Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district was one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 History
4 Elections
5 Representatives
6 References

[edit] Geography

From 1873 to 1875 the district was held at-large.

In 1903 the district was drawn to cover Crawford and Erie counties, which interestingly enough had been its original area 60 years earlier.

The district was again moved in 1922. At this time it was redrawn to cover Washington and Greene counties.^[1]

In 1942 the boundaries of the district were redrawn without actually moving it for the first time. Greene County was transferred to the 24th District while parts of Allegheny County south and west of down-town Pittsburgh were moved to the 25th District. In 1944 the district boundaries were totally redrawn. It now consisted of Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties. These boundaraies were then redrawn in 1972, with a small strip of northern Allegheny County being put in the 25th district.^[2]

The district was eliminated in 1983.

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[edit] Demographics

In 1902 the district was draw to cover and area with a population of 162,116. Only 4 of Pennsylvania's 30 districts had fewer people at this point. Some Pennsylvania districts had over 250,000 people at this point. 0.4% of the population of what would be the 25th district in 1902 was black in 1900.^[3]

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[edit] History

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This district was created in 1853. It consisted of Crawford County, Pennsylvania and Erie County, Pennsylvania at this point. The district had a population of 76,591. ^[4]

It was eliminated in 1863. This district was recreated in 1873. The district was held at-large until 1875. In 1875 it was made a geographical district covering Forest County, Pennsylvania, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It had a population of 131,663.^[5] In 1888 Pennsylvania congressional distrticts were redrawn because there was a decision to make Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district a geographical district and end its election at large. The 25th district was shifted to cover Butler County, Pennsylvania, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania and Mercer County, Pennsylvania.^[6] These would remain the boundaries until 1912.

The district was eliminated in 1983.

[edit] Elections

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[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
District created in 1853
William H. Kurtz	Democrat	1853 – 1855
John Dick	Opposition	1855 – 1857	Joined the Republican Party
John Dick	Republican	1857 – 1859
Elijah Babbitt	Republican	1859 – 1863
District eliminated in 1863, District recreated in 1873
At-large on a general ticket: Charles Albright Glenni W. Scofield Lemuel Todd	Republican	1873 – 1875
George A. Jenks	Democrat	1875 – 1877
Harry White	Republican	1877 – 1881	Not a candidate for reelection
James Mosgrove	Greenback	1881 – 1883	Declined to be a candidate for renomination
John D. Patton	Democrat	1883 – 1885	Declined to be a candidate for renomination
Alexander C. White	Republican	1885 – 1887	Not a candidate for reelection
James T. Maffett	Republican	1887 – 1889	Not a candidate for renomination
Charles C. Townsend	Republican	1889 – 1891	Not a candidate for renomination
Eugene P. Gillespie	Democrat	1891 – 1893	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Thomas W. Phillips	Republican	1893 – 1897	Declined to be a candidate for renomination
Joseph B. Showalter	Republican	1897 – 1903	Not a candidate for reelection
Arthur L. Bates	Republican	1903 – 1913	Declined to be a candidate for renomination
Milton W. Shreve	Republican	1913 – 1915	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Michael Liebel, Jr.	Democrat	1915 – 1917	Not a candidate for renomination
Henry A. Clark	Republican	1917 – 1919	Not a candidate for renomination
Milton W. Shreve	Republican	1919 – 1923	Moved to Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district
Henry W. Temple	Republican	1923 – 1933	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Charles I. Faddis	Democrat	1933 – 1942	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination, resigned to join the United States Army
Grant Furlong	Democrat	1943 – 1945	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Louis E. Graham	Republican	1945 – 1955	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Frank M. Clark	Democrat	1955 – 1974	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Gary A. Myers	Republican	1975 – 1979	Not a candidate for renomination
Eugene Atkinson	Democrat	1979 – 1983
District eliminated in 1983

v • d • e Pennsylvania's congressional districts

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[edit] References

^ Martis, Kenneth C. Historical Atlas of Political Parties in Congress. (New York: MacMillian, 1989) p. 177
^ Martis. Historical Atlas. p. 227
^ Parsons. Congressional Districts p. 407
^ Parsons, Stanley B., William W. Beach and Michael J. Dubin United States Congressional Districts and Data, 1843-1883 (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1986) p. 82
^ Parsons. Congressional Districts and Data. p. 210
^ Parsons, Stanley B., Michale J. Dubin and Karen Toombs Parsons. United States Congressional Districts, 1883-1913. (Westwood: Greenwood Press, 1990) p. 136