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Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district

U.S. House district for Pennsylvania

U.S. House district for Pennsylvania

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statePennsylvania
district number1
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image captionInteractive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
(Bucks County outlined in red)
representativeBrian Fitzpatrick
partyRepublican
residenceLevittown
population768,164
population year2024
median income$112,090
percent white79.9
percent hispanic6.1
percent black4.0
percent asian6.3
percent more than one race3.3
percent other race0.5
cpviD+1

(Bucks County outlined in red) | percent more than one race = 3.3 Pennsylvania's first congressional district includes all of Bucks County and a sliver of Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania. It has been represented by Brian Fitzpatrick since 2019.

The state congressional district map was redrawn by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional due to partisan gerrymandering; the previous 1st district was geographically succeeded by the newly redrawn 2nd district which on November 6, 2018, elected Brendan Boyle, the incumbent from the 13th district. The new first district is similar to the previous eighth district, with the new boundaries going into effect for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter. It is the wealthiest congressional district in the state of Pennsylvania.

Fitzpatrick, the incumbent from the previous 8th district, was elected on November 6, 2018, to the newly redrawn 1st district. Prior to 2018, the district had generally been based in Philadelphia. Only minor changes were made to the district after redistricting following the 2020 census.

The district was one of three congressional districts that voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election while simultaneously electing a Republican in the concurrent House of Representatives elections.

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentObama 54% - 45%
Attorney GeneralCorbett 54% - 46%
Auditor GeneralWagner 54% - 46%
2010SenateToomey 54% - 46%
GovernorCorbett 56% - 44%
2012PresidentObama 50.4% - 49.6%
SenateCasey Jr. 52% - 48%
2014GovernorWolf 52% - 48%
2016PresidentClinton 48.5% - 47.8%
SenateToomey 52% - 46%
Attorney GeneralShapiro 51% - 49%
TreasurerTorsella 49% - 48%
Auditor GeneralBrown 51% - 46%
2018SenateCasey Jr. 56% - 42%
GovernorWolf 58% - 40%
2020PresidentBiden 52% - 47%
Attorney GeneralShapiro 51% - 46%
TreasurerTorsella 49% - 48%
Auditor GeneralDeFoor 50% - 47%
2022SenateFetterman 52% - 45%
GovernorShapiro 59% - 39%
2024PresidentHarris 50% - 49%
SenateCasey Jr. 49% - 48%
Attorney GeneralSunday 52% - 46%
TreasurerGarrity 52% - 46%
Auditor GeneralDeFoor 51% - 46%

Counties and municipalities

; Bucks County (73) : All 73 municipalities

Montgomery County (13) :East Greenville, Franconia Township, Hatfield Borough, Hatfield Township, Horsham Township (part; also 4th; includes part of Horsham CDP and Maple Glen), Marlborough Township, Montgomery Township, Pennsburg, Red Hill, Salford Township, Souderton, Telford (shared with Bucks County), Upper Hanover Township

List of members representing the district

The district was organized from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district in 1791.

1791–1793: one seat

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
ressElectoral history
District first established March 4, 1791
[[File:Thomas Fitzsimons Oil Portrait.jpg100px]]
Thomas Fitzsimons
(Philadelphia)Pro-AdministrationnowrapMarch 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1791.
Redistricted to the .

1795–1803: one seat

The district was organized from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district in 1795.

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
ressElectoral history
John Swanwick
(Philadelphia)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1795 –
August 1, 1798Elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1796.
Died.
VacantnowrapAugust 1, 1798 –
December 3, 1798
[[File:Robert Waln.png100px]]
Robert Waln
(Philadelphia)FederalistnowrapDecember 3, 1798 –
March 3, 1801Elected October 9, 1798 to finish Swanwick's term and seated December 3, 1798.
Elected the same day to the next term.
Retired.
[[File:Secratary of the Navy, William Jones.jpg100px]]
William Jones
(Philadelphia)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803Elected in 1800.
Retired.

1803–1813: three seats

The district was reorganized in 1803 to have 3 at-large seats on a general ticket. The district was apportioned a fourth seat in 1813, also elected on a general ticket.

