Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1830
Eliminated2000
Years active1833-2003

Pennsylvania's twentieth congressional district was a congressional district in southwestern Pennsylvania. It was created following the 1830 census and was disbanded after the 2000 census removed two representatives from Pennsylvania. The 18th district is generally considered to be its successor, although the 12th district contains some of its territory.

Contents

List of members representing the district

RepresentativesPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1833
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Andrew Stewart
(Uniontown)
Anti-Masonic March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1832.
[ data missing ]
Andrew Buchanan
(Waynesburg)
Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
24th
25th
Elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
[ data missing ]
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
Enos Hook
(Waynesburg)
Democratic March 4, 1839 –
April 18, 1841
26th
27th
Elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Resigned.
VacantApril 18, 1841 –
May 31, 1841
27th
Henry W. Beeson
(Uniontown)
Democratic May 31, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
Elected to finish Hook's term.
[ data missing ]
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John Dickey
(Beaver)
Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Elected in 1843.
[ data missing ]
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John H. Ewing
(Washington)
Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
29th Elected in 1844.
[ data missing ]
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John Dickey
(Beaver)
Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1846.
[ data missing ]
Robert R. Reed
(Washington)
Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
31st Elected in 1848.
[ data missing ]
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John Allison
(Beaver)
Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
[ data missing ]
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John L. Dawson
(Brownsville)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1852.
[ data missing ]
Jonathan Knight
(East Bethlehem)
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th Elected in 1854.
[ data missing ]
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William Montgomery
(Washington)
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861
35th
36th
Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
[ data missing ]
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Jesse Lazear
(Waynesburg)
Democratic March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
37th Elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the 24th district .
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Amos Myers
(Clarion)
Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th Elected in 1862.
[ data missing ]
Charles V. Culver
(Franklin)
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867
39th Elected in 1864.
[ data missing ]
Darwin A. Finney
(Meadville)
Republican March 4, 1867 –
August 25, 1868
40th Elected in 1866.
Died.
VacantAugust 25, 1868 –
December 7, 1868
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S. Newton Pettis
(Meadville)
Republican December 7, 1868 –
March 3, 1869
Elected to finish Finney's term.
[ data missing ]
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Calvin W. Gilfillan
(Franklin)
Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871
41st Elected in 1868.
[ data missing ]
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Samuel Griffith
(Mercer)
Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42nd Elected in 1870.
[ data missing ]
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Hiram L. Richmond
(Meadville)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
[ data missing ]
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Levi A. Mackey
(Lock Haven)
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
44th
45th
Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
[ data missing ]
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Seth H. Yocum
(Bellefonte)
Greenback March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
46th Elected in 1878.
[ data missing ]
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Andrew G. Curtin
(Bellefonte)
Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1887
47th
48th
49th
Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
[ data missing ]
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John Patton
(Curwensville)
Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
50th Elected in 1886.
[ data missing ]
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Edward Scull
(Somerset)
Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893
51st
52nd
Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
[ data missing ]
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Josiah D. Hicks
(Altoona)
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1899
53rd
54th
55th
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
[ data missing ]
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Joseph E. Thropp
(Everett)
Republican March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1901
56th Elected in 1898.
[ data missing ]
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Alvin Evans
(Ebensburg)
Republican March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903
57th Elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 19th district .
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Daniel F. Lafean
(York)
Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1913
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
[ data missing ]
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Andrew R. Brodbeck
(Hanover)
Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915
63rd Elected in 1912.
[ data missing ]
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Cyrus W. Beales
(Gettysburg)
Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1917
64th Elected in 1914.
[ data missing ]
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Andrew R. Brodbeck
(Hanover)
Democratic March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1919
65th Elected in 1916.
[ data missing ]
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Edward S. Brooks
(York)
Republican March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1923
66th
67th
Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
[ data missing ]
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George M. Wertz
(Johnstown)
Republican March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1925
68th Elected in 1922.
[ data missing ]
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Anderson H. Walters
(Johnstown)
Republican March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1927
69th Elected in 1924.
[ data missing ]
J. Russell Leech
(Ebensburg
Republican March 4, 1927 –
January 29, 1932
70th
71st
72nd
Elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Resigned to become a member of the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals
VacantJanuary 29, 1932 –
April 26, 1932
72nd
Howard W. Stull
(Johnstown)
Republican April 26, 1932 –
March 3, 1933
Elected to finish Leech's term.
[ data missing ]
Thomas C. Cochran
(Mercer)
Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
73rd Redistricted from the 28th district and re-elected in 1932.
[ data missing ]
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Denis J. Driscoll
(St. Marys)
Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937
74th Elected in 1934.
[ data missing ]
Benjamin Jarrett
(Farrell)
Republican January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1943
75th
76th
77th
Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
[ data missing ]
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Leon H. Gavin
(Oil City)
Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
78th Elected in 1942.
Redistricted to the 19th district .
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Francis E. Walter
(Easton)
Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1953
79th
80th
81st
82nd
Redistricted from the 21st district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Redistricted to the 15th district .
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James E. Van Zandt
(Altoona)
Republican January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Redistricted from the 22nd district and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
[ data missing ]
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Elmer J. Holland
(Pittsburgh)
Democratic January 3, 1963 –
August 9, 1968
88th
89th
90th
Redistricted from the 30th district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Died.
VacantAugust 9, 1968 –
November 5, 1968
90th
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Joseph M. Gaydos
(McKeesport)
Democratic November 5, 1968 –
January 3, 1993
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Elected to finish Holland's term.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
[ data missing ]
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Austin Murphy
(Monongahela)
Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
103rd Redistricted from the 22nd district and re-elected in 1992.
[ data missing ]
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Frank Mascara
(Charleroi)
Democratic January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2003
104th
105th
106th
107th
Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the 18th district but moved to and lost renomination in the 12th district .
District dissolved January 3, 2003

Recent electoral history

Year Democratic Republican Write-ins
CandidateVotesPctCandidateVotesPctVotes
1992 Austin J. Murphy 114,89851%Bill Townsend111,59149%
1994 Frank Mascara 95,25153% Mike McCormick 84,15647%12
1996 Frank Mascara 113,39454% Mike McCormick 97,00446%4
1998 Frank Mascara 97,885100%(no candidate)190
2000 Frank Mascara 145,13164% Ronald J. Davis 80,31236%

Source: "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved August 8, 2007.

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