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Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district

82 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1823. Now: Mike Kelly R.

Holders
82
46 R · 22 D · 8 J · 2 U · 2 AM · 1 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
10 years
Robert Smith Walker
Current
7.8 years
Mike Kelly, since Jan 3, 2019
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Walter Forward · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Robert Orr Jr. · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonRobert Orr Jr. · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonJohn Gilmore · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJohn Gilmore · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJoseph Biles Anthony · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJoseph Biles Anthony · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonRobert Hanna Hammond · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratRobert Hanna Hammond · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJohn Snyder · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJames Black · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJames Black · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJasper Ewing Brady · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigJames Xavier McLanahan · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJames Xavier McLanahan · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Kurtz · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratLemuel Todd · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJohn Alexander Ahl · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Junkin · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Bailey · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Hamilton Coffroth · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Koontz · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Koontz · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Cessna · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Franklin Meyers · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratJohn Cessna · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanSobieski Ross · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Inscho Mitchell · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Inscho Mitchell · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Jarvis Cochran Walker · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wallace Brown · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wallace Brown · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay McCormick · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay McCormick · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Cole Hopkins · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Cole Hopkins · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanFred Churchill Leonard · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Billings Packer · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Billings Packer · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanElias Deemer · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Heber Dickerman · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratEdmund William Samuel · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Geiser McHenry · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJohn Geiser McHenry · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJohn Geiser McHenry · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn Vandling Lesher · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJohn Vandling Lesher · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJohn Vandling Lesher · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJohn Vandling Lesher · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Clinton Kline · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanEdgar Raymond Kiess · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanEdgar Raymond Kiess · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanEdgar Raymond Kiess · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanEdgar Raymond Kiess · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Fleming Rich · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Fleming Rich · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Edward Scanlon · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratWalter Mann Mumma · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanWalter Mann Mumma · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Crain Kunkel · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanEdwin Duing Eshleman · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanEdwin Duing Eshleman · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanEdwin Duing Eshleman · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Smith Walker · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Smith Walker · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Smith Walker · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph R. Pitts · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph R. Pitts · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph R. Pitts · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph R. Pitts · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph R. Pitts · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanMike Kelly · 2019-01-03 – present · RepublicanJames Allison Jr. · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04James S. Stevenson · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJames S. Stevenson · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonHarmar Denny · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · Anti MasonicHarmar Denny · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti MasonicAlexander Hamilton Coffroth · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratRobert Fleming Rich · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Kerns McConnell Jr. · 1945-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Crain Kunkel · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanLloyd Smucker · 2017-01-03 – 2019-01-04 · Republican
Mike Kelly R
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Lloyd Smucker R
Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 4, 2019 · 2 years
Joseph R. Pitts R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Joseph R. Pitts R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Joseph R. Pitts R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Joseph R. Pitts R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Joseph R. Pitts R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Robert Smith Walker R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Robert Smith Walker R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Robert Smith Walker R
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Edwin Duing Eshleman R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Edwin Duing Eshleman R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Edwin Duing Eshleman R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Crain Kunkel R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
John Crain Kunkel R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Walter Mann Mumma R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Walter Mann Mumma R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Samuel Kerns McConnell Jr. R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1953 · 8 years
Thomas Edward Scanlon D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Robert Fleming Rich R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Robert Fleming Rich R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Edgar Raymond Kiess R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Robert Fleming Rich R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Edgar Raymond Kiess R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Edgar Raymond Kiess R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Edgar Raymond Kiess R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Isaac Clinton Kline R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Vandling Lesher D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Vandling Lesher D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Vandling Lesher D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Vandling Lesher D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Geiser McHenry D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
John Geiser McHenry D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
John Geiser McHenry D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Edmund William Samuel R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Charles Heber Dickerman D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Elias Deemer R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Horace Billings Packer R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Horace Billings Packer R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Fred Churchill Leonard R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Albert Cole Hopkins R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Albert Cole Hopkins R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Henry Clay McCormick R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Henry Clay McCormick R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Wallace Brown R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Wallace Brown R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Inscho Mitchell R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John Inscho Mitchell R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Sobieski Ross R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Cessna R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Benjamin Franklin Meyers D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
John Cessna R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
William Henry Koontz R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
William Henry Koontz R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Joseph Bailey D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Benjamin Franklin Junkin R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Alexander Ahl D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Lemuel Todd IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
William Henry Kurtz D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
James Xavier McLanahan D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
James Xavier McLanahan D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Jasper Ewing Brady W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
James Black D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
James Black D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
John Snyder D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Robert Hanna Hammond D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Robert Hanna Hammond D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Joseph Biles Anthony J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Joseph Biles Anthony J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
John Gilmore J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Harmar Denny AM
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
John Gilmore J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Harmar Denny AM
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Robert Orr Jr. J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
James S. Stevenson J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Robert Orr Jr. J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
James S. Stevenson J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Walter Forward
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
James Allison Jr.
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months

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