Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
Boundaries since January 2019
Representative	Lloyd Smucker R–Lancaster
Population (2019)	734,038
Median household income	$68,811
Cook PVI	R+14[1]

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district is located in the southeast-central part of the state. It includes all of Lancaster County and portions of York County south and east of but not including the city of York. Republican Lloyd Smucker represents the district.

Prior to 2018, the 11th district was located in the east-central part of the state. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional, centering it around Pottsville and renumbering it as the ninth district. The new 11th district is essentially the successor to the old 16th District, with representation per the elections of 2018 onward.^[2]

Republican Lou Barletta represented the 11th district within its former boundaries from 2011 to 2019, the first Republican to do so in almost 30 years.

Recent election results in statewide elections[]

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 54 – 43%
2004	President	Kerry 53 – 47%
2008	President	Obama 57 – 42%
2012	President	Romney 54 – 45%
2016	President	Trump 60 – 36%
2020	President	Trump 60 – 38%

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District boundaries 2003–2019[]

From 2003 to 2013 the district included Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and most of the Poconos. With a strong base in areas of industry and ethnic groups, it was once considered a very safe Democratic seat but has become more competitive in recent years. Former longtime Democratic incumbent Paul Kanjorski faced his closest contest ever in 2008, narrowly defeating Lou Barletta, the Republican mayor of Hazleton, 138,849 to 129,358.^[3] In 2010, Kanjorski fell victim to a GOP and anti-incumbent wave and was unseated by Barletta in a 45%–55% vote.^[4]

The district was substantially redrawn by the state legislature in the course of the 2012 redistricting after the 2010 census, significantly altering the 11th. It lost Scranton and Wilkes-Barre to the 17th district. To make up for the loss in population, the 11th was pushed into more rural and Republican-leaning territory to the north and south. It then stretched from the Poconos all the way to the suburbs of Harrisburg.

List of members representing the district[]

1795–1823: One seat[]

District created in 1795.

Cong ress	Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
4th 5th	William Findley	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Retired.
6th 7th	John Smilie	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803	Elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 9th district.
8th 9th	John B. C. Lucas	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – ??, 1805	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Resigned before Congress began to become U.S. District Judge.
9th	Vacant		??, 1805 – December 2, 1805
9th 10th 11th	Samuel Smith	Democratic-Republican	December 2, 1805 – March 3, 1811	Elected October 8, 1805 to finish Lucas's term and seated December 2, 1805. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Lost re-election.
12th	Abner Lacock	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 15th district and re-elected in 1812 but resigned before term started because he was elected U.S. Senator.
13th 14th	William Findley	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	Redistricted from the 8th district and Re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.
15th 16th	David Marchand	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Retired.
17th	George Plumer	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 17th district.

1823–1833: Two seats[]

Cong ress	Years	Seat A				Seat B
		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	James Wilson	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election.		John Findlay	Democratic-Republican	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Retired.
19th	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827		Jacksonian				Jacksonian
20th	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829					William Ramsey	Jacksonian	Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Died.
21st	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	Thomas H. Crawford	Jacksonian	Elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Redistricted to the 12th district and lost re-election.
22nd	March 4, 1831 – September 29, 1831
	September 29, 1831 – November 22, 1831					Vacant
	November 22, 1831 – March 3, 1833					Robert McCoy	Jacksonian	Elected to finish Ransey's term. [data unknown/missing]

1833–present: One seat[]

