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Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district

90 members have held this seat since May 24, 1813. Now: John Joyce R.

Holders
90
38 R · 35 D · 7 J · 5 W · 2 U · 2 NG · 1 IR
Longest tenure
8 years
Robert Lawrence Coughlin
Current
7.8 years
John Joyce, since Jan 3, 2019
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Isaac Griffin · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Griffin · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanChristian Tarr · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanChristian Tarr · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Stewart · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Tod · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander Thomson · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonChauncey Forward · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonChauncey Forward · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonGeorge Burd · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04Jesse Miller · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJesse Miller · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonCharles McClure · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratCharles McClure · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratAmos Gustine · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratHenry Frick · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigJames Pollock · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJames Pollock · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigJoseph Casey · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJames Gamble · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratAsa Packer · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratAsa Packer · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Harrison Dimmick · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Harrison Dimmick · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratPhilip Johnson · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratHenry Wells Tracy · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · Ind. RepublicanUlysses Mercur · 1865-12-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJames Dale Strawbridge · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJames Bernard Reilly · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJames Bernard Reilly · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJohn Walker Ryon · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratCharles Napoleon Brumm · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · National GreenbackerCharles Napoleon Brumm · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · National GreenbackerCharles Napoleon Brumm · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Napoleon Brumm · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJames Bernard Reilly · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJames Bernard Reilly · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJames Bernard Reilly · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratCharles Napoleon Brumm · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Napoleon Brumm · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJames Wilfrid Ryan · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Robert Patterson · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanMarcus Charles Lawrence Kline · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratMarcus Charles Lawrence Kline · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hoover Rothermel · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hoover Rothermel · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hoover Rothermel · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hoover Rothermel · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratArthur Granville Dewalt · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratArthur Granville Dewalt · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratArthur Granville Dewalt · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratFred Benjamin Gernerd · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Brumm · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Brumm · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanCyrus Maffet Palmer · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Brumm · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Brumm · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Brumm · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanIvor David Fenton · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanIvor David Fenton · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanFrederick Augustus Muhlenberg · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanSamuel Kerns McConnell Jr. · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Armand Lafore Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Schultz Schweiker · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Schultz Schweiker · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Lawrence Coughlin · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Lawrence Coughlin · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Lawrence Coughlin · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Lawrence Coughlin · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanMarjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky · 1993-01-05 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratJon D. Fox · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJon D. Fox · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph M. Hoeffel · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratJoseph M. Hoeffel · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · DemocratAllyson Y. Schwartz · 2005-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratAllyson Y. Schwartz · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratBrendan F. Boyle · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · DemocratAlexander Thomson · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Chauncey Forward · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJames Black · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Sterrett Ramsey · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJames Pollock · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigFrank Charles Bunnell · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJames Hilary Gildea · 1935-01-03 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratDaniel Knabb Hoch · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Milton Rhodes · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratJohn Armand Lafore Jr. · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Schultz Schweiker · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Lawrence Coughlin · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Joyce · 2019-01-03 – present · Republican
John Joyce R
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Brendan F. Boyle D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Allyson Y. Schwartz D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Allyson Y. Schwartz D
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2009 · 4 years
Joseph M. Hoeffel D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
Joseph M. Hoeffel D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Jon D. Fox R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Jon D. Fox R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1995 · 2 years
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Robert Lawrence Coughlin R
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Richard Schultz Schweiker R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Richard Schultz Schweiker R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Richard Schultz Schweiker R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
John Armand Lafore Jr. R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
John Armand Lafore Jr. R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Samuel Kerns McConnell Jr. R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
George Milton Rhodes D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Daniel Knabb Hoch D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Ivor David Fenton R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Ivor David Fenton R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
James Hilary Gildea D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1939 · 4 years
George Franklin Brumm R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
George Franklin Brumm R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
George Franklin Brumm R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Cyrus Maffet Palmer R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
George Franklin Brumm R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
George Franklin Brumm R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Fred Benjamin Gernerd R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Arthur Granville Dewalt D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Arthur Granville Dewalt D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Arthur Granville Dewalt D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Hoover Rothermel D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Hoover Rothermel D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
John Hoover Rothermel D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
John Hoover Rothermel D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Marcus Charles Lawrence Kline D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Marcus Charles Lawrence Kline D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
George Robert Patterson R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
James Wilfrid Ryan D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Charles Napoleon Brumm R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Napoleon Brumm R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James Bernard Reilly D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
James Bernard Reilly D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
James Bernard Reilly D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Charles Napoleon Brumm R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Charles Napoleon Brumm R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Charles Napoleon Brumm NG
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Charles Napoleon Brumm NG
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Walker Ryon D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
James Bernard Reilly D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
James Bernard Reilly D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
James Dale Strawbridge R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Frank Charles Bunnell R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Ulysses Mercur R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1873 · 7.2 years
Henry Wells Tracy IR
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Philip Johnson D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Harrison Dimmick D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
William Harrison Dimmick D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Asa Packer D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Asa Packer D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
James Gamble D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Joseph Casey W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
James Pollock W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
James Pollock W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Henry Frick W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
James Pollock W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Amos Gustine D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Charles McClure D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
William Sterrett Ramsey D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Charles McClure D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Jesse Miller J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
James Black J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Jesse Miller J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
George Burd
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Chauncey Forward J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Chauncey Forward J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Alexander Thomson J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Chauncey Forward J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John Tod R
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Alexander Thomson
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Andrew Stewart R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Christian Tarr R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Christian Tarr R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Isaac Griffin R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Isaac Griffin R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.