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Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district

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

Holders
71
52 R · 15 D · 2 J · 1 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
8 years
William Floyd Clinger Jr.
Current
—
nobody
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Samuel Smith Harrison · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonSamuel Smith Harrison · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Beatty · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Beatty · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Jack · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratCharles Manning Reed · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigJames Thompson · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJames Thompson · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJames Thompson · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratCarlton Brandaga Curtis · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratMichael Carver Trout · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJohn Allison · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratWilliam Stewart · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Stewart · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Winfield Wallace · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Williams · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Williams · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanDarwin Phelps · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer McJunkin · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer McJunkin · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander Gilmore Cochran · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratThomas McKee Bayne · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanThomas McKee Bayne · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanThomas McKee Bayne · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanThomas McKee Bayne · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanThomas McKee Bayne · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanThomas McKee Bayne · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanThomas McKee Bayne · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Alexis Stone · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Alexis Stone · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Alexis Stone · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Alexis Stone · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Harrison Graham · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Harrison Graham · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanAllen Foster Cooper · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanAllen Foster Cooper · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanAllen Foster Cooper · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanAllen Foster Cooper · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Spencer Crago · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanWooda Nicholas Carr · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratRobert Freeman Hopwood · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanBruce Foster Sterling · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Austin Kendall · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Austin Kendall · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Irvin Swoope · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Irvin Swoope · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanJames Mitchell Chase · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanJames Mitchell Chase · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJames Mitchell Chase · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Banks Kurtz · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanJames Edward Van Zandt · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanDavid Emmert Brumbaugh · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Josiah Crow · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Lewis Sittler Jr. · 1951-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanLeon Harry Gavin · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanLeon Harry Gavin · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert Walter Johnson · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert Walter Johnson · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert Walter Johnson · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph Scofield Ammerman · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Floyd Clinger Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Floyd Clinger Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanJohn McCandless Thompson · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Harrison Graham · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanDon Gingery · 1935-01-03 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratJames Edward Van Zandt · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanAnthony Cavalcante · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratLeon Harry Gavin · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert Walter Johnson · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanCarl Henry Hoffman · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Buell Snyder · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · Democrat
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Joseph Scofield Ammerman D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Albert Walter Johnson R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Albert Walter Johnson R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Albert Walter Johnson R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Leon Harry Gavin R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Albert Walter Johnson R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Leon Harry Gavin R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Leon Harry Gavin R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1953 · 2 years
Anthony Cavalcante D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
William Josiah Crow R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Carl Henry Hoffman R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
John Buell Snyder D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
David Emmert Brumbaugh R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
James Edward Van Zandt R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
James Edward Van Zandt R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Don Gingery D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1939 · 4 years
Jacob Banks Kurtz R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
James Mitchell Chase R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
James Mitchell Chase R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
James Mitchell Chase R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Irvin Swoope R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Irvin Swoope R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Samuel Austin Kendall R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Samuel Austin Kendall R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Bruce Foster Sterling D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Robert Freeman Hopwood R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Wooda Nicholas Carr D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Thomas Spencer Crago R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Allen Foster Cooper R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Allen Foster Cooper R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Allen Foster Cooper R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Allen Foster Cooper R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
William Harrison Graham R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William Harrison Graham R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William Alexis Stone R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Harrison Graham R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Alexis Stone R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Alexis Stone R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Alexis Stone R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Thomas McKee Bayne R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Thomas McKee Bayne R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Thomas McKee Bayne R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Thomas McKee Bayne R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Thomas McKee Bayne R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Thomas McKee Bayne R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Thomas McKee Bayne R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Alexander Gilmore Cochran D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Ebenezer McJunkin R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John McCandless Thompson R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Ebenezer McJunkin R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Darwin Phelps R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Thomas Williams R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Thomas Williams R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John Winfield Wallace R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Stewart R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
William Stewart R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Allison IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Michael Carver Trout D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
James Thompson D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
James Thompson D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
James Thompson D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Charles Manning Reed W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
William Jack D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
William Beatty D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
William Beatty D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Samuel Smith Harrison J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Samuel Smith Harrison J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months

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