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Charles A. Barnitz	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1832. Lost re-election.
Henry Logan	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th	Elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Retired.
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
James Gerry	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Retired.
Benjamin A. Bidlack	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1843. [data unknown/missing]
Owen D. Leib	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1844. Lost re-election.
Chester P. Butler	Whig	March 4, 1847 – October 5, 1850	30th 31st	Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Died.
Vacant		October 5, 1850 – January 13, 1851	31st
John Brisbin	Democratic	January 13, 1851 – March 3, 1851		. Retired.
Henry M. Fuller	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. Lost renomination.
Christian M. Straub	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Retired.
James H. Campbell	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Lost re-election.
William L. Dewart	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. Lost re-election.
James H. Campbell	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Retired.
Philip Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – January 29, 1867	38th 39th	Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866 but died before the next term began. Died.
Vacant		January 29, 1867 – March 3, 1867	39th
Daniel M. Van Auken	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	[citation needed] Re-elected in 1868. Retired.
John B. Storm	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872 Retired.
Francis D. Collins	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data unknown/missing]
Robert Klotz	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878 Re-elected in 1880. [data unknown/missing]
John B. Storm	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired.
Charles R. Buckalew	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Redistricted to the 17th district.
Joseph A. Scranton	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Lost re-election.
Lemuel Amerman	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Lost re-election.
Joseph A. Scranton	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Elected in 1892. Elected in 1894. Retired.
William Connell	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 10th district.
Henry W. Palmer	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. [data unknown/missing]
John T. Lenahan	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	Elected in 1906. Retired.
Henry W. Palmer	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	61st	Elected in 1908. [data unknown/missing]
Charles C. Bowman	Republican	March 4, 1911 – December 12, 1912	62nd	Elected in 1910. Election contested[5] and seat declared vacant.[6] Lost re-election.
Vacant		December 12, 1912 – March 3, 1913
John J. Casey	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Lost re-election.
Thomas W. Templeton	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	Elected in 1916. Retired.
John J. Casey	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
Clarence D. Coughlin	Republican	March 3, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
Laurence H. Watres	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1931	68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Retired.
Patrick J. Boland	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – May 18, 1942	72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Died.
Vacant		May 18, 1942 – November 3, 1942	77th
Veronica Grace Boland	Democratic	November 3, 1942 – January 3, 1943		Elected to finish her husband's term.[a] Retired.
John W. Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Elected in 1942. Redistricted to the 10th district.
Daniel Flood	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	Elected in 1944. Lost re-election.
Mitchell Jenkins	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Retired.
Daniel Flood	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Lost re-election.
Edward Bonin	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	83rd	Elected in 1952. Lost re-election.
Daniel Flood	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 31, 1980	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. 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. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Resigned due to allegations of bribery.
Vacant		January 31, 1980 – April 9, 1980	96th
Ray Musto	Democratic	April 9, 1980 – January 3, 1981		Elected to finish Flood's term. Lost re-election.
James Nelligan	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Lost re-election.
Frank Harrison	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985	98th	Elected in 1982 Lost renomination.
Paul Kanjorski	Democratic	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2011	99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	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. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Lou Barletta	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019	112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Redistricted to the 9th district and retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Lloyd Smucker	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th 117th	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results[]

2012[]

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, 2012^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lou Barletta (incumbent)	166,967	58.5
	Democratic	Gene Stilp	118,231	41.5
Total votes			285,198	100.0
	Republican hold

2014[]

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, 2014^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lou Barletta (incumbent)	122,464	66.3
	Democratic	Andrew Ostrowski	62,228	33.7
Total votes			184,692	100.0
	Republican hold

2016[]

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, 2016^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lou Barletta (incumbent)	199,421	63.7
	Democratic	Michael Marsicano	113,800	36.3
Total votes			313,221	100.0
	Republican hold

2018[]

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, 2018^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lloyd Smucker (incumbent)	163,708	59.0
	Democratic	Jess King	113,876	41.0
Total votes			277,584	100.0
	Republican hold

2020[]

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district, 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lloyd Smucker (incumbent)	241,915	63.1
	Democratic	Sarah Hammond	141,325	36.9
Total votes			383,240	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries[]

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  2003–2013

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  2013–2019

See also[]

• List of United States congressional districts
• Pennsylvania's congressional districts

References[]

• 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

External links[]

• Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania
• Presidential Election Results by Congressional District

Coordinates: 40°52′53″N 76°27′06″W / 40.88139°N 76.45167°W / 40.88139; -76.45167