Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district U.S. House district for Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
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Allegheny County outlined in red)
Representative Population (2023) 749,982[ 1] Median household income $83,227 Ethnicity Cook PVI EVEN[ 2]
Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, which includes the entirety of Beaver County and the northwestern parts of Allegheny County not part of the 12th district . It has been represented since January 3, 2023 by Democrat Chris Deluzio .
In January 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the 2011 map violated the state constitution and redrew it on February 18, 2018. What was the 17th district, which had been anchored in Northeast Pennsylvania, was modified to become the 9th district , and the old 12th district likewise became the 17th, for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter until the current map was ordered on February 23, 2022.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] In the 2020 redistricting cycle , its portion of Butler County , including Cranberry Township , was removed from the district, while it gained some eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh, such as Forest Hills and Wilkinsburg .
The district is one of seven with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of EVEN, meaning that the district votes almost identically to the national electorate. Pennsylvania has two of these districts; the other one is the 1st district .
Recent election results from statewide races
Counties and municipalities
Allegheny County (83)
Aleppo Township , Aspinwall , Avalon , Baldwin Township , Bell Acres , Bellevue , Ben Avon , Ben Avon Heights , Blawnox , Brackenridge , Bradford Woods , Braddock Hills , Carnegie , Castle Shannon , Cheswick , Churchill , Collier Township , Coraopolis , Crafton , Dormont , East Deer Township , Edgewood , Edgeworth , Emsworth , Etna , Fawn Township , Findlay Township , Forest Hills , Fox Chapel , Franklin Park , Frazer Township , Glenfield , Glen Osborne , Green Tree , Hampton Township , Harrison Township , Harmar Township , Haysville , Heidelberg , Indiana Township , Ingram , Kennedy Township , Kilbuck Township , Leetsdale , Leet Township , Marshall Township , McCandless , McDonald , McKees Rocks , Millvale , Moon Township , Mt. Lebanon , Neville Township , North Fayette Township , Oakdale , Oakmont , O'Hara Township , Ohio Township , Penn Hills , Pennsbury Village , Pine Township , Reserve Township , Richland Township , Robinson Township , Rosslyn Farms , Ross Township , Scott Township , Sewickley , Sewickley Heights , Sewickley Hills , Shaler Township , Sharpsburg , Springdale Borough , Springdale Township , South Fayette Township , Stowe Township , Swissvale (part; also 12th ), Tarentum , Thornburg , Verona , West Deer Township , West View , Wilkinsburg
Beaver County (55)
All 55 municipalities
List of members representing the district
Because congressional districts are reconfigured and renumbered every 10 years (and occasionally at other times), the following chart displays each time Pennsylvania's districts were changed.
Representative
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
Counties
District established March 4, 1823
George Plumer (Robbstown )
Jacksonian Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
18th 19th
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1822 .Re-elected in 1824 . Retired.
1823–1833 [data missing ]
Jacksonian
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Richard Coulter (Greensburg )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833
20th 21st 22nd
Elected in 1826 .Re-elected in 1828 .Re-elected in 1830 . Redistricted to the 19th district .
John Laporte (Asylum )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
23rd 24th
Elected in 1832 .Re-elected in 1834 . Retired.
1833–1843 [data missing ]
Samuel Wells Morris (Wellsboro )
Democratic
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
25th 26th
Elected in 1836 .Re-elected in 1838 . Retired.
Davis Dimock Jr. (Montrose )
Democratic
March 4, 1841 – January 13, 1842
27th
Elected in 1840 . Died.
Vacant
January 13, 1842 – March 18, 1842
Almon H. Read (Montrose )
Democratic
March 18, 1842 – March 3, 1843
Elected to finish Dimock Jr.'s term . Redistricted to the 12th district .
James Irvin (Milesburg )
Whig
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
28th
Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1843 .[data missing ]
[data missing ]
John Blanchard (Bellefonte )
Whig
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849
29th 30th
Elected in 1844 .Re-elected in 1846 .[data missing ]
Samuel Calvin (Hollidaysburg )
Whig
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
31st
Elected in 1848 . Retired.
Andrew Parker (Mifflintown )
Democratic
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
32nd
Elected in 1850 .[data missing ]
Samuel L. Russell (Bedford )
Whig
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
33rd
Elected in 1852 . Retired.
[data missing ]
David Fullerton Robison (Chambersburg )
Opposition
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th
Elected in 1854 . Lost re-election.
Wilson Reilly (Chambersburg )
Democratic
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
35th
Elected in 1856 . Lost re-election.
Edward McPherson (Gettysburg )
Republican
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
36th 37th
Elected in 1858 .Re-elected in 1860 . Lost re-election.
Archibald McAllister (Springfield Furnace )
Democratic
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
38th
Elected in 1862 . Retired.
[data missing ]
Abraham A. Barker (Edenburg )
Republican
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
39th
Elected in 1864 . Lost re-election.
Daniel J. Morrell (Johnstown )
Republican
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871
40th 41st
Elected in 1866 .Re-elected in 1868 . Lost re-election.
