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Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district

68 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1833. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
68
34 R · 22 D · 8 W · 3 AM · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
9.8 years
Francis Eugene Walter
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/pa-21Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti MasonicThomas McKean Thompson McKennan · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · Anti MasonicThomas McKean Thompson McKennan · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · Anti MasonicIsaac Leet · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Lawrence · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigWilliam Wilkins · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratCornelius Darragh · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigMoses Hampton · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigMoses Hampton · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigThomas Marshall Howe · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigDavid Ritchie · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigDavid Ritchie · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratDavid Ritchie · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanJames Kennedy Moorhead · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanJames Kennedy Moorhead · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Littleton Dawson · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratJohn Littleton Dawson · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratJohn Covode · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Donnel Foster · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Wilson Taylor · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Turney · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJacob Turney · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratMorgan Ringland Wise · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratMorgan Ringland Wise · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratCharles Edmund Boyle · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratCharles Edmund Boyle · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWelty McCullogh · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Alfred Craig · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Huff · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Brodhead Heiner · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Brodhead Heiner · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Everett Robbins · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanSummers Melville Jack · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanSummers Melville Jack · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanSolomon Robert Dresser · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanSolomon Robert Dresser · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Frederick Barclay · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Frederick Barclay · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Emory Patton · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Emory Patton · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Hedding Rowland · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Hedding Rowland · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanEvan John Jones · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanEvan John Jones · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Banks Kurtz · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Banks Kurtz · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanJacob Banks Kurtz · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Banks Kurtz · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Banks Kurtz · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Eugene Walter · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratFrancis Eugene Walter · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratJames Francis Lind · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratJohn Herman Dent · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJohn Herman Dent · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJohn Herman Dent · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn Herman Dent · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJohn Herman Dent · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJohn Herman Dent · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratDonald Allen Bailey · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph Ridge · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · RepublicanPhilip English · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanPhilip English · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanPhilip English · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanThomas McKean Thompson McKennan · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigCornelius Darragh · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigChester Heilman Gross · 1945-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanAugustine Bernard Kelley · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph Ridge · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · Republican
Philip English R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Philip English R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Philip English R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Thomas Joseph Ridge R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Thomas Joseph Ridge R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Donald Allen Bailey D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
John Herman Dent D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Herman Dent D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John Herman Dent D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Herman Dent D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
John Herman Dent D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
John Herman Dent D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Augustine Bernard Kelley D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
James Francis Lind D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Chester Heilman Gross R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1949 · 4 years
Francis Eugene Walter D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Francis Eugene Walter D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Jacob Banks Kurtz R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Jacob Banks Kurtz R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Jacob Banks Kurtz R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Jacob Banks Kurtz R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Jacob Banks Kurtz R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Evan John Jones R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Evan John Jones R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Charles Hedding Rowland R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Charles Hedding Rowland R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Charles Emory Patton R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Charles Emory Patton R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Charles Frederick Barclay R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Charles Frederick Barclay R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Solomon Robert Dresser R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Solomon Robert Dresser R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Summers Melville Jack R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Summers Melville Jack R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Edward Everett Robbins R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Daniel Brodhead Heiner R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Daniel Brodhead Heiner R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
George Franklin Huff R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Samuel Alfred Craig R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Welty McCullogh R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Charles Edmund Boyle D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Charles Edmund Boyle D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Morgan Ringland Wise D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Morgan Ringland Wise D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Jacob Turney D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Jacob Turney D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Alexander Wilson Taylor R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Henry Donnel Foster D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
John Covode R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
John Littleton Dawson D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
John Littleton Dawson D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
James Kennedy Moorhead R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
James Kennedy Moorhead R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
David Ritchie R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
David Ritchie IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
David Ritchie W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Thomas Marshall Howe W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Moses Hampton W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Moses Hampton W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Cornelius Darragh W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
William Wilkins D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Cornelius Darragh W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Joseph Lawrence W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Isaac Leet D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan AM
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan AM
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan AM
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

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