Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
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Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district | ||
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Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | ||
Current Representative | Mike Fitzpatrick (R–Levittown) | |
Distribution | 90.73% urban, 9.27% rural | |
Population (2000) | 646,403 | |
Median income | $59,207 | |
Ethnicity | 92.1% White, 3.5% Black, 2.4% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% other | |
Cook PVI | R+1 |
Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district serves Bucks County, along with portions of Montgomery County, in Pennsylvania. Republican Mike Fitzpatrick has represented this district since 2011.
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Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mike Fitzpatrick | 183,229 | 55 | -9 | |
Democratic | Virginia Schrader | 143,427 | 44 | +7 | |
Libertarian | Arthur L. Farnsworth | 3,710 | 1 | +1 | |
Constitution | Erich Lukas | 898 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 331,264 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Patrick Murphy | 125,667 | 50 | +6 | |
Republican | Mike Fitzpatrick | 124,146 | 50 | -5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 249,813 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Patrick Murphy | 197,869 | 57 | +7 | |
Republican | Tom Manion | 145,103 | 42 | -8 | |
Independent | Tom Lingenfelter | 5,543 | 2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 348,515 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mike Fitzpatrick | 126,404 | 54 | +12 | |
Democratic | Patrick Murphy | 109,157 | 46 | -11 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 235,561 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mike Fitzpatrick | 199,379 | 56.6 | +2.6 | |
Democratic | Kathy Boockvar | 152,859 | 43.4 | -2.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 352,238 |
List of representatives
1791–1793: One seat
District created in 1791 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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Anti-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | Redistricted to At-large district |
District redistricted in 1793 to Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
1795–1813: One seat
District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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Thomas Hartley | Federalist | March 4, 1795 – December 21, 1800 | York | Redistricted from the At-large District, Died |
Vacant | December 21, 1800 – January 15, 1801 | |||
John Stewart | Democratic-Republican | January 15, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | York | Redistricted to the 6th District |
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Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813 | Latrobe | Redistricted to the 11th District |
William Piper | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 | Everett | Redistricted from the 7th District |
Alexander Ogle | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | Somerset | Not a candidate for renomination |
Robert Philson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | Berlin | |
John Tod | Democratic-Republican | March 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Redistricted to the 13th District |
1823–1833: Two seats
Seat A
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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Thomas Jones Rogers | Jackson DR | March 4, 1823 – April 20, 1824 | Berlin | Redistricted from the 6th District, Resigned |
Vacant | April 20, 1824 – December 9, 1824 | |||
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Jacksonian DR | December 9, 1824 – March 3, 1825 | ||
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – ????, 1829 | Resigned before the convening of the 21st Congress | ||
Samuel A. Smith | Jacksonian | October 13, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
Seat B
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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Jacksonian DR | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from 6th District | |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | Resigned before the convening of the 21st Congress | ||
Peter Ihrie, Jr. | Jacksonian | October 13, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
1833–present: One seat
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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Henry King | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Allentown | Redistricted from 7th District, Not a candidate for renomination |
Edward Burd Hubley | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | Reading | |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | |||
Peter Newhard | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | Allentown | Not a candidate for renomination |
Jeremiah Brown | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Lancaster | Redistricted from 4th District, Not a candidate for renomination |
John Strohm | Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 | Lancaster | |
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Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | York | |
Henry A. Muhlenberg | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – January 9, 1854 | Reading | Died |
Vacant | January 9, 1854 – February 4, 1854 | |||
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Democratic | February 4, 1854 – October 30, 1858 | Reading | appointed United States Minister to Austria |
Vacant | October 30, 1858 – December 7, 1858 | |||
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Republican | December 7, 1858 – March 3, 1859 | Reading | |
John Schwartz | Anti-Lecompton Democrat | March 4, 1859 – June 20, 1860 | Reading | Died |
Vacant | June 20, 1860 – December 3, 1860 | |||
Jacob K. McKenty | Democratic | December 3, 1860 – March 3, 1861 | Not a candidate for renomination | |
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Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1867 | Unsuccessful candidate for renomination | |
James L. Getz | Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 | Not a candidate for renomination | |
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Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1881 | ||
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Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1889 | Unsuccessful candidate for renomination | |
William Mutchler | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – June 23, 1893 | Died | |
Vacant | June 23, 1893 – August 7, 1893 | |||
Howard Mutchler | Democratic | August 7, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | Not a candidate for renomination | |
Joseph J. Hart | Democratic | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | Not a candidate for renomination | |
William S. Kirkpatrick | Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | Unsuccessful candidate for reelection | |
Laird H. Barber | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | Not a candidate for renomination | |
Howard Mutchler | Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | Not a candidate for renomination | |
Irving P. Wanger | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | Redistricted from 7th District, Unsuccessful candidate for reelection | |
Robert E. Difenderfer | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915 | Unsuccessful candidate for renomination | |
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Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 | Redistricted to Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district | |
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Republican | March 4, 1923 – May 26, 1928 | Redistricted from 7th District, Died | |
Vacant | May 26, 1928 – November 6, 1928 | |||
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Republican | November 6, 1928 – January 3, 1945 | Redistricted to Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district | |
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Republican | January 3, 1945 – May 5, 1947 | Redistricted from 9th District, Died | |
Vacant | May 5, 1947 – September 9, 1947 | |||
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter | Republican | September 9, 1947 – January 3, 1951 | ||
Albert C. Vaughn | Republican | January 3, 1951 – September 1, 1951 | Died | |
Vacant | September 1, 1951 – November 6, 1951 | |||
Karl C. King | Republican | November 6, 1951 – January 3, 1957 | ||
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Republican | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967 | ||
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Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1977 | Furlong | |
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Democratic | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981 | New Hope | |
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Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | Upper Makefield | |
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Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | New Hope | |
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Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005 | ||
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Republican | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | Levittown | Defeated for re-election |
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Democratic | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 | Bristol | Defeated for re-election |
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Republican | January 3, 2011 – present | Levittown | Incumbent |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
External links
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