate for renomination
Henry Alden ClarkRepublican1917 – 1919
Milton William ShreveRepublican1919 – 1923Moved to Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
Milton William ShreveRepublican1923 – 1933Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Charles N. CrosbyDemocratic Party1933 – 1939Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Robert L. RodgersRepublican1939 – 1945Moved to Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
Robert L. RodgersRepublican1945 – 1947Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Carroll D. KearnsRepublican1947 – 1953Moved to Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
Carroll D. KearnsRepublican Party1953 – 1963[1]
James D. WeaverRepublican Party1963 – 1965Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Joseph P. VigoritoDemocratic Party1965 – 1977[2] Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Marc L. MarksRepublican Party1977 – 1983
District eliminated in 1983[2]

Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
Tom RidgeRepublican Party1983 – 1995[2]
Phil EnglishRepublican Party1995 – 2003Moved to Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
District eliminated in 2003

Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

Member of Congress Party Years Notes
Phil EnglishRepublican Party2003 – 2009Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Kathy DahlkemperDemocratic Party2009 – 2011Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Mike KellyRepublican Party2011 – present

References

  • History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol I, 1884, pp 406, 409
  1. ↑ Koenig, John, Jr (27 October 1960). "Both Parties Forecast Big Gains From Election in Pennsylvania". Associated Press. Oil City Derrick.
  2. 1 2 3 Palattella, Ed (21 January 2003). "Running For Congress: Politics Is Timing". Erie Times-News.
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