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Pennsylvania's_15th_congressional_district

Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district

Pennsylvania's Congressional Fifteenth District is located in eastern Pennsylvania, comprising all of Northampton County, and parts of Berks, Lehigh, and Montgomery Counties.

The district includes the Lehigh Valley, Indian Valley and Upper Perkiomen Valley regions.

U.S. Congressman Charles Dent has represented the district since 2004.

Representatives

Representative Party Years District home Note
District created

Thomas Wilson Democratic-Republican 1813 – 1817 Erie
Robert Moore Democratic-Republican 1817 – 1821 Beaver Not a candidate for renomination
Patrick Farrelly Democratic-Republican 1821 – 1823 Meadville Moved to Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district
Thomas Patterson Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1825 Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Joseph Lawrence Jacksonian 1825 – 1829 Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William McCreery Jacksonian 1829 – 1831 Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Thomas M. T. McKennan Anti-Masonic 1831 – 1833 Moved to Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district
Andrew Beaumont Jacksonian 1833 – 1837 Wilkes-Barre Not a candidate for renomination
David Petrikin Independent Democrat 1837 – 1841
Benjamin A. Bidlack Independent Democrat 1841 – 1843 Milford Moved to Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
Henry Nes Independent Democrat 1847 – 1850 York Died in office
Moses McClean Democrat 1845 – 1847 Gettysburg
Henry Nes Whig 1847 – 1850 York Died in office
Joel B. Danner Democrat 1850 – 1851 Gettysburg
William H. Kurtz Democrat 1851 – 1853 York Moved to Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district
James Gamble Democrat 1853 – 1854 Jersey Shore
John J. Pearce Opposition 1855 – 1857 Lock Haven Declined to be a candidate for reelection
Allison White Democrat 1857 – 1859 Lock Haven Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
James T. Hale Republican 1859 - 1863 Bellefonte
Joseph Bailey Democrat 1863 – 1865
Adam J. Glossbrenner Democrat 1865 – 1869 York Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Richard J. Haldeman Democrat 1869 – 1873 Not a candidate for renomination
John A. Magee Democrat 1873 – 1875 Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Joseph Powell Democrat 1875 – 1877 Towanda Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Edward Overton, Jr. Republican 1877 - 1881 Towanda Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Cornelius C. Jadwin Republican 1881 - 1883 Honesdale Unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection
George A. Post Democrat 1883 – 1885 Montrose
Frank C. Bunnell Republican 1885 - 1889 Tunkhannock Not a candidate for renomination
Myron B. Wright Republican 1889 - 1894 Susquehanna Died in office
Edwin J. Jorden Republican 1895 Tunkhannock Not a candidate for renomination
James H. Codding Republican 1895 – 1899 Towanda Not a candidate for reelection
Charles F. Wright Republican 1889 – 1903 Susquehanna Not a candidate for renomination
Elias Deemer Republican 1903 – 1907 Williamsport Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William B. Wilson Republican 1907 – 1913 Blossburg Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Edgar R. Kiess Republican 1913 – 1923 Williamsport Moved to Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district
Louis T. McFadden Republican 1923 – 1935 Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Charles E. Dietrich Democrat 1935 – 1937 Tunkhannock Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Albert G. Rutherford Republican 1937 – 1941 Honesdale Died in office
Wilson D. Gillette Republican 1941 – 1945 Towanda Moved to Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district
Robert F. Rich Republican 1945 – 1951 Jersey Shore Not a candidate for renomination
Alvin Bush Republican 1951 – 1953 Moved to Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
Francis E. Walter Democrat 1953 – 1963 Easton Died in office
Fred B. Rooney Democrat 1963 – 1979 Bethlehem Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Donald L. Ritter Republican 1979 – 1993 Bethlehem Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Paul F. McHale, Jr. Democrat 1993 – 1999 Bethlehem He was not a candidate for reelection
Pat Toomey Republican 1999 – 2005 Bethlehem Did not seek re-election as a Congressman, Unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate
Charlie Dent Republican 2005 - Incumbent Allentown Incumbent

Election results

2004 - United States House of Representatives Charlie Dent (R)- 170,634 - 58.6% Joe Driscoll (D)- 114,646 - 39.4% Richard Piotrowski (Lib) - 3,660 - 1.3% Greta Browne (Grn) - 2,194 - 0.7%

2006 - United States House of Representatives Charlie Dent (R)- 106,261 - 53.6% Charles Dertinger (D)- 86,186 - 43.5% Greta Browne (Grn) - 5,803 - 2.9%

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