Pennsylvania's_24th_congressional_district

Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district
Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1830
Eliminated	1980
Years active	1833-1983

Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district

Former U.S. House district in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district was one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.

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Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Note
District established March 4, 1833
John Banks (Mercer)	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – April 2, 1836	23rd 24th	Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Resigned to become the judge of the Berks judicial district.
Vacant		April 2, 1836 – December 5, 1836	24th
John James Pearson (Mercer)	Anti-Jacksonian	December 5, 1836 – March 3, 1837	24th	Elected to finish Banks's term. Not a candidate for renomination in 1836.
Thomas Henry (Beaver)	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th 27th	Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [data missing]
Thomas Henry (Beaver)	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	25th 26th 27th
Joseph Buffington (Kittanning)	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. Not a candidate for renomination in 1846.
Alexander Irvin (Clearfield)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. Not a candidate for renomination in 1848.
Alfred Gilmore (Butler)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Not a candidate for reelection in 1852.
Carlton B. Curtis (Warren)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 1852. [data missing]
David Barclay (Punxsutawney)	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. [data missing]
James L. Gillis (Ridgway)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858.
Chapin Hall (Warren)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Elected in 1858. Not a candidate for renomination in 1860.
John Patton (Curwensville)	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. Not a candidate for renomination in 1862.
Jesse Lazear (Waynesburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Redistricted from the 20th district and re-elected in 1862. Not a candidate for renomination in 1864.
George V. E. Lawrence (Monongahela)	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Not a candidate for renomination in 1868.
Joseph B. Donley (Waynesburg)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected in 1868. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870.
William McClelland (Mount Jackson)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872.
William S. Moore (Washington)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data missing]
John W. Wallace (New Castle)	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Not a candidate for renomination in 1876.
William S. Shallenberger (Rochester)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data missing]
George V. E. Lawrence (Monongahela)	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Not a candidate for renomination in 1884.
Oscar L. Jackson (New Castle)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1888.
Joseph W. Ray (Waynesburg)	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890.
Andrew Stewart (Uniontown)	Republican	March 4, 1891 – February 26, 1892	52nd	Lost election contest.
Alexander K. Craig (Pittsburgh)	Democratic	February 26, 1892 – July 29, 1892		Re-elected in 1890. Died.
Vacant		July 29, 1892 – December 5, 1892
William A. Sipe (Pittsburgh)	Democratic	December 5, 1892 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected to finish Craig's term. Re-elected in 1892. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894.
Ernest F. Acheson (Washington)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1909	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908
John K. Tener (Charleroi)	Republican	March 4, 1909 – January 16, 1911	61st	Elected in 1908. Resigned to become Governor of Pennsylvania.
Vacant		January 16, 1911 – March 3, 1911	61st
Charles Matthews (New Castle)	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Re-elected in 1910. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912.
Henry W. Temple (Washington)	Progressive	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914.
Vacant		March 4, 1915 – November 2, 1915	64th
Henry W. Temple (Washington)	Republican	November 2, 1915 – March 3, 1923	64th 65th 66th 67th	Installed after being elected to replace Rep-elect William M. Brown who died before taking office. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918 Re-elected in 1920. Redistricted to the 25th district.
Samuel A. Kendall (Meyersdale)	Republican	March 4, 1923 – January 8, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 Died.
Vacant		January 8, 1933 – March 4, 1933	72nd
J. Buell Snyder (Perryopolis)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945	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. Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Thomas E. Morgan (Fredericktown)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 26th district.
Carroll D. Kearns (Farrell)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1962.
James D. Weaver (Erie)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Elected in 1962. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964.
Joseph P. Vigorito (Erie)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1977	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976.
Marc L. Marks (Sharon)	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Not a candidate for renomination in 1982.
District dissolved January 3, 1983

Pennsylvania's_24th_congressional_district

Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1830
Eliminated	1980
Years active	1833-1983