State: | Pennsylvania |
District Number: | 26 |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1875 |
Eliminated: | 1980 |
Years: | 1875-1983 |
Population Year: | 1970 |
Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district was one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | District home | Note | ||
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District established March 4, 1875 | |||||||
nowrap align=left | James Sheakley | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Elected in 1874. | ||||
nowrap align=left | John M. Thompson | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | Elected in 1876. Not a candidate for renomination. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Samuel B. Dick | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1878. Not a candidate for reelection. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Samuel H. Miller | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Declined to be a candidate for renomination. | ||||
nowrap align=left | George W. Fleeger | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | Elected in 1884. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Norman Hall | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1886. | ||||
nowrap align=left | William C. Culbertson | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | Elected in 1888. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Matthew Griswold | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1890. Not a candidate for renomination. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Joseph C. Sibley | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1892. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Matthew Griswold | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | Elected in 1894. Not a candidate for renomination. | ||||
nowrap align=left | John C. Sturtevant | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | Elected in 1896 Not a candidate for renomination. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Athelston Gaston | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | Elected in 1898. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection | ||||
nowrap align=left | Arthur L. Bates | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 25th district. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Joseph H. Shull | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | Elected in 1902. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Gustav A. Schneebeli | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 | Elected in 1904. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | ||||
nowrap align=left | J. Davis Brodhead | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | Elected in 1906. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | ||||
nowrap align=left | A. Mitchell Palmer | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 | Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Not a candidate for renomination | ||||
nowrap align=left | Henry J. Steele | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921 | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918 Did not seek renomination. | ||||
nowrap align=left | William H. Kirkpatrick | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | Elected in 1920. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Thomas W. Phillips, Jr. | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 | Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Did not seek renomination. | ||||
nowrap align=left | J. Howard Swick | March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935 | Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Charles R. Eckert | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Louis E. Graham | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945 | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to the 25th district. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Harve Tibbott | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949 | Redistricted from the 27th district and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Robert L. Coffey | January 3, 1949 – April 20, 1949 | Elected in 1948. Died. | ||||
Vacant | April 20, 1949– September 13, 1949 | ||||||
nowrap align=left | John P. Saylor | September 13, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | Elected to finish Coffey's term. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 22nd district. | ||||
nowrap align=left | Thomas E. Morgan | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973 | Redistricted from the 24th district 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. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 22nd district. | ||||
District dissolved January 3, 1973 |