Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district

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.

List of representatives

Representatives	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created in 1833
Andrew Stewart	Anti- Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Redistricted from the 14th district
Andrew Buchanan	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Enos Hook	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – April 18, 1841	Resigned
Vacant		April 18, 1841 – May 31, 1841
Henry W. Beeson	Democratic	May 31, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Dickey	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John H. Ewing	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Dickey	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert R. Reed	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Allison	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John L. Dawson	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Redistricted from the 18th district
Jonathan Knight	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Montgomery	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jesse Lazear	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Redistricted to the 24th district
Amos Myers	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles V. Culver	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Darwin A. Finney	Republican	March 4, 1867 – August 25, 1868	Died
Vacant		August 25, 1868 – December 7, 1868
S. Newton Pettis	Republican	December 7, 1868 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Calvin W. Gilfillan	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Griffith	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hiram L. Richmond	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Levi A. Mackey	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Seth H. Yocum	Greenback	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Andrew G. Curtin	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Patton	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Edward Scull	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted from the 17th district
Josiah D. Hicks	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph E. Thropp	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Alvin Evans	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	Redistricted to the 19th district
Daniel F. Lafean	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Andrew R. Brodbeck	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Cyrus W. Beales	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Andrew R. Brodbeck	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Edward S. Brooks	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George M. Wertz	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Anderson H. Walters	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
J. Russell Leech	Republican	March 4, 1927 – January 29, 1932	Resigned to become a member of the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals
Vacant		January 29, 1932 – April 26, 1932
Howard W. Stull	Republican	April 26, 1932 – March 3, 1933	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas C. Cochran	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	Redistricted from the 28th district
Denis J. Driscoll	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin Jarrett	Republican	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Leon H. Gavin	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to the 19th district
Francis E. Walter	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	Redistricted from the 21st district Redistricted to the 15th district
James E. Van Zandt	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted from the 22nd district
Elmer J. Holland	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – August 9, 1968	Redistricted from the 30th district Died
Vacant		August 9, 1968 – November 5, 1968
Joseph M. Gaydos	Democratic	November 5, 1968 – January 3, 1993	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Austin Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Redistricted from the 22nd district
Frank Mascara	Democratic	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 18th district, but moved to and lost renomination in the 12th district
District eliminated		January 3, 2003

Recent electoral history

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Year		Democratic				Republican				Write-ins
		Candidate	Votes	Pct		Candidate	Votes	Pct		Votes
1992		Austin J. Murphy	114,898	51%		Bill Townsend	111,591	49%
1994		Frank Mascara	95,251	53%		Mike McCormick	84,156	47%		12
1996		Frank Mascara	113,394	54%		Mike McCormick	97,004	46%		4
1998		Frank Mascara	97,885	100%		(no candidate)				190
2000		Frank Mascara	145,131	64%		Ronald J. Davis	80,312	36%

Source: "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved 2007-08-08.

References

• 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