Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
Boundaries since January 2019
Representative	Conor Lamb D–Mt. Lebanon
Population (2019)	706,961[1]
Median household income	$70,857
Ethnicity	88.9% White 6.1% Black 3.1% Asian 1.8% Hispanic 0.1% Native American
Cook PVI	R+2[2]

Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district is represented by Democrat Conor Lamb. The district encompasses the entirety of Beaver County, a small portion of southwestern Butler County, and all parts of Allegheny County not part of the 18th district.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the map violated the state constitution and redrew it in February 2018. What was the 17th district, which had been anchored in Northeast Pennsylvania, was modified to become the 8th district, and the old 12th district likewise became the 17th, for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter.^[3][4]

Election results from recent presidential races[]

Year	Results
2008	Obama 57 - 42%
2012	Obama 55 - 43%
2016	Trump 49 - 46%
2020	Biden 51 - 48%

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 created March 4, 1823
George Plumer	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 unknown/missing]
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Richard Coulter	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	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Retired.	1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
Samuel Wells Morris	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. Retired.
Davis Dimock Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – January 13, 1842	27th	Elected in 1840. Died.
Vacant		January 13, 1842 – March 18, 1842
Almon H. Read	Democratic	March 18, 1842 – March 3, 1843		Elected to finish Dimock Jr.'s term. Redistricted to the 12th district.
James Irvin	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1843. [data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
John Blanchard	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel Calvin	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. Retired.
Andrew Parker	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel L. Russell	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Retired.	[data unknown/missing]
David Fullerton Robison	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Lost re-election.
Wilson Reilly	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. Lost re-election.
Edward McPherson	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Lost re-election.
Archibald McAllister	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. Retired.	[data unknown/missing]
Abraham A. Barker	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1864. Lost re-election.
Daniel J. Morrell	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Lost re-election.
Robert M. Speer	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired.
					[data unknown/missing]
John Reilly	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Lost re-election.	[data unknown/missing]
Jacob M. Campbell	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Lost re-election.
Alexander H. Coffroth	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. [data unknown/missing]
Jacob M. Campbell	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 unknown/missing]
Edward Scull	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Redistricted to the 20th Congressional District.
Charles R. Buckalew	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1888. [data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Simon Peter Wolverton	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. [data unknown/missing]
Simon Peter Wolverton	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Retired.	[data unknown/missing]
Monroe Henry Kulp	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Lost re-election.
Rufus King Polk	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	Democratic	November 4, 1902 – March 3, 1903		Elected to finish Polk's term. Retired.
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon	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 unknown/missing]
Benjamin K. Focht	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	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin K. Focht	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	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	Elected in 1922. Lost re-election.	[data unknown/missing]
Frederick W. Magrady	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	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 unknown/missing]
					[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		November 21, 1943 – January 18, 1944	78th
Samuel K. McConnell Jr.	Republican	January 18, 1944 – January 3, 1945		Elected to finish Ditter's term. Redistricted to the 16th district.
Richard M. Simpson	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 unknown/missing]
Alvin Bush	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 unknown/missing]
Vacant		November 5, 1959 – April 26, 1960	86th
Herman T. Schneebeli	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 unknown/missing]
					[data unknown/missing]
Allen E. Ertel	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired.
George Gekas	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 unknown/missing]
					[data unknown/missing]
Tim Holden	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	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	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th	Moved from the 18th district and re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retiring to run for U.S. Senator.	2019–present

Recent election results[]

2012[]

Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district, 2012^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Cartwright	161,393	60.3
	Republican	Laureen Cummings	106,208	39.7
Total votes			267,601	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014[]

Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district, 2014^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Cartwright (incumbent)	93,680	56.8
	Republican	David Moylan	71,371	43.2
Total votes			165,051	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016[]

Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district, 2016^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Cartwright (incumbent)	157,734	53.8
	Republican	Matt Connolly	135,430	46.2
Total votes			293,164	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018[]

Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district, 2018^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Conor Lamb (incumbent)	183,162	56.3
	Republican	Keith Rothfus (incumbent)	142,417	43.7
Total votes			325,579	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2020[]

Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district, 2020^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Conor Lamb (incumbent)	222,253	51.1
	Republican	Sean Parnell	212,284	48.9
Total votes			434,537	100.0
	Democratic hold

Counties and municipalities within the district 2005–2013[]

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Berks County: Townships of Alsace, Bern (Districts 1 and 2), Bethel, Centre, Earl (District 1), Greenwich, Heidelberg, Jefferson, Maidencreek, Marion, Muhlenberg (Districts 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8), North Heidelberg, Oley, Ontelaunee, Penn, Perry, Pike, Richmond, Rockland, Ruscombmanor, Tilden, Tulpehocken, Upper Bern, Upper Tulpehocken, and Windsor; Boroughs of Bernville, Centerport, Fleetwood, Hamburg, Laureldale, Leesport, Lenhartsville, Lyons, Robesonia, Shoemakersville, Strausstown, and Womelsdorf.

Dauphin County: all

Lebanon County: all

Perry County: Townships of Buffalo, Centre, Juniata, Miller, Oliver (all blocks except 6999 of tract 030200), Penn, Spring, Tuscarora, Watts, and Wheatfield; Boroughs of Bloomfield, Duncannon, New Buffalo, and Newport (District 1)

Schuylkill County: all

See also[]

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

References[]

Notes

Bibliography

• 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
• Daily Kos election results by Congressional District
• Pennsylvania’s Election Results are Better Explained at the Congressional Level

Coordinates: 40°31′51″N 80°10′9″W / 40.53083°N 80.16917°W / 40.53083; -80.16917