State: | Pennsylvania |
District Number: | 28 |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1889 |
Eliminated: | 1960 |
Years: | 1889-1963 |
Population Year: | 1950 |
Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district was one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.
Representative | Party | Years | Congress | Note | ||
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District established March 4, 1889 | ||||||
nowrap align=left | James Kerr | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | Elected in 1888. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | |||
nowrap align=left | George F. Kribbs | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | |||
nowrap align=left | William C. Arnold | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896 Not a candidate for reelection. | |||
nowrap align=left | James K.P. Hall | March 4, 1899 – November 29, 1902 | Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Resigned after being elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate. | |||
Vacant | November 29, 1902 – March 3, 1903 | |||||
nowrap align=left | Joseph C. Sibley | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | Redistricted from the 27th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Not a candidate for renomination. | |||
nowrap align=left | Nelson P. Wheeler | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 | Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910, but the primary election was contested. His opponent subsequently withdrew and he was tendered the congressional nomination, but declined. | |||
nowrap align=left | Peter M. Speer | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | Elected in 1910. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | |||
nowrap align=left | Willis J. Hulings | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | Elected in 1912. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | |||
nowrap align=left | Samuel H. Miller | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 | Elected in 1914. Declined to be a candidate for renomination. | |||
nowrap align=left | Orrin D. Bleakley | March 4, 1917 – April 3, 1917 | Resigned having never qualified. The seat then remained vacant. | |||
Vacant | April 4, 1917 – November 5, 1917 | |||||
nowrap align=left | Earl H. Beshlin | November 6, 1917 – March 3, 1919 | Elected to finish vacant term. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | |||
nowrap align=left | Willis J. Hulings | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | Elected in 1918 Unsuccessful candidate for reelection. | |||
nowrap align=left | Harris J. Bixler | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927 | Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | |||
nowrap align=left | Thomas C. Cochran | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 20th district. | |||
nowrap align=left | William M. Berlin | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 | Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | |||
nowrap align=left | Robert G. Allen | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941 | Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | |||
nowrap align=left | Augustine B. Kelley | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945 | Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to the 27th district. | |||
nowrap align=left | Robert L. Rodgers | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | Redistricted from the 29th district and re-elected in 1944. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination. | |||
nowrap align=left | Carroll D. Kearns | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 | Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 24th district. | |||
nowrap align=left | Herman P. Eberharter | January 3, 1953 – September 9, 1958 | Redistricted from the 32nd district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Died. | |||
Vacant | September 9, 1958 – January 3, 1959 | |||||
nowrap align=left | William S. Moorhead | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 14th district | |||
District dissolved January 3, 1963 |