Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district explained

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.

List of representatives

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
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District homeNote
District established March 4, 1875
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James Sheakley
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 Elected in 1874.
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John M. Thompson
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 Elected in 1876.
Not a candidate for renomination.
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Samuel B. Dick
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 Elected in 1878.
Not a candidate for reelection.
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Samuel H. Miller
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Declined to be a candidate for renomination.
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March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 Elected in 1884.
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Norman Hall
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 Elected in 1886.
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William C. Culbertson
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 Elected in 1888.
Unsuccessful candidate for renomination.
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Matthew Griswold
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 Elected in 1890.
Not a candidate for renomination.
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Joseph C. Sibley
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 Elected in 1892.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.
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Matthew Griswold
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 Elected in 1894.
Not a candidate for renomination.
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John C. Sturtevant
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 Elected in 1896
Not a candidate for renomination.
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Athelston Gaston
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 Elected in 1898.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
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Arthur L. Bates
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 Elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 25th district.
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Joseph H. Shull
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 Elected in 1902.
Unsuccessful candidate for renomination.
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Gustav A. Schneebeli
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 Elected in 1904.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.
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J. Davis Brodhead
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 Elected in 1906.
Unsuccessful candidate for renomination.
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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
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Henry J. Steele
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921 Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918
Did not seek renomination.
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William H. Kirkpatrick
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 Elected in 1920.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.
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Thomas W. Phillips, Jr.
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Did not seek renomination.
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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.
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Charles R. Eckert
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.
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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.
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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.
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Robert L. Coffey
January 3, 1949 – April 20, 1949 Elected in 1948.
Died.
VacantApril 20, 1949– September 13, 1949
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John P. Saylor
September 13, 1949 – January 3, 1953 Elected to finish Coffey's term.
Re-elected in 1950.
Redistricted to the 22nd district.
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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

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