Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district

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Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district

Population (2000)	646,013
Median income	$30,139
Ethnic composition	73.5% White, 22.7% Black, 1.7% Asian, 1.1% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI	D + 22

Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district is overwhelmingly Democratic. The district includes the entire city of Pittsburgh, which is solidly Democratic because of its strong ethnic labor, liberal professional, and black voting blocks. A variety of working class and majority black suburbs located to the east of the city are included, such as McKeesport and Wilkinsburg. Also a major part of the district are number of middle class suburbs which have historic Democratic roots, such as Pleasant Hills and Penn Hills.

The seat has been held by Congressman Mike Doyle since 1995. In the 2006 election, he faced Green Party candidate Titus North and returned to the house with 90% of the vote.

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District created in 1813
Adamson Tannehill	Democratic-Republican	1813 - 1815	Pittsburgh	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
John Woods	Federalist	1815 - 1816		Never attended sessions of Congress due to illness
Henry Baldwin	Democratic-Republican	1817 - 1822
Walter Forward	Democratic-Republican	1822 - 1823		Moved to Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district
Andrew Stewart	Democratic-Republican	1823 - 1829
Thomas Irwin	Jacksonian	1829 - 1831		Not a candidate for renomination
Andrew Stewart	Anti-Masonic	1831 - 1833		Moved to Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district
Joseph Henderson	Jacksonian	1833 - 1837		Not a candidate for renomination
William W. Potter	Democrat	1837 - 1839	Bellefonte	Died in office
George McCulloch	Democrat	1839 - 1841
James Irvin	Whig	1841 - 1843		Moved to Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
Alexander Ramsey	Whig	1843 - 1847
George N. Eckert	Whig	1847 - 1849
Charles W. Pitman	Whig	1849 - 1851	Pottsville
Thomas M. Bibighaus	Whig	1851 - 1853	Lebanon	Not a candidate for renomination due to ill health
Galusha A. Grow	Democrat	1853 – 1857	Glenwood	Switched to the Republican Party
Galusha A. Grow	Republican	1857 – 1863	Glenwood	Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1861-1863
William H. Miller	Democrat	1863 - 1865	Harrisburg	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
George F. Miller	Republican	1865 – 1869	Lewisburg
John B. Packer	Republican	1869 – 1877	Sunbury	Not a candidate for renomination
John W. Killinger	Republican	1877 – 1881	Lebanon	Not a candidate for renomination
Samuel F. Barr	Republican	1881 – 1885	Harrisburg	Not a candidate for renomination
Franklin Bound	Republican	1885 – 1889	Milton	Not a candidate for renomination
John W. Rife	Republican	1889 – 1893	Middletown	Not a candidate for renomination
Ephraim M. Woomer	Republican	1893 – 1897	Lebanon	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Marlin E. Olmsted	Republican	1897 – 1903	Harrisburg	Moved to Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district
Charles F. Wright	Republican	1903 – 1905		Not a candidate for renomination
Mial E. Lilley	Republican	1905 – 1907		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
George W. Kipp	Democrat	1907 - 1909		Not a candidate for renomination in 1908, being an unsuccessful candidate for State treasurer
Charles C. Pratt	Republican	1909 – 1911		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
George W. Kipp	Democrat	1911		Died in office
William D.B. Ainey	Republican	1911 – 1915
Louis T. McFadden	Republican	1915 – 1923		Moved to Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district
William M. Croll	Democrat	1923 – 1925		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Charles J. Esterly	Republican	1925 – 1927		Not a candidate for renomination
Robert G. Bushong	Republican	1927 – 1929		Not a candidate for renomination
Charles J. Esterly	Republican	1929 – 1931		Not a candidate for renomination
Norton L. Litchtenwalner	Democrat	1931 – 1933		Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
William E. Richardson	Democrat	1933 – 1937		Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Guy L. Moser	Democrat	1937 – 1943	Reading	Unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Daniel K. Hoch	Democrat	1943 – 1945		Moved to Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district
Wilson D. Gillette	Republican	1945 – 1951		Died in office
Joseph L. Carrigg	Republican	1951 – 1953		Moved to Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
George M. Rhodes	Democrat	1953 – 1963	Reading	Moved to Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district
William S. Moorhead	Democrat	1963 – 1981	Pittsburgh	Not a candidate for reelection
William J. Coyne	Democrat	1981 – 2003	Pittsburgh	Not a candidate for reelection
Michael F. Doyle	Democrat	2003 – Incumbent	Forest Hills

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