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Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district

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

Holders
65
39 R · 15 D · 5 W · 4 AM · 1 FS · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
8 years
Austin John Murphy
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/pa-22Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Harmar Denny · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti MasonicHarmar Denny · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · Anti MasonicRichard Biddle · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · Anti MasonicRichard Biddle · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · Anti MasonicWilliam Wallace Irwin · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigSamuel Hays · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Swan Garvin · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJohn Wilson Farrelly · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigJohn W. Howe · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · Free SoilJohn W. Howe · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigThomas Marshall Howe · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigSamuel Anderson Purviance · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratSamuel Anderson Purviance · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanRobert McKnight · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanRobert McKnight · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanJames Kennedy Moorhead · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJames Kennedy Moorhead · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJames Scott Negley · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJames Scott Negley · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJames Herron Hopkins · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratRussell Errett · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanRussell Errett · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanRussell Errett · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJames Herron Hopkins · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJames Scott Negley · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Dalzell · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Dalzell · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Dalzell · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Dalzell · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Dalzell · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Dalzell · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Dalzell · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Dalzell · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Huff · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Huff · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Huff · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Huff · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanCurtis Hussey Gregg · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratAbraham Lincoln Keister · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanAbraham Lincoln Keister · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Everett Robbins · 1917-04-02 – 1919-01-26 · RepublicanJohn Haden Wilson · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratAdam Martin Wyant · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Feiser Glatfelter · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratFranklin Menges · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanFranklin Menges · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanFranklin Menges · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Luther Haines · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratHarry Luther Haines · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratHarry Luther Haines · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratChester Heilman Gross · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanJames Edward Van Zandt · 1947-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Phillips Saylor · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Phillips Saylor · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Phillips Saylor · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Phillips Saylor · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Ellsworth Morgan · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratAustin John Murphy · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratAustin John Murphy · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratAustin John Murphy · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratHenry Marie Brackenridge · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigChester Heilman Gross · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanDavid Emmert Brumbaugh · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Phillips Saylor · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Ellsworth Morgan · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · Democrat
Austin John Murphy D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Austin John Murphy D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Austin John Murphy D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
John Phillips Saylor R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
John Phillips Saylor R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Phillips Saylor R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
John Phillips Saylor R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
John Phillips Saylor R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
James Edward Van Zandt R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1953 · 6 years
David Emmert Brumbaugh R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Chester Heilman Gross R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Harry Luther Haines D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Chester Heilman Gross R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Harry Luther Haines D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Harry Luther Haines D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Franklin Menges R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Franklin Menges R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Franklin Menges R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Samuel Feiser Glatfelter D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Adam Martin Wyant R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Haden Wilson D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Edward Everett Robbins R
Apr 2, 1917 – Jan 26, 1919 · 22 months
Abraham Lincoln Keister R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Abraham Lincoln Keister R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Curtis Hussey Gregg D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
George Franklin Huff R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
George Franklin Huff R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
George Franklin Huff R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
George Franklin Huff R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Dalzell R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Dalzell R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Dalzell R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Dalzell R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Dalzell R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Dalzell R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Dalzell R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Dalzell R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Scott Negley R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
James Herron Hopkins D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Russell Errett R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Russell Errett R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Russell Errett R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
James Herron Hopkins D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
James Scott Negley R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
James Scott Negley R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
James Kennedy Moorhead R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
James Kennedy Moorhead R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Robert McKnight R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Robert McKnight R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Samuel Anderson Purviance R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Samuel Anderson Purviance IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Thomas Marshall Howe W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John W. Howe W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John W. Howe FS
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Wilson Farrelly W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William Swan Garvin D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Samuel Hays D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
William Wallace Irwin W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Richard Biddle AM
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Henry Marie Brackenridge W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Richard Biddle AM
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Harmar Denny AM
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Harmar Denny AM
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

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