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Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district

72 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
72
45 R · 15 U · 3 F · 2 D · 1 Pa · 1 Aa · 1 DR · 1 AA · 1 J · 1 J · 1 W
Longest tenure
2 years
George Clymer
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/pa-alEvery holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020George Clymer · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04James Armstrong · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04John Andre Hanna · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Whitehill · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Bard · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanJames Duncan · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04James Allison Jr. · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04Samuel Delucenna Ingham · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Ramsey · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonianJohn Dick · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · WhigCharles Albright · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanMortimer Fitzland Elliott · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratEdwin Sylvanus Osborne · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Sylvanus Osborne · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lilly · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanGalusha Aaron Grow · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Arza Davenport · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Arza Davenport · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanGalusha Aaron Grow · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanFred Ewing Lewis · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Franklin Lafean · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Roger Kirkpatrick Scott · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanMahlon Morris Garland · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Joseph Burke · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJames Miller Hazlett · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Irvin Troutman · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanHenry Wynkoop · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04Thomas Fitzsimons · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04John Baptiste Charles Lucas · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Williams · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04William Cox Ellis · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04William Wilkins · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · DemocratGlenni William Scofield · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander McDowell · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Franklin Huff · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanGalusha Aaron Grow · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanGalusha Aaron Grow · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Hermann Foerderer · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanArthur Ringwalt Rupley · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Roger Kirkpatrick Scott · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanMahlon Morris Garland · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Joseph Burke · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Spencer Crago · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Fitzsimons · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04William Irvine · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04Lemuel Todd · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanGalusha Aaron Grow · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanAnderson Howell Walters · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanMahlon Morris Garland · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Spencer Crago · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Spencer Crago · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph McLaughlin · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Scott · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04William Montgomery · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04John Mary Morin · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Spencer Crago · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph McLaughlin · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanAnderson Howell Walters · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanAnderson Howell Walters · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · Pro-administrationThomas Scott · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04Thomas Hartley · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · FederalistFrederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · Anti-administrationJohn Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04Thomas Hartley · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · FederalistDaniel Hiester · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wilkes Kittera · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · FederalistJohn Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04Daniel Hiester · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Gregg · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · Democratic RepublicanJohn Smilie · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Findley · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · Anti-Administration
William Irvin Troutman R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
James Miller Hazlett R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Joseph Burke R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Thomas Spencer Crago R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Joseph McLaughlin R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Anderson Howell Walters R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Mahlon Morris Garland R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Joseph Burke R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Thomas Spencer Crago R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Anderson Howell Walters R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Mahlon Morris Garland R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Thomas Spencer Crago R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Joseph McLaughlin R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Daniel Franklin Lafean R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Mahlon Morris Garland R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Thomas Spencer Crago R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Fred Ewing Lewis R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Arthur Ringwalt Rupley R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Anderson Howell Walters R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Mary Morin R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Galusha Aaron Grow R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Robert Hermann Foerderer R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Samuel Arza Davenport R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Galusha Aaron Grow R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Samuel Arza Davenport R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Galusha Aaron Grow R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Galusha Aaron Grow R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
George Franklin Huff R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William Lilly R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Alexander McDowell R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Galusha Aaron Grow R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Mortimer Fitzland Elliott D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Charles Albright R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Glenni William Scofield R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Lemuel Todd R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Dick W
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
William Ramsey J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Samuel Delucenna Ingham J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
William Wilkins D
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
James Allison Jr.
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
James Duncan
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
William Cox Ellis
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
David Bard R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Jonathan Williams
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Robert Whitehill R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
John Andre Hanna R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
John Baptiste Charles Lucas R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
James Armstrong
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Thomas Fitzsimons
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
William Irvine
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
William Montgomery
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Thomas Scott
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg Aa
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Thomas Hartley F
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
John Wilkes Kittera F
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Daniel Hiester R
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Andrew Gregg DR
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
John Smilie R
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
William Findley AA
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
George Clymer
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years
Henry Wynkoop
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years
Thomas Fitzsimons
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years
Thomas Scott
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg Pa
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years
Thomas Hartley F
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years
Daniel Hiester R
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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