History / Congress

Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district

41 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1875. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
41
35 R · 6 D
Longest tenure
8 years
Augustine Bernard Kelley
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/pa-27Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Albert Gallatin Egbert · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratLewis Findlay Watson · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJames H. Osmer · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanLewis Findlay Watson · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Myron Brainerd · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lawrence Scott · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lawrence Scott · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratLewis Findlay Watson · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Warren Stone · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Warren Stone · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Warren Stone · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Warren Stone · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Crocker Sibley · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Crocker Sibley · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Orlando Smith · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Orlando Smith · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Grant Beale · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Nicholas Langham · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Nicholas Langham · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Nicholas Langham · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanSolomon Taylor North · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Leroy Strong · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Leroy Strong · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Leroy Strong · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Leroy Strong · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Leroy Strong · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanNathan Leroy Strong · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Leroy Strong · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Leroy Strong · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Leroy Strong · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanHarve Tibbott · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanHarve Tibbott · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanJames Grove Fulton · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJames Grove Fulton · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJames Grove Fulton · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJames Grove Fulton · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Sheldrick Conover II · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Warren Stone · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Anthony Gray · 1935-01-03 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratAugustine Bernard Kelley · 1945-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratJames Grove Fulton · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · Republican
William Sheldrick Conover II R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
James Grove Fulton R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
James Grove Fulton R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
James Grove Fulton R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
James Grove Fulton R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
James Grove Fulton R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Augustine Bernard Kelley D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1953 · 8 years
Harve Tibbott R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Harve Tibbott R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Joseph Anthony Gray D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1939 · 4 years
Nathan Leroy Strong R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Nathan Leroy Strong R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Nathan Leroy Strong R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Nathan Leroy Strong R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Nathan Leroy Strong R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Nathan Leroy Strong R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Nathan Leroy Strong R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Nathan Leroy Strong R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Nathan Leroy Strong R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Solomon Taylor North R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Jonathan Nicholas Langham R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Jonathan Nicholas Langham R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Jonathan Nicholas Langham R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Joseph Grant Beale R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Orlando Smith R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Orlando Smith R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Joseph Crocker Sibley R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Joseph Crocker Sibley D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Charles Warren Stone R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Warren Stone R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Charles Warren Stone R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Charles Warren Stone R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Lewis Findlay Watson R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Charles Warren Stone R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Lawrence Scott D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Lawrence Scott D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Samuel Myron Brainerd R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Lewis Findlay Watson R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
James H. Osmer R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Lewis Findlay Watson R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Albert Gallatin Egbert D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months

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