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Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district

125 members have held this seat since Oct 24, 1791. Now: Madeleine Dean D.

Holders
125
66 R · 25 D · 14 AM · 7 J · 3 F · 3 A · 3 W · 2 U · 1 DR · 1 A
Longest tenure
10 years
Earl Chudoff
Current
7.8 years
Madeleine Dean, since Jan 3, 2019
history/seat/pa-4Every holder, newest first
+125
180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Daniel Hiester · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Richards · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Chapman · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistJohn Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Van Horne · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Andre Hanna · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Whitehill · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Whitehill · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Whitehill · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Whitehill · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanHugh Glasgow · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanHugh Glasgow · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Spangler · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Hostetter · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJames S. Mitchell · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Wayne · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Samuel Edwards · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonSamuel Anderson · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsGeorge Gray Leiper · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJoshua Evans Jr. · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Hiester · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti MasonicWilliam Hiester · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · Anti MasonicEdward Darlington · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · Anti MasonicEdward Davies · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · Anti MasonicJohn Edwards · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigCharles Jared Ingersoll · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratCharles Jared Ingersoll · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratCharles Jared Ingersoll · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJohn Robbins · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn Robbins · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Witte · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJacob Broom · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanHenry Myer Phillips · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Millward · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1865-12-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Darrah Kelley · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edgar Reyburn · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edgar Reyburn · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Edgar Reyburn · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJames Rankin Young · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJames Rankin Young · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJames Rankin Young · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Hermann Foerderer · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanReuben Osborne Moon · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanReuben Osborne Moon · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanReuben Osborne Moon · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanReuben Osborne Moon · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Edmonds · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Edmonds · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Edmonds · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Edmonds · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Edmonds · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Edmonds · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Martin Golder · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanBenjamin Martin Golder · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Martin Golder · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Martin Golder · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Edmonds · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Edward Sheridan · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Sheridan · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratEarl Chudoff · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratRobert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratHerman Toll · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJoshua Eilberg · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJoshua Eilberg · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJoshua Eilberg · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratCharles Francis Dougherty · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph Paul Kolter · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratRon Klink · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratRon Klink · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratRon Klink · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · DemocratMelissa A. Hart · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanJason Altmire · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJason Altmire · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratScott Perry · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanSamuel Sitgreaves · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistSamuel Sitgreaves · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistRobert Brown · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Brown · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Bard · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Bard · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Bard · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Bard · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Bard · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Hostetter · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Edwards · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Charles Miner · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsCharles Miner · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsJoshua Evans Jr. · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Hiester · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti MasonicEdward Darlington · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti MasonicEdward Darlington · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · Anti MasonicDavid, Jr. Potts · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · Anti MasonicJohn Edwards · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · Anti MasonicFrancis James · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJohn Edgar Reyburn · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanReuben Osborne Moon · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Burrwood Daly · 1935-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratFranklin John Maloney · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Paul Kolter · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratMelissa A. Hart · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanScott Perry · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanMadeleine Dean · 2019-01-03 – present · DemocratRobert Brown · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanJames Buchanan · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · Democratic RepublicanJames Buchanan · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJames Buchanan · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonJames Buchanan · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonDavid, Jr. Potts · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti MasonicDavid, Jr. Potts · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti MasonicDavid, Jr. Potts · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · Anti MasonicEdward Davies · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · Anti MasonicFrancis James · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · Anti MasonicJeremiah Brown · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · Whig
Madeleine Dean D
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Scott Perry R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Scott Perry R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Jason Altmire D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Jason Altmire D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Melissa A. Hart R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Melissa A. Hart R
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
Ron Klink D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
Ron Klink D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Ron Klink D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Joseph Paul Kolter D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Joseph Paul Kolter D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Charles Francis Dougherty R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Joshua Eilberg D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Joshua Eilberg D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Joshua Eilberg D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Herman Toll D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Earl Chudoff D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Franklin John Maloney R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
John Edward Sheridan D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
John Edward Sheridan D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
John Burrwood Daly D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1941 · 6 years
George Washington Edmonds R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Benjamin Martin Golder R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Benjamin Martin Golder R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Benjamin Martin Golder R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Benjamin Martin Golder R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
George Washington Edmonds R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
George Washington Edmonds R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
George Washington Edmonds R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
George Washington Edmonds R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
George Washington Edmonds R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
George Washington Edmonds R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Reuben Osborne Moon R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Reuben Osborne Moon R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Reuben Osborne Moon R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Reuben Osborne Moon R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Robert Hermann Foerderer R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Reuben Osborne Moon R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
James Rankin Young R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
James Rankin Young R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
James Rankin Young R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Edgar Reyburn R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Edgar Reyburn R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Edgar Reyburn R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William Darrah Kelley R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Edgar Reyburn R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
William Darrah Kelley R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Darrah Kelley R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Darrah Kelley R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
William Darrah Kelley R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
William Darrah Kelley R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William Darrah Kelley R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Darrah Kelley R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Darrah Kelley R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
William Darrah Kelley R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1873 · 7.2 years
William Darrah Kelley R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
William Darrah Kelley R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Millward R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Henry Myer Phillips D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Jacob Broom A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
William Henry Witte D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Robbins D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Robbins D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Charles Jared Ingersoll D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Charles Jared Ingersoll D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Charles Jared Ingersoll D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
John Edwards W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Francis James W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Jeremiah Brown W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Edward Davies AM
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
John Edwards AM
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Francis James AM
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Edward Darlington AM
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
David, Jr. Potts AM
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Edward Davies AM
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
William Hiester AM
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Edward Darlington AM
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
David, Jr. Potts AM
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
William Hiester AM
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Edward Darlington AM
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
David, Jr. Potts AM
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Joshua Evans Jr. J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
William Hiester AM
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
David, Jr. Potts AM
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
George Gray Leiper J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Joshua Evans Jr. J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
James Buchanan J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Samuel Anderson A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Charles Miner A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
James Buchanan J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Samuel Edwards J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Charles Miner A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
James Buchanan J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Isaac Wayne
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Samuel Edwards
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
James Buchanan DR
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
James S. Mitchell R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Jacob Hostetter R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Jacob Spangler R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Jacob Hostetter R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Hugh Glasgow R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Hugh Glasgow R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Robert Whitehill R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
David Bard R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Robert Whitehill R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
David Bard R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Robert Whitehill R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
David Bard R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Robert Whitehill R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
David Bard R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
John Andre Hanna R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
David Bard R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Isaac Van Horne R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Robert Brown R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
Robert Brown R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
John Chapman F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Samuel Sitgreaves F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Robert Brown R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
John Richards R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Samuel Sitgreaves F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Daniel Hiester R
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months

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