Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
Population (2000) 646,403
Median income $59,207
Ethnic composition 92.1% White, 3.5% Black, 2.4% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI D + 3
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Pennsylvania District 8 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves Bucks County, along with a small portion of Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. The current Representative from District 8 is Democrat Patrick Murphy.

[edit] Election results

US House election, 2004: Pennsylvania District 8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Virginia Schrader 143,427 44 +7
Republican Mike Fitzpatrick 183,229 55 -9
Libertarian Arthur L. Farnsworth 3,710 1 +1
Constitution Erich Lukas 898 0.3 +0.3
Majority
Turnout 331,264
US House election, 2006: Pennsylvania District 8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Patrick Murphy 125,667 50 +6
Republican Mike Fitzpatrick 124,146 50 -5
Majority
Turnout 249,813

[edit] Representatives

Representative Party Years District home Note
District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district
Thomas Hartley Federalist 1795 – 1800 York Died in office
John Stewart Democratic-Republican 1801 – 1803 York Moved to Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district
William Findley Democratic-Republican 1803 – 1813 Latrobe
William Piper Democratic-Republican 1813 – 1817 Everett
Alexander Ogle Democratic-Republican 1817 – 1819 Somerset Not a candidate for renomination
Robert Philson Democratic-Republican 1819 – 1821 Berlin
John Tod Democratic-Republican 1821 – 1823 Moved to Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
District reorganized in 1823 to have two seats
Thomas Jones Rogers
Samuel D. Ingham		 Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1824 Thomas Jones Rogers resigned April 20, 1824
George Wolf
Samuel D. Ingham		 Democratic-Republican 1824 – 1829
Samuel A. Smith
Peter Ihrie, Jr.		 Jacksonian 1829 – 1831 Doylestown
Easton
Samuel A. Smith
Henry King		 Jacksonian 1831 – 1833 Doylestown
Allentown
District reorganized in 1833 to have one seat
Henry King Jacksonian 1833 – 1835 Allentown Not a candidate for renomination
Edward Burd Hubley Jacksonian 1835 – 1837 Reading Switched to the Democratic Party
Democratic 1837 – 1839
Peter Newhard Democratic 1839 – 1843 Allentown Not a candidate for renomination
Jeremiah Brown Whig 1843 – 1845 Lancaster Not a candidate for renomination
John Strohm Whig 1845 – 1849 Lancaster
Thaddeus Stevens Whig 1849 – 1853 York
Henry A. Muhlenberg Democratic 1853 – 1854 Reading Died in office
J. Glancy Jones Democratic 1854 – 1858 Reading Resigned October 30, 1858, and was appointed United States Minister to Austria
William H. Keim Republican 1858 – 1859 Reading Died in office
John Schwartz Anti-Lecompton Democrat 1859 – 1860 Reading Died in office
Jacob K. McKenty Democrat 1860 – 1861 Not a candidate for renomination
Sydenham E. Ancona Democrat 1861 – 1867 Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
James L. Getz Democrat 1867 – 1873 Not a candidate for renomination
Hiester Clymer Democrat 1873 – 1881
Daniel Ermentrout Democrat 1881 – 1889 Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
William Mutchler Democrat 1889 – 1893 Died in office
Howard Mutchler Democrat 1893 – 1895 Not a candidate for renomination
Joseph J. Hart Democrat 1895 – 1897 Not a candidate for renomination
William S. Kirkpatrick Republican 1897 - 1899 Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Laird H. Barber Democrat 1899 – 1901 Not a candidate for renomination
Howard Mutchler Democrat 1901 – 1903 Not a candidate for renomination
Irving P. Wanger Republican 1903 - 1911 Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Robert E. Difenderfer Democrat 1911 – 1915 Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Henry W. Watson Republican 1915 - 1923 Moved to Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district
Thomas S. Butler Republican 1923 - 1928 Died in office
James Wolfenden Republican 1928 - 1945 Moved to Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
Charles L. Gerlach Republican 1945 - 1947 Died in office
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter Republican 1947 - 1951
Albert C. Vaughn Republican 1951 Died in office
Karl C. King Republican 1951 – 1957
Willard S. Curtin Republican 1957 – 1967
Edward G. Biester, Jr. Republican 1967 – 1977
Peter H. Kostmayer Democrat 1977 – 1981
James K. Coyne, III Republican 1981 – 1983
Peter H. Kostmayer Democrat 1983 – 1993
James C. Greenwood Republican 1993 – 2005
Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 2005 – 2007
Patrick Murphy Democrat 2007 – Incumbent
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The 20th-36th and At-large districts are obsolete
See also: Pennsylvania's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations
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