Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district

The 13th congressional district of Pennsylvania is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The district contains all of Blair County, Huntingdon County, Bedford County, Fulton County, Franklin County, and Adams County. It also includes most of Somerset County, and parts of Westmoreland County, Cambria County, and Cumberland County. Republican John Joyce has represented the district since 2019.

Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
Boundaries since the 2018 elections.
Representative	John Joyce R–Hollidaysburg
Population (2019)	697,051
Median household income	$56,618
Ethnicity	93.1% White 3.3% Hispanic 2.9% Black 0.6% Asian 0.1% Native American
Cook PVI	R+22[1]

Prior to February 2018, the district was located in southeastern Pennsylvania, covering eastern Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia. The district traditionally included most of Montgomery County, but was redrawn in 2002 to include part of Philadelphia, and altered again in 2012. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional. The old 13th district became the 4th district, and what was the ninth district in the southwest part of the state was modified and redesignated the 13th district, for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter.[2]

The previously drawn district had long been a Republican stronghold, like many suburban districts in the Northeast. However, the brand of Republicanism in southeastern Pennsylvania was a moderate one, and the district, like the Philadelphia suburbs as a whole, became friendlier to Democrats during the 1990s as the national party veered to the right. The district had not voted Republican for President since 1988. In 1992, the district elected its first Democratic representative in 86 years, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky. She was swept out in 1994 by Republican Jon D. Fox, but Joe Hoeffel regained the seat for the Democrats in 1998. It was in Democratic hands from then until the 2018 redistricting, and became even more Democratic since being pushed into Philadelphia after the 2000 census. The district is currently located in an area of the state that is, and has been, solidly Republican.

Demographics

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 647,435 people, 250,845 households, and 169,848 families residing in the district. The racial makeup of the district was 87.16% White, 6.05% Black or African American, 0.14% Native American, 4.05% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.32% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. 3.06% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 250,845 households, out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51] and the average family size was 3.09.

In the district, the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.

