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Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district

31 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1889. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
31
18 R · 12 D · 1 P
Longest tenure
6 years
Carroll Dudley Kearns
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/pa-28Every holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020James Kerr · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Frederic Kribbs · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Frederic Kribbs · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Carlile Arnold · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Carlile Arnold · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJames Knox Polk Hall · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJames Knox Polk Hall · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Crocker Sibley · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Crocker Sibley · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanNelson Platt Wheeler · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanNelson Platt Wheeler · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanPeter Moore Speer · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanWillis James Hulings · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · ProgressiveSamuel Henry Miller · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanEarl Hanley Beshlin · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWillis James Hulings · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanHarris Jacob Bixler · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanHarris Jacob Bixler · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanHarris Jacob Bixler · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanThomas Cunningham Cochran · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Cunningham Cochran · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Cunningham Cochran · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Markle Berlin · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratRobert Gray Allen · 1937-01-05 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratAugustine Bernard Kelley · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratCarroll Dudley Kearns · 1947-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Singer Moorhead · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratOrrin Dubbs Bleakley · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanAugustine Bernard Kelley · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratRobert Lewis Rodgers · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanHerman Peter Eberharter · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · Democrat
William Singer Moorhead D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Herman Peter Eberharter D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Carroll Dudley Kearns R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1953 · 6 years
Robert Lewis Rodgers R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Augustine Bernard Kelley D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Augustine Bernard Kelley D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Robert Gray Allen D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1941 · 4 years
William Markle Berlin D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Thomas Cunningham Cochran R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Thomas Cunningham Cochran R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Thomas Cunningham Cochran R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Harris Jacob Bixler R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Harris Jacob Bixler R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Harris Jacob Bixler R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Willis James Hulings R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Earl Hanley Beshlin D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Orrin Dubbs Bleakley R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Samuel Henry Miller R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Willis James Hulings P
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Peter Moore Speer R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Nelson Platt Wheeler R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Nelson Platt Wheeler R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Joseph Crocker Sibley R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Joseph Crocker Sibley R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James Knox Polk Hall D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
James Knox Polk Hall D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William Carlile Arnold R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
William Carlile Arnold R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
George Frederic Kribbs D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
George Frederic Kribbs D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
James Kerr D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months

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