State: | Pennsylvania |
District Number: | 27 |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1875 |
Eliminated: | 1970 |
Years: | 1875-1973 |
Population Year: | 1960 |
Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district was one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | |||
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District established March 4, 1875 | |||||||
nowrap align=left | Albert G. Egbert | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Elected in 1874. Retired. | ||
nowrap align=left | Lewis F. Watson | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | Elected in 1876. | ||
nowrap align=left | James H. Osmer | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1878. Retired. | ||
nowrap align=left | Lewis F. Watson | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1880. | ||
nowrap align=left | Samuel M. Brainerd | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1882. Lost renomination. | ||
nowrap align=left | William L. Scott | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Renominated but declined to be a candidate because of the condition of his health. | ||
nowrap align=left | Lewis F. Watson | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – August 25, 1890 | Elected in 1888. Died. | ||
nowrap colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | August 25, 1890 – November 4, 1890 | ||||
nowrap align=left | Charles W. Stone | Republican | nowrap | November 4, 1890 – March 3, 1899 | Elected to finish Watson's term. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896 Lost re-election. | ||
nowrap align=left rowspan=2 | Joseph C. Sibley | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 28th district. | ||
Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | |||||
nowrap align=left | William O. Smith | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired. | ||
nowrap align=left | Joseph G. Beale | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | Elected in 1906. Lost renomination. | ||
nowrap align=left | J. N. Langham | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 | Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Retired. | ||
nowrap align=left | Solomon T. North | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 | Elected in 1914. Lost renomination. | ||
nowrap align=left | Nathan L. Strong | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1935 | Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918 Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election. | ||
nowrap align=left | Joseph Gray | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election. | ||
nowrap align=left | Harve Tibbott | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945 | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to the 26th district. | ||
nowrap align=left | Augustine B. Kelley | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 | Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 21st district | ||
nowrap align=left | James G. Fulton | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – October 6, 1971 | Redistricted from the 31st 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. Died. | ||
nowrap colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | October 6, 1971 – April 25, 1972 | ||||
nowrap align=left | William S. Conover | Republican | nowrap | April 25, 1972 – January 3, 1973 | Elected to finish Fulton's term. Lost renomination. | ||
District dissolved January 3, 1973 |