Robert M. Speer (Huntingdon )
Democratic
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875
42nd 43rd
Elected in 1870 .Re-elected in 1872 . Retired.
[data missing ]
John Reilly (Altoona )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
44th
Elected in 1874 . Lost re-election.
[data missing ]
Jacob M. Campbell (Johnstown )
Republican
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
45th
Elected in 1876 . Lost re-election.
Alexander H. Coffroth (Somerset )
Democratic
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
46th
Elected in 1878 .[data missing ]
Jacob M. Campbell (Johnstown )
Republican
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
47th 48th 49th
Elected in 1880 .Re-elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 . Lost re-election.
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
[data missing ]
Edward Scull (Somerset )
Republican
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
50th
Elected in 1886 . Redistricted to the 20th Congressional District .
Charles R. Buckalew (Bloomsburg )
Democratic
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
51st
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1888 .[data missing ]
[data missing ]
Simon Peter Wolverton (Sunbury )
Democratic
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
52nd
Elected in 1890 .[data missing ]
Simon Peter Wolverton (Sunbury )
Democratic
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
53rd
Elected in 1892 . Retired.
[data missing ]
Monroe Henry Kulp (Shamokin )
Republican
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899
54th 55th
Elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 . Lost re-election.
Rufus King Polk (Danville )
Democratic
March 4, 1899 – March 5, 1902
56th 57th
Elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 . Died.
Vacant
March 5, 1902 – November 4, 1902
57th
Alexander Billmeyer (Washingtonville )
Democratic
November 4, 1902 – March 3, 1903
Elected to finish Polk's term . Retired.
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon (Chambersburg )
Republican
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907
58th 59th
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 . Retired.
[data missing ]
Benjamin K. Focht (Lewisburg )
Republican
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913
60th 61st 62nd
Elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 . Lost re-election.
Franklin Lewis Dershem (Lewisburg )
Democratic
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
63rd
Elected in 1912 . Lost re-election.
[data missing ]
Benjamin K. Focht (Lewisburg )
Republican
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923
64th 65th 66th 67th
Elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 . Lost re-election.
Herbert W. Cummings (Sunbury )
Democratic
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925
68th
Elected in 1922 . Lost re-election.
[data missing ]
Frederick W. Magrady (Mount Carmel )
Republican
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933
69th 70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 . Lost re-election.
J. William Ditter (Ambler )
Republican
March 4, 1933 – November 21, 1943
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th
Elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 . Died.
[data missing ]
[data missing ]
Vacant
November 21, 1943 – January 18, 1944
78th
Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (Penn Wynne )
Republican
January 18, 1944 – January 3, 1945
Elected to finish Ditter's term . Redistricted to the 16th district .
Richard M. Simpson (Huntingdon )
Republican
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953
79th 80th 81st 82nd
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 . Redistricted to the 18th district .
[data missing ]
Alvin Bush (Muncy )
Republican
January 3, 1953 – November 5, 1959
83rd 84th 85th 86th
Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 . Died.
[data missing ]
Vacant
November 5, 1959 – April 26, 1960
86th
Herman T. Schneebeli (Williamsport )
Republican
April 26, 1960 – January 3, 1977
86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th
Elected to finish Bush's term .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 . Retired.
[data missing ]
[data missing ]
Allen E. Ertel (Montoursville )
Democratic
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983
95th 96th 97th
Elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 . Retired.
George Gekas (Harrisburg )
Republican
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th
Elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 . Lost re-election.
[data missing ]
[data missing ]
Tim Holden (St. Clair )
Democratic
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 . Lost renomination.
2003–2013 Berks, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill
Matt Cartwright (Moosic )
Democratic
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019
113th 114th 115th
Elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 . Redistricted to the 8th district .
2013–2019
Conor Lamb (Mt. Lebanon )
Democratic
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
116th 117th
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
2019–2023
Chris Deluzio (Aspinwall )
Democratic
January 3, 2023 – present
118th 119th
Elected in 2022 .Re-elected in 2024 .
2023–
Recent election results
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
See also
References
Notes
^ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District" . www.census.gov . CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )
^ "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index" . The Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 6, 2023 .
^ "Pennsylvania Supreme Court strikes down state's congressional districts" . CBS News . 2018 CBS Interactive Inc. CBS News. January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2018 .
^ 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 .
^ "2022 Pennsylvania Redistricting" (PDF) . Pennsylvania Redistricting . Retrieved February 5, 2023 .
^ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::b0a94d77-5d99-41c5-bc01-5859a6e1f3e6
^ "Statistics of Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 2012" . Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. February 28, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013 .
^ "Pennsylvania 2014 General Election - November 4, 2014 Official Results" . Pennsylvania Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2021 .
^ "Pennsylvania 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016 Official Results" . Pennsylvania Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016 .
^ "2018 General Election: Representative in Congress" . Pennsylvania Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
^ "2020 Presidential Election - Representative in Congress" . Pennsylvania Department of State . Retrieved November 25, 2020 .
^ "2022 General Election Official Returns - Representative in Congress" . Pennsylvania Department of State .
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