Cong
ressYearsSeat ASeat BSeat CRepresentativePartyElectoral historyRepresentativePartyElectoral historyRepresentativePartyElectoral history
nowrapMarch 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805[[File:Joseph Clay, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile LCCN2007675909.jpg100px]]
Joseph Clay
(Philadelphia)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Resigned.Jacob Richards
(Chester)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Retired.[[File:Michael Leib.jpg100px]]
Michael Leib
(Philadelphia)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Resigned.
nowrapMarch 4, 1805 –
February 14, 1806
nowrapFebruary 14, 1806 –
December 8, 1806Vacant
nowrapDecember 8, 1806 –
March 3, 1807John Porter
(Philadelphia)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1806.
Later elected to finish Leib's term.
Re-elected in 1808.
Lost re-election.
nowrapMarch 4, 1807 –
March 28, 1808
nowrapMarch 28, 1808 –
November 16, 1808Vacant
nowrapNovember 16, 1808 –
March 3, 1809Benjamin Say
(Philadelphia)Democratic-RepublicanElected to finish Clay's term.
Re-elected in 1808.
Resigned.
nowrapMarch 4, 1809 –
June 1809William Anderson
(Chester)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
nowrapJune 1809 –
October 10, 1809Vacant
nowrapOctober 10, 1809 –
March 3, 1811Adam Seybert
(Philadelphia)Democratic-RepublicanElected to finish Anderson's term.
Re-elected in 1810.
nowrapMarch 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813James Milnor
(Philadelphia)FederalistElected in 1810.
Retired.

1813–1823: four seats

Cong
ressYearsSeat ASeat BSeat CSeat DRepresentativePartyElectoral historyRepresentativePartyElectoral historyRepresentativePartyElectoral historyRepresentativePartyElectoral history
nowrapMarch 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815Adam Seybert
(Philadelphia)Democratic-RepublicanRe-elected in 1812.
Lost re-election.William Anderson
(Chester)Democratic-RepublicanRe-elected in 1812.
Lost re-election.[[File:CharlesJaredIngersoll.jpg100px]]
Charles J. Ingersoll
(Philadelphia)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1812.
Lost re-election.John Conard
(Germantown)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1812.
Retired.
nowrapMarch 4, 1815 –
May 16, 1815[[File:WILLIAM MILNOR. (1769-1848) John Neagle (page 47 crop).jpg100px]]
William Milnor
(Philadelphia)FederalistElected in 1814.
Lost re-election.Thomas Smith
(Darby)FederalistElected in 1814.
Retired.[[File:Joseph Hopkinson.jpg100px]]
Joseph Hopkinson
(Philadelphia)FederalistElected in 1814.
Re-elected in 1816.
Retired.[[File:USACE Colonel Jonathan Williams.jpg100px]]
Jonathan Williams
(Philadelphia)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1814.
Died.
nowrapMay 16, 1815 –
October 10, 1815Vacant
nowrapOctober 10, 1815 –
March 3, 1817[[File:JohnSergeant.png100px]]
John Sergeant
(Philadelphia)FederalistElected to finish Williams's term.
Re-elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Retired.
nowrapMarch 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819Adam Seybert
(Philadelphia)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1816.
Lost re-election.William Anderson
(Chester)Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1816.
Lost re-election.
nowrapMarch 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821[[File:Thomas Forrest by Charles Willson Peale 1820.jpg100px]]
Thomas Forrest
(Germantown)FederalistElected in 1818.
Lost re-election.[[File:JosephHemphill (cropped).jpg100px]]
Joseph Hemphill
(Philadelphia)FederalistElected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the and won re-election.[[File:Samuel Edwards.png100px]]
Samuel Edwards
(Chester)FederalistElected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the and won re-election.
nowrapMarch 4, 1821 –
May 8, 1822[[File:WILLIAM MILNOR. (1769-1848) John Neagle (page 47 crop).jpg100px]]
William Milnor
(Philadelphia)FederalistElected in 1820.
Resigned.
nowrapMay 8, 1822 –
October 8, 1822Vacant
nowrapOctober 8, 1822 –
March 3, 1823[[File:Thomas Forrest by Charles Willson Peale 1820.jpg100px]]
Thomas Forrest
(Philadelphia)FederalistElected to finish Milnor's term, but on the same day lost election to the next term when redistricted to the .

1823–present: one seat

The district was reorganized in 1823 to have one seat.

