Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district
Boundaries beginning January 2019; below statistics, except PVI, apply to old boundaries
Current Representative Bill Shuster (R–Hollidaysburg)
Distribution
  • 53.11[1]% urban
  • 46.89%% rural
Population (2000) 646,628
Median income 34,910
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+14[2]
The 9th congressional district's boundaries from January 3, 2013 to February 2018

Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district is presently a very safe seat for Republicans. In 2014, the long-time Republican incumbent, former businessman Bill Shuster, won 52.8% of the vote in a three-way Republican primary race over retired Coast Guard search and rescue pilot Art Halvorson (34.5%) and livestock farmer Travis Schooley (12.7%). In the 2012 general election, he beat his Democratic opponent, nurse Karen Ramsburg, taking 62% of the vote. In 2010, he won 73% of the vote, and in 2008 won 64%. Shuster was first elected to the district in 2001, effectively inheriting the seat from his father, Bud Shuster, who had held the seat since 1973.

According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, in 2010 the 9th was the most Republican district in Pennsylvania (and the Industrial Midwest), then with a score of R +17. Redistricting slightly increased the number of Democrats in the district, with the addition of majority-Democratic Fayette County as well as some of the Democratic portions of Washington, Greene, Cambria and Westmoreland Counties.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew this district's boundaries in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional, also re-assigning the number to a district in east central Pennsylvania–essentially, the successor to the old 11th district–for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter. Meanwhile, the bulk of the old ninth will become the new 13th district, and will be as Republican as its predecessor.[3]

Presidential voting results

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2008 President McCain 57–42%
2012 President Romney 63–35%
2016 President Trump 69–27%

Representatives

1795–1823: One seat

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

Representative Party Years District home Note
Andrew GreggDemocratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803BellefonteRedistricted from the At-large district;
Redistricted to the 5th district
John SmilieDemocratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1803 – December 30, 1812Redistricted from the 11th district;
Died
VacantDecember 30, 1812 – March 3, 1813
David BardDemocratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1813 – March 12, 1815AlexandriaRedistricted from the 4th district;
Died
VacantMarch 12, 1815 – October 10, 1815
Thomas BurnsideDemocratic-RepublicanOctober 10, 1815 – April 1816MilroyAppointed president judge of Luzerne District Courts
VacantApril, 1816 – October 8, 1816
William Plunkett MaclayDemocratic-RepublicanOctober 8, 1816 – March 3, 1821MilroyRetired
John BrownDemocratic-RepublicanMarch 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823Redistricted to the 12th district

1823–1833: Three seats

Seat A

Representative Party Years District home Note
George Kremer Jackson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
James FordJacksonianMarch 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833

Seat B

Representative Party Years District home Note
Samuel McKean Jackson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
Philander StephensJacksonianMarch 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833

Seat C

Representative Party Years District home Note
William Cox EllisJacksonian FederalistMarch 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Espy Van HorneJacksonianMarch 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
Alem MarrJacksonianMarch 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Lewis DewartJacksonianMarch 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833

1833 – Present: One seat

Representative Party Years District home Note
Henry A. P. MuhlenbergJacksonianMarch 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837ReadingRedistricted from 7th District
DemocratMarch 4, 1837 – February 8, 1838Resigned after being appointed as United States Minister to the Austrian Empire
VacantFebruary 8, 1838 – March 17, 1838
George M. KeimDemocratMarch 17, 1838 – March 3, 1843Reading
John RitterDemocratMarch 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847ReadingNot a candidate for renomination
William StrongDemocratMarch 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851ReadingDid not seek reelection
J. Glancy JonesDemocratMarch 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853ReadingDid not seek reelection
Isaac E. HiesterWhigMarch 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855LancasterUnsuccessful candidate for reelection
Anthony Ellmaker RobertsOppositionMarch 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857Lancaster
RepublicanMarch 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859Not a candidate for re-nomination
Thaddeus StevensRepublicanMarch 4, 1859 – August 11, 1868LancasterDied
VacantAugust 11, 1868 – December 7, 1868
Oliver James DickeyRepublicanDecember 7, 1868 – March 3, 1873LancasterNot a candidate for re-nomination
A. Herr SmithRepublicanMarch 4, 1873 – March 3, 1885LancasterUnsuccessful candidate for re-nomination
John A. HiestandRepublicanMarch 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889LancasterUnsuccessful for re-nomination
David B. BrunnerDemocratMarch 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893ReadingNot a candidate for re-nomination
Constantine J. ErdmanDemocratMarch 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897AllentownNot a candidate for re-election
Daniel ErmentroutDemocratMarch 4, 1897 – September 17, 1899ReadingDied
VacantSeptember 17, 1899 – November 7, 1899
Henry D. GreenDemocratNovember 7, 1899 – March 3, 1903ReadingNot a candidate for re-nomination
Henry B. CasselRepublicanMarch 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909MariettaRedistricted from 10th District
William W. GriestRepublicanMarch 4, 1909 – March 3, 1923LancasterRedistricted to 10th District
Henry Winfield WatsonRepublicanMarch 4, 1923 – August 27, 1933LanghorneRedistricted from 8th District, Died
VacantAugust 27, 1933 – November 7, 1933
Oliver W. FreyDemocratNovember 7, 1933 – January 3, 1939AllentownUnsuccessful candidate for reelection
Charles L. GerlachRepublicanJanuary 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945AllentownRedistricted to 8th District
J. Roland KinzerRepublicanJanuary 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947LancasterRedistricted from 10th District, Not a candidate for re-nomination
Paul B. DagueRepublicanJanuary 3, 1947 – December 30, 1966DowningtownResigned
VacantDecember 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967
G. Robert WatkinsRepublicanJanuary 3, 1967 – August 7, 1970West ChesterRedistricted from 7th District, Died
VacantAugust 7, 1970 – November 3, 1970
John H. Ware, IIIRepublicanNovember 3, 1970 – January 3, 1973OxfordRedistricted to 5th District
Bud ShusterRepublicanJanuary 3, 1973 – February 3, 2001EverettResigned
VacantFebruary 4, 2001 – May 15, 2001
Bill ShusterRepublicanMay 15, 2001 – presentHollidaysburgIncumbent

District boundaries

Pennsylvania's congressional districts, 113th Congress

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
  2. ↑ "New Pennsylvania Map Is a Major Boost for Democrats". The Cook Political Report. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ Cohn, Nate; Bloch, Matthew; Quealy, Kevin (February 19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  • 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

Coordinates: 40°08′30″N 78°40′25″W / 40.14167°N 78.67361°W / 40.14167; -78.67361

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