Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district | |
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![]() Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
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Population (2000) | 646,374 |
Median household income | 44,938 |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+6[1] |
Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district includes parts of Greene County, Washington County, Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties. Republican Tim Murphy has represented the district since 2003.
The district is concentrated in the southern suburbs of Pittsburgh. It is predominantly white, although it contains a diverse range of suburbs. It is drawn in such a way that in some locations, neighborhoods and even streets are split between the 18th and the neighboring 12th and 14th districts. In parts of the eastern portion of the district, one side of the street is in the 12th while the other side is in the 18th. In the west, one side of the street is in the 14th while the other side is in the 18th.
Although there are 70,000 more Democrats in the district than Republicans, the district has trended increasingly Republican since the mid-1990s; most of the district's state legislators are Republicans. The western portion of the district contains some rural regions of Washington County, as well as the very wealthy suburbs located in the northern portion of this county, such as Peters Township. This portion of Washington County tends to be more Republican than the portion contained in the neighboring 12th District. Many of Allegheny County's southern suburbs of Pittsburgh are located in the district, which range from traditional wealth areas such as Mount Lebanon and Upper St. Clair, middle class communities such as Bethel Park, Brentwood & Scott Township, and working class labor towns such as Elizabeth.
The district also winds along the eastern suburbs at the edge of Allegheny County, including most of the large suburban commercial center of Monroeville, and in western Westmoreland County. Central Westmoreland County, including the recently Democratic city of Greensburg, is also part of the district. Greensburg has not voted Republican since 1995, according to the Election Bureau. It also contains the rural foothills areas of the county, which are located at the district's eastern end.
List of representatives
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Jacksonian Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
Redistricted from the 15th district Died |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – January 12, 1826 | ||
Vacant | January 12, 1826 – January 13, 1826 | ||
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Adams | January 13, 1826 – March 3, 1827 |
[data missing] |
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Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
Lost re-election |
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Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |
Declined renomination |
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Anti-Masonic Party | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
Redistricted to the 24th district |
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Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
Redistricted from the 13th district |
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Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
Lost re-election |
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Anti-Masonic Party | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
Died |
Whig | March 4, 1841 – May 10, 1841 | ||
Vacant | May 10, 1841 – June 28, 1841 | ||
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Whig | June 28, 1841 – November 28, 1841 |
Died |
Vacant | November 28, 1841 – December 21, 1841 | ||
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Whig | December 21, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
Declined renomination |
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Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 |
Declined renomination |
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Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
Redistricted to the 20th district |
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Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
Declined renomination |
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Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
Declined renomination |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | ||
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Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
Lost re-election |
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Independent Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
Redistricted from the 15th district |
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Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 |
Appointed judge of the fourth judicial district of Pennsylvania |
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Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
Lost re-election |
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Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
Redistricted to the 16th district |
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Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
Lost re-election |
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Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
Declined renomination |
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Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1893 |
Withdrew from election |
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Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903 |
Redistricted to the 17th district |
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Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 |
Redistricted from the 14th district |
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Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1923 |
Lost re-election |
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Republican | March 4, 1923 – April 21, 1932 |
Died |
Vacant | April 11, 1932 – November 8, 1932 | ||
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Republican | November 8, 1932 – March 3, 1933 |
Declined renomination |
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Republican | March 4, 1933 – March 27, 1937 |
Died |
Vacant | March 27, 1937 – May 11, 1937 | ||
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Republican | May 11, 1937 – January 3, 1945 |
Redistricted to the 17th district |
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Republican | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951 |
Redistricted from the 19th district |
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Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Redistricted to the 16th district |
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Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 7, 1960 |
Redistricted from the 17th district Died |
Vacant | January 7, 1960 – April 26, 1960 | ||
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Republican | April 26, 1960 – June 19, 1960 |
Died |
Vacant | June 19, 1960 – November 8, 1960 | ||
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Republican | November 8, 1960 – January 3, 1963 |
Redistricted to the 12th district |
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Republican | January 3, 1963 – April 25, 1971 |
Redistricted from the 29th district Died |
Vacant | April 25, 1971 – November 2, 1971 | ||
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Republican | November 2, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
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Democratic | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1991 |
Lost re-election |
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Republican | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995 |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
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Democratic | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
Redistricted to the 14th district |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – Present |
First elected in 2002 |
Historical district boundaries
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See also
References
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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(help) - Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present