MemberPartyYearsCong
ressElectoral historyLocation
Samuel Breck
(Philadelphia)Adams-Clay
FederalistnowrapMarch 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825Elected in 1822.
Retired.1823–1833
[[File:JohnWurts.jpg100px]]
John Wurts
(Philadelphia)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827Elected in 1824.
Retired.
[[File:Joel B. Sutherland.jpg100px]]
Joel B. Sutherland
(Philadelphia)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1827 –
February 1833Elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Re-elected in 1832 but resigned to become a judge.
VacantFebruary 1833 –
October 8, 1833
1833–1843
[[File:Joel B. Sutherland.jpg100px]]
Joel B. Sutherland
(Philadelphia)JacksoniannowrapOctober 8, 1833 –
March 3, 1837Elected to finish his vacant term.
Re-elected in 1834.
Lost re-election.
Lemuel Paynter
(Philadelphia)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Retired.
[[File:Charles Brown.jpg100px]]
Charles Brown
(Philadelphia)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843Elected in 1840.
Retired.
[[File:Edward Joy Morris, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649127 (cropped).jpg100px]]
Edward J. Morris
(Philadelphia)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845Elected in 1843.
1843–1853
[[File:LCLevin-small.jpg100px]]
Lewis C. Levin
(Philadelphia)AmericannowrapMarch 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1851Elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Thomas Birch Florence.jpg100px]]
Thomas B. Florence
(Philadelphia)DemocraticMarch 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1861Elected in 1850.
Re-elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Lost re-election.
1853–1863
William Eckart Lehman
(Philadelphia)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863Elected in 1860.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Samuel J. Randall - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Samuel J. Randall
(Philadelphia)DemocraticMarch 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1875Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
Redistricted to the .1863–1873
1873–1883
[[File:Chapman Freeman - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Chapman Freeman
(Philadelphia)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Retired.
[[File:Henry Harrison Bingham.png100px]]
Henry H. Bingham
(Philadelphia)RepublicanMarch 4, 1879 –
March 22, 1912Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Died.
1883–1893
1893–1903
1903–1913
VacantnowrapMarch 22, 1912 –
May 24, 1912
[[File:WilliamVare.jpg100px]]
William S. Vare
(Philadelphia)RepublicanMay 24, 1912 –
March 3, 1927Elected to finish Bingham's term.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
1913–1933
[[File:Hazlett.jpg100px]]
James M. Hazlett
(Philadelphia)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1927 –
October 20, 1927Elected in 1926.
Resigned.
VacantnowrapOctober 20, 1927 –
November 8, 1927
[[File:James M Beck.jpg100px]]
James M. Beck
(Philadelphia)RepublicannowrapNovember 8, 1927 –
March 3, 1933Elected to finish Hazlett's term.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:HarryCRansley.jpg100px]]
Harry C. Ransley
(Philadelphia)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1937Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Lost re-election.1933–1943
[[File:Leon Sacks.jpg100px]]
Leon Sacks
(Philadelphia)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1943Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Rep James Gallagher.jpg100px]]
James A. Gallagher
(Philadelphia)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945Elected in 1942.
Lost re-election.1943–1953
[[File:Barrett Wm A.png100px]]
William A. Barrett
(Philadelphia)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947Elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Rep James Gallagher.jpg100px]]
James A. Gallagher
(Philadelphia)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949Elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.
[[File:WilliamABarrett.jpg100px]]
William A. Barrett
(Philadelphia)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1949 –
April 12, 1976Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Died.
1953–1963
1963–1973
1973–1983
VacantnowrapApril 12, 1976 –
November 2, 1976
[[File:Michael Myers 95th Congress photo.jpg100px]]
Michael Myers
(Philadelphia)DemocraticnowrapNovember 2, 1976 –
October 2, 1980Elected to finish Barrett's term.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Expelled.
VacantnowrapOctober 2, 1980 –
January 3, 1981
[[File:Tom Foglietta.jpg100px]]
Tom Foglietta
(Philadelphia)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1981 –
November 11, 1997Elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to Italy.
1983–1993
1993–2003
VacantnowrapNovember 11, 1997 –
May 19, 1998
[[File:Bob Brady official photo.jpg100px]]
Bob Brady
(Philadelphia)DemocraticMay 19, 1998 –
January 3, 2019Elected to finish Foglietta's term.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Redistricted to the and retired.
2003–2013
[[File:PA-1st.gif300px]]
2013–2019
[[File:Pennsylvania US Congressional District 1 (since 2013).tif300px]]
[[File:Brian Fitzpatrick official congressional photo.jpg100px]]
Brian Fitzpatrick
(Levittown)RepublicanJanuary 3, 2019 –
presentRedistricted from the and re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.2019-2023
[[File:Pennsylvania Congressional District 1.png300px]]
2023–
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Recent election results

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

2024

References

References

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