List of Members of Congress who have represented Erie, Pennsylvania

This is a list of the Members of Congress who have represented Erie, Pennsylvania to the United States House of Representatives. The list is in chronological order and shows changes in congressional districts over the years, including the creation or elimination of a district. Multiple dates indicate that a Congressman served inconsecutive terms within the same district.

Erie is presently in Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district (see map, right), but has also been a part of the 10th, 11th, 15th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 24th (twice), 25th (three times), 27th, 28th, and 29th districts as the Congress reapportioned districts in northwestern Pennsylvania based on changes in population.

List of Congressmen

Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes

District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district |-

District eliminiated in 1803

Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

William Hoge

Democratic-Republican Party

1803 – 1804

Resigned October 15, 1804 |-

John Hoge

Democratic-Republican Party

1804 – 1805

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

John B. C. Lucas

Democratic-Republican Party

1803 – 1805

Resigned in 1805 |-

Samuel Smith

Democratic-Republican Party

1805 – 1811

Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |-

Abner Lacock

Democratic-Republican Party

1811 – 1813

Resigned when he was elected to the United States Senate

Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

Thomas Wilson

Democratic-Republican Party

1813 – 1817

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Robert Moore

Democratic-Republican Party

1817 – 1821

Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |-

Patrick Farrelly

Democratic-Republican Party

1821 – 1823

Moved to Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes

District created in 1823 |-

Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes

District created in 1833 |-

District eliminated in 1843

Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

Charles Manning Reed

Whig Party

1843 – 1845

Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |-

James Thompson

Democratic Party

1845 – 1851

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Carlton Brandaga Curtis

Democratic Party

1851 – 1853

Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

John [...]

Whig Party

1853 – 1855

Switched to Opposition Party

Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

John [...]

Opposition Party

1855 – 1857

Switched to Republican Party |-

Republican Party

1857 – 1859

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Elijah Babbitt

Republican Party

1859 – 1863

District eliminated in 1863

Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

Glenni William Scofield

Republican Party

1863 – 1873

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Carlton Brandaga Curtis

Republican Party

1873 – 1875

Unsuccessful candidate for reelection

Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

Albert Gallatin Egbert

Democrat

1875 – 1877

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Lewis Findlay Watson

Republican

1877 – 1879

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James H. Osmer

Republican

1879 – 1881

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Lewis Findlay Watson

Republican

1881 – 1883

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Samuel Myron Brainerd

Republican

1883 – 1885

Unsuccessful candidate for renomination |-

William Lawrence Scott

Democrat

1885 – 1889

Renominated but declined because of the condition of his health |-

Lewis Findlay Watson

Republican

1889 – 1890

Died in office |-

Charles Warren Stone

Republican

1890 – 1899

Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |-

Joseph C. Sibley

Democratic Party

1899 – 1903

Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

Arthur Laban Bates

Republican Party

1903 – 1913

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Milton William Shreve

Republican Party

1913 – 1915

Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |-

Michael Liebel, Jr.

Democrat

1915 – 1917

Not a candidate for renomination |-

Henry Alden Clark

Republican

1917 – 1919

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Milton William Shreve

Republican

1919 – 1923

Moved to Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

Milton William Shreve

Republican

1923 – 1933

Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |-

Charles N. Crosby

Democratic Party

1933 – 1939

Unsuccessful candidate for renomination |-

Robert L. Rodgers

Republican

1939 – 1945

Moved to Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

Robert L. Rodgers

Republican

1945 – 1947

Unsuccessful candidate for renomination |-

Carroll D. Kearns

Republican

1947 – 1953

Moved to Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

Carroll D. Kearns

Republican Party

1953 – 1963

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James D. Weaver

Republican Party

1963 – 1965

Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |-

Joseph P. Vigorito

Democratic Party

1965 – 1977

Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |-

Marc L. Marks

Republican Party

1977 – 1983

District eliminated in 1983

Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

Tom Ridge

Republican Party

1983 – 1995

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Phil English

Republican Party

1995 – 2003

Moved to Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

District eliminated in 2003

Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

Member of Congress

Party

Years

Notes |-

Phil English

Republican Party

2003 – 2008

References

  • History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol I, 1884, pp 406, 409