| State: | Pennsylvania |
| District Number: | 23 |
| Obsolete: | yes |
| Created: | 1830 |
| Eliminated: | 1990 |
| Years: | 1833-1993 |
| Population Year: | 1980 |
Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district was one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.
This district was created in 1833. The district was eliminated in 1993.
| Representative | Party | Years | Congress | Electoral history | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1833 | |||||||
| align=left | Samuel S. Harrison | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. | ||
| align=left | William Beatty | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. | ||
| align=left | William Jack | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1840. | ||
| align=left | Charles M. Reed | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Elected in 1843. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | James Thompson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851 | Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Retired. | ||
| align=left | Carlton B. Curtis | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1850. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | Michael Carver Trout | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1852. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | John Allison | Opposition | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. Retired from the House in 1856. | ||
| align=left | William Stewart | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. | ||
| align=left | John W. Wallace | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1860. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Thomas Williams | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 | Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. | ||
| align=left | Darwin Phelps | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | Elected in 1868. Not candidate for renomination in 1870 | ||
| align=left | Ebenezer McJunkin | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – 1874 | Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Resigned to become presiding judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Pennsylvania | ||
| align=left | John M. Thompson | Republican | nowrap | December 22, 1874 – March 3, 1875 | Elected to finish McJunkin's term. | ||
| align=left | Alexander G. Cochran | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Elected in 1874. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Thomas M. Bayne | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1891 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Declined nomination in 1890 | ||
| align=left | William A. Stone | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1891 – November 9, 1898 | Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Resigned to become Governor of Pennsylvania. | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | November 9, 1898 – November 29, 1898 | |||||
| align=left | William H. Graham | Republican | nowrap | November 29, 1898 – March 3, 1903 | Elected to finish Stone's term. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Allen F. Cooper | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. | ||
| align=left | Thomas S. Crago | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | Elected in 1910. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Wooda N. Carr | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | Elected in 1912. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Robert F. Hopwood | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 | Elected in 1914. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Bruce F. Sterling | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | Elected in 1916. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Samuel A. Kendall | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 | Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | William I. Swoope | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 | Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Retired. | ||
| align=left | J. Mitchell Chase | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Retired. | ||
| align=left | J. Banks Kurtz | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Don Gingery | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | James E. Van Zandt | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1939 – September 24, 1943 | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Resigned to rejoin the United States Navy. | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 24, 1943 – November 2, 1943 | |||||
| align=left | D. Emmert Brumbaugh | Republican | nowrap | November 2, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | Elected to finish Van Zandt's term. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | J. Buell Snyder | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1945 – February 24, 1946 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1944. Died. | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | February 24, 1946 – May 21, 1946 | |||||
| align=left | Carl H. Hoffman | Republican | nowrap | May 21, 1946 – January 3, 1947 | Elected to finish Snyder's term. Retired. | ||
| align=left | William J. Crow | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | Elected in 1946. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Anthony Cavalcante | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | Elected in 1948. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Edward L. Sittler Jr. | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | Elected in 1950. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Leon H. Gavin | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – September 15, 1963 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Died. | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 15, 1963 – November 5, 1963 | |||||
| align=left | Albert W. Johnson | Republican | nowrap | November 5, 1963 – January 3, 1977 | Elected to finish Gavin's term. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Joseph S. Ammerman | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | Elected in 1976. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | William F. Clinger Jr. | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 | Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the . | ||
| District dissolved January 3, 1993 | |||||||