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Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

104 members have held this seat since Oct 24, 1791. Now: Mary Gay Scanlon D.

Holders
104
67 R · 23 D · 5 F · 5 J · 2 W · 1 U · 1 A
Longest tenure
10 years
William Joseph Green Jr.
Current
7.8 years
Mary Gay Scanlon, since Jan 3, 2019
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Wilkes Kittera · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04 · FederalistGeorge Ege · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistGeorge Ege · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistJoseph Hiester · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hiester · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Gregg · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Gregg · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Montgomery Jr. · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Smith · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Smith · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Rea · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Crawford · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Maclay · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Boden · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJames McSherry · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · FederalistPhilip Swenk Markley · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Philip Swenk Markley · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJohn Benton Sterigere · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonJohn Benton Sterigere · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJoel Keith Mann · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJoel Keith Mann · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJacob Fry Jr. · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonJacob Fry Jr. · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Fornance · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Fornance · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJacob Senewell Yost · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJacob Senewell Yost · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJohn Freedley · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigJohn Freedley · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJohn McNair · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratJohn McNair · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJohn Cadwalader · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratOwen Jones · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Wood · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Morris Davis · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Russell Thayer · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Russell Thayer · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanCaleb Newbold Taylor · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Roberts Reading · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Crout Harmer · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Robbins · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Crout Harmer · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Crout Harmer · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanEdward de Veaux Morrell · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanEdward de Veaux Morrell · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanEdward de Veaux Morrell · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walker Foulkrod · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walker Foulkrod · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanMichael Donohoe · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratMichael Donohoe · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratPeter Edward Costello · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanPeter Edward Costello · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanPeter Edward Costello · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJames Joseph Connolly · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJames Joseph Connolly · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanJames Joseph Connolly · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanJames Joseph Connolly · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanJames Joseph Connolly · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJames Joseph Connolly · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanJames Joseph Connolly · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanFred Christian Gartner · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Frederick Pracht · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge William Sarbacher Jr. · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Joseph Green Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Joseph Green Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1963-12-22 · DemocratWilliam Joseph Green · 1964-04-28 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Joseph Green · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Joseph Green · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratRichard Taylor Schulze · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Taylor Schulze · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Taylor Schulze · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Floyd Clinger Jr. · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJohn E. Peterson · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJohn E. Peterson · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJohn E. Peterson · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanGlenn Thompson · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanGlenn Thompson · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanDaniel Hiester · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hiester · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Crawford · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Maclay · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Boden · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Fullerton · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Findlay · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanCaleb Newbold Taylor · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanEdward de Veaux Morrell · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Joseph Gerard Dorsey · 1935-01-03 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratFrancis Raphael Smith · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Joseph Green Jr. · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Joseph Green Jr. · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJohn Haines Ware III · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanMary Gay Scanlon · 2019-01-03 – present · DemocratThomas Grubb McCullough · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · Federalist
Mary Gay Scanlon D
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Glenn Thompson R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Glenn Thompson R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
John E. Peterson R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
John E. Peterson R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
John E. Peterson R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
William Floyd Clinger Jr. R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Richard Taylor Schulze R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Richard Taylor Schulze R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Richard Taylor Schulze R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Haines Ware III R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
William Joseph Green D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
William Joseph Green D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Joseph Green D
Apr 28, 1964 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2.7 years
William Joseph Green Jr. D
Jan 9, 1963 – Dec 22, 1963 · 11 months
William Joseph Green Jr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
William Joseph Green Jr. D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
George William Sarbacher Jr. R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
William Joseph Green Jr. D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Charles Frederick Pracht R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Francis Raphael Smith D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Fred Christian Gartner R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Frank Joseph Gerard Dorsey D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1939 · 4 years
James Joseph Connolly R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
James Joseph Connolly R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
James Joseph Connolly R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
James Joseph Connolly R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
James Joseph Connolly R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
James Joseph Connolly R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
James Joseph Connolly R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Peter Edward Costello R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Peter Edward Costello R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Peter Edward Costello R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Michael Donohoe D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Michael Donohoe D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Walker Foulkrod R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Walker Foulkrod R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Edward de Veaux Morrell R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Edward de Veaux Morrell R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Edward de Veaux Morrell R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Edward de Veaux Morrell R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
John Robbins D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Alfred Crout Harmer R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
John Roberts Reading D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Caleb Newbold Taylor R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Caleb Newbold Taylor R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Martin Russell Thayer R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Martin Russell Thayer R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
William Morris Davis R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Wood R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Owen Jones D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Cadwalader D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John McNair D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John McNair D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Freedley W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Freedley W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Jacob Senewell Yost D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Jacob Senewell Yost D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Joseph Fornance D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Joseph Fornance D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Jacob Fry Jr. D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Jacob Fry Jr. J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Joel Keith Mann J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Joel Keith Mann J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
John Benton Sterigere J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Benton Sterigere J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Philip Swenk Markley A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Philip Swenk Markley
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
James McSherry F
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
John Findlay R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Andrew Boden R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
David Fullerton R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Thomas Grubb McCullough F
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
William Maclay R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Andrew Boden R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
William Crawford R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
William Maclay R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
John Rea R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
William Crawford R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
George Smith R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
George Smith R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Daniel Montgomery Jr. R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Andrew Gregg R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Andrew Gregg R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Joseph Hiester R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Joseph Hiester R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
George Ege F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Joseph Hiester R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
George Ege F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Daniel Hiester R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
John Wilkes Kittera F
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months

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