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Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district

102 members have held this seat since Dec 7, 1795. Now: Daniel Meuser R.

Holders
102
65 R · 18 D · 14 J · 2 U · 1 J · 1 W · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
12 years
Paul Bartram Dague
Current
7.8 years
Daniel Meuser, since Jan 3, 2019
history/seat/pa-9Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Andrew Gregg · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Gregg · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Gregg · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Gregg · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Smilie · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Smilie · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Smilie · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Smilie · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Smilie · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Bard · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Burnside · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Plunkett Maclay · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Plunkett Maclay · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Brown · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Cox Ellis · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04George Kremer · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonGeorge Kremer · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonAlem Marr · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonLewis Dewart · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonHenry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonHenry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonHenry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratGeorge May Keim · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratGeorge May Keim · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJohn Ritter · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Ritter · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Strong · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Strong · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJehu Glancy Jones · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratIsaac Ellmaker Hiester · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigAnthony Ellmaker Roberts · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratAnthony Ellmaker Roberts · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanThaddeus Stevens · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanThaddeus Stevens · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanThaddeus Stevens · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanThaddeus Stevens · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanAbraham Herr Smith · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanAbraham Herr Smith · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanAbraham Herr Smith · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanAbraham Herr Smith · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanAbraham Herr Smith · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanAbraham Herr Smith · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Andrew Hiestand · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Andrew Hiestand · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanDavid B. Brunner · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratDavid B. Brunner · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratConstantine Jacob Erdman · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratConstantine Jacob Erdman · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Ermentrout · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Ermentrout · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratHenry Dickinson Green · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratHenry Burd Cassel · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Burd Cassel · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Burd Cassel · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walton Griest · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walton Griest · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walton Griest · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walton Griest · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walton Griest · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walton Griest · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Walton Griest · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Winfield Watson · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Winfield Watson · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanHenry Winfield Watson · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Winfield Watson · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Winfield Watson · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Winfield Watson · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Lewis Gerlach · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Lewis Gerlach · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanPaul Bartram Dague · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanPaul Bartram Dague · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanPaul Bartram Dague · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Robert Watkins · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Haines Ware III · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · RepublicanElmer Greinert Shuster · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanElmer Greinert Shuster · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanElmer Greinert Shuster · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanElmer Greinert Shuster · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanElmer Greinert Shuster · 1999-01-06 – 2001-02-06 · RepublicanBill Shuster · 2001-05-17 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanBill Shuster · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanBill Shuster · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanBill Shuster · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Plunkett Maclay · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Kremer · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Espy Van Horne · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonEspy Van Horne · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonJames Ford · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJames Ford · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonGeorge May Keim · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratOliver James Dickey · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Dickinson Green · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratOliver Walter Frey · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratJohn Roland Kinzer · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Haines Ware III · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanElmer Greinert Shuster · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanDaniel Meuser · 2019-01-03 – present · RepublicanSamuel McKean · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · JacksonianSamuel McKean · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonSamuel McKean · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonPhilander Stephens · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonPhilander Stephens · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Jackson
Daniel Meuser R
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Bill Shuster R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Bill Shuster R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Bill Shuster R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Bill Shuster R
May 17, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 20 months
Elmer Greinert Shuster R
Jan 6, 1999 – Feb 6, 2001 · 2.1 years
Elmer Greinert Shuster R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Elmer Greinert Shuster R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Elmer Greinert Shuster R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Elmer Greinert Shuster R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Elmer Greinert Shuster R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
John Haines Ware III R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
John Haines Ware III R
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
George Robert Watkins R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Paul Bartram Dague R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Paul Bartram Dague R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Paul Bartram Dague R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
John Roland Kinzer R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Charles Lewis Gerlach R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Charles Lewis Gerlach R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Henry Winfield Watson R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Oliver Walter Frey D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Henry Winfield Watson R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Henry Winfield Watson R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Henry Winfield Watson R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Henry Winfield Watson R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Henry Winfield Watson R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Walton Griest R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Walton Griest R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Walton Griest R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Walton Griest R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Walton Griest R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Walton Griest R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Walton Griest R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Henry Burd Cassel R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Henry Burd Cassel R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Henry Burd Cassel R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Henry Dickinson Green D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Daniel Ermentrout D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Henry Dickinson Green D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Daniel Ermentrout D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Constantine Jacob Erdman D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Constantine Jacob Erdman D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
David B. Brunner D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
David B. Brunner D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Andrew Hiestand R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Andrew Hiestand R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Abraham Herr Smith R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Abraham Herr Smith R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Abraham Herr Smith R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Abraham Herr Smith R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Abraham Herr Smith R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Abraham Herr Smith R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Oliver James Dickey R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
Thaddeus Stevens R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Thaddeus Stevens R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Thaddeus Stevens R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Thaddeus Stevens R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Isaac Ellmaker Hiester W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Jehu Glancy Jones D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
William Strong D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
William Strong D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Ritter D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John Ritter D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
George May Keim D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
George May Keim D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
George May Keim D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Lewis Dewart J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
James Ford J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Philander Stephens J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Alem Marr J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
James Ford J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Philander Stephens J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
George Kremer J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Espy Van Horne J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Samuel McKean J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
George Kremer J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Espy Van Horne J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Samuel McKean J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
William Cox Ellis
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
George Kremer
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Samuel McKean J
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
John Brown R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
William Plunkett Maclay R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
William Plunkett Maclay R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Thomas Burnside R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
William Plunkett Maclay R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
David Bard R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
John Smilie R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
John Smilie R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
John Smilie R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
John Smilie R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
John Smilie R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Andrew Gregg R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Andrew Gregg R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
Andrew Gregg R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Andrew Gregg R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months

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