Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1875
Eliminated1980
Years active1875-1983

Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district was one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Cong
ress
District home Note
District established March 4, 1875

James Sheakley
DemocratMarch 4, 1875 – March 3, 187744thElected in 1874.
[data missing]

John M. Thompson
RepublicanMarch 4, 1877 – March 3, 187945thElected in 1876.
Not a candidate for renomination.

Samuel B. Dick
RepublicanMarch 4, 1879 – March 3, 188146thElected in 1878.
Not a candidate for reelection.

Samuel H. Miller
RepublicanMarch 4, 1881 – March 3, 188547th
48th
Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Declined to be a candidate for renomination.
George W. FleegerRepublicanMarch 4, 1885 – March 3, 188749thElected in 1884.
[data missing]

Norman Hall
DemocratMarch 4, 1887 – March 3, 188950thElected in 1886.
[data missing]

William C. Culbertson
RepublicanMarch 4, 1889 – March 3, 189151stElected in 1888.
Unsuccessful candidate for renomination.

Matthew Griswold
RepublicanMarch 4, 1891 – March 3, 189352ndElected in 1890.
Not a candidate for renomination.

Joseph C. Sibley
DemocratMarch 4, 1893 – March 3, 189553rdElected in 1892.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Matthew Griswold
RepublicanMarch 4, 1895 – March 3, 189754thElected in 1894.
Not a candidate for renomination.

John C. Sturtevant
RepublicanMarch 4, 1897 – March 3, 189955thElected in 1896
Not a candidate for renomination.

Athelston Gaston
DemocratMarch 4, 1899 – March 3, 190156thElected in 1898.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection

Arthur L. Bates
RepublicanMarch 4, 1901 – March 3, 190357thElected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 25th district.

Joseph H. Shull
DemocratMarch 4, 1903 – March 3, 190558thElected in 1902.
Unsuccessful candidate for renomination.

Gustav A. Schneebeli
RepublicanMarch 4, 1905 – March 3, 190759thElected in 1904.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

J. Davis Brodhead
DemocratMarch 4, 1907 – March 3, 190960thElected in 1906.
Unsuccessful candidate for renomination.

A. Mitchell Palmer
DemocratMarch 4, 1909 – March 3, 191561st
62nd
63rd
Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Not a candidate for renomination

Henry J. Steele
DemocratMarch 4, 1915 – March 3, 192164th
65th
66th
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918
Did not seek renomination.

William H. Kirkpatrick
RepublicanMarch 4, 1921 – March 3, 192367thElected in 1920.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Thomas W. Phillips, Jr.
RepublicanMarch 4, 1923 – March 3, 192768th
69th
Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Did not seek renomination.

J. Howard Swick
RepublicanMarch 4, 1927 – January 3, 193570th
71st
72nd
73rd
Elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Charles R. Eckert
DemocratJanuary 3, 1935 – January 3, 193974th
75th
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Louis E. Graham
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1939 – January 3, 194576th
77th
78th
Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Redistricted to the 25th district.

Harve Tibbott
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1945 – January 3, 194979th
80th
Redistricted from the 27th district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Robert L. Coffey
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1949 – April 20, 194981stElected in 1948.
Died.
Vacant April 20, 1949– September 13, 1949

John P. Saylor
RepublicanSeptember 13, 1949 – January 3, 195381st
82nd
Elected to finish Coffey's term.
Re-elected in 1950.
Redistricted to the 22nd district.

Thomas E. Morgan
DemocratJanuary 3, 1953 – January 3, 197383rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
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

References

    • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
    • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
    • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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