The median income for a household in the district was $49,319, and the median income for a family was $61,108. Males had a median income of $36,441 versus $23,719 for females. The per capita income for the district was $25,053. About 5.1% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created in 1813
Vacant		March 4, 1813 – May 13, 1813	13th	Member-elect John Smilie was redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1812 but died December 30, 1812.
Isaac Griffin	Democratic-Republican	May 13, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected to finish John Smilie's term. Re-elected in 1814. Retired.
Christian Tarr	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
Andrew Stewart	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 14th district.
John Tod	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – ????, 1824	18th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1822. Resigned to become judge of Court of Common Pleas of 16th judicial district.
Vacant		?????, 1824 – December 6, 1824
Alexander Thomson	Democratic-Republican	December 6, 1824 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Elected October 12, 1824 to finish Tod's term. Elected the same day in 1824 to the next term. Resigned.
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – May 1, 1826
Vacant		May 1, 1826 – December 4, 1826	19th
Chauncey Forward	Jacksonian	December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1831	19th 20th 21st	Elected October 10, 1826 to finish Thomson's term and seated December 4, 1826. Elected the same day in 1826 to the next term. Re-elected in 1828. Retired.
George Burd	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1830. Redistricted to the 18th district.
Jesse Miller	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – October 30, 1836	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. Resigned to become the First Auditor of the United States Department of the Treasury.
Vacant		October 30, 1836 – December 5, 1836	24th
James Black	Jacksonian	December 5, 1836 – March 3, 1837		Elected to finish Miller's term. [data unknown/missing]
Charles McClure	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
William Sterrett Ramsey	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – October 17, 1840	26th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		October 17, 1840 – December 7, 1840
Charles McClure	Democratic	December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1841		Elected to finish Ramsey's term. [data unknown/missing]
Amos Gustine	Democratic	May 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry Frick	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 1, 1844	28th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		March 1, 1844 – April 5, 1844
James Pollock	Whig	April 5, 1844 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	Elected to finish Frick's term. [data unknown/missing]
Joseph Casey	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
James Gamble	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 15th district.
Asa Packer	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	33rd 34th	[data unknown/missing]
William H. Dimmick	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]
Philip Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district.
Henry W. Tracy	Independent Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data unknown/missing]
Ulysses Mercur	Republican	March 4, 1865 – December 2, 1872	39th 40th 41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Vacant		December 2, 1872 – December 24, 1872	42nd
Frank C. Bunnell	Republican	December 24, 1872 – March 3, 1873		Elected to finish Mercur's term. [data unknown/missing]
James D. Strawbridge	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
James B. Reilly	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
John W. Ryon	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles N. Brumm	Greenback	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th 49th 50th	[data unknown/missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889		[data unknown/missing]
James B. Reilly	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles N. Brumm	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	[data unknown/missing]
James W. Ryan	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	[data unknown/missing]
George R. Patterson	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 12th district.
Marcus C.L. Kline	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	[data unknown/missing]
John H. Rothermel	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1915	60th 61st 62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing]
Arthur G. Dewalt	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	64th 65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]
Fred B. Gernerd	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
George F. Brumm	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927	68th 69th	[data unknown/missing]
Cyrus M. Palmer	Republican	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929	70th	[data unknown/missing]
George F. Brumm	Republican	March 4, 1929 – May 29, 1934	71st 72nd 73rd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		May 29, 1934 – January 3, 1935	73rd
James H. Gildea	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]
Ivor D. Fenton	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945	76th 77th 78th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 12th district.
Daniel K. Hoch	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	Redistricted from the 14th district. [data unknown/missing]
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
George M. Rhodes	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 14th district.
Samuel K. McConnell Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1953 – September 1, 1957	83rd 84th 85th	Redistricted from the 16th district. Resigned.
Vacant		September 1, 1957 – November 5, 1957	85th
John A. Lafore Jr.	Republican	November 5, 1957 – January 3, 1961	85th 86th	Elected to finish McConnell's term. Lost renomination.
Richard S. Schweiker	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1969	87th 88th 89th 90th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. senator.
R. Lawrence Coughlin	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1993	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Jon D. Fox	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999	104th 105th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Joe Hoeffel	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005	106th 107th 108th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Allyson Schwartz	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2015	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Governor of Pennsylvania
Brendan Boyle	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019	114th 115th	Re-districted to the 2nd district.
John Joyce	Republican	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th	Incumbent

Recent election results

Year	Election		Winner	Party	Votes	%		Nominated opponent	Party	Votes	%
2000	General		Joseph M. Hoeffel	Democratic	146,026	53%		Stewart Greenleaf	Republican	126,501	46%
2002	General		Joseph M. Hoeffel	Democratic	107,945	51%		Melissa Brown	Republican	100,295	47%
2004	General		Allyson Schwartz	Democratic	171,763	56%		Melissa Brown	Republican	127,205	41%
2006	General		Allyson Schwartz	Democratic	147,368	66%		Raj Bhakta	Republican	75,492	34%
2008	General		Allyson Schwartz	Democratic	196,868	63%		Marina Kats	Republican	108,271	35%
2010	General		Allyson Schwartz	Democratic	117,798	56%		Dee Adcock	Republican	91,195	44%
2012	General		Allyson Schwartz	Democratic	209,901	69%		Joe Rooney	Republican	93,918	31%
2014	General		Brendan Boyle	Democratic	123,601	67%		Dee Adcock	Republican	60,549	33%
2016	General		Brendan Boyle	Democratic	239,316	100%		None
2018	General		John Joyce	Republican	178,533	70%		Brent Ottaway	Democratic	74,733	29%
2020	General		John Joyce	Republican	267,789	73.5%		Todd Rowley	Democratic	96,612	26.5%

Historical district boundaries

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  2003–2013
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  2013–2019

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• Pennsylvania's congressional districts

References

1. "New Pennsylvania Map Is a Major Boost for Democrats". The Cook Political Report. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
2. Cohn, Nate; Bloch, Matthew; Quealy, Kevin (February 19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania