Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district was one of Pennsylvania's districts of the United States House of Representatives.
History This district was created in 1833. The district was eliminated in 1993.
List of members representing the district Representative Party Years Congress Electoral history District established March 4, 1833 Samuel S. Harrison Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1832.Re-elected in 1834. William Beatty Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1841 Elected in 1836.Re-elected in 1838. William Jack DemocraticMarch 4, 1841 –March 3, 1843 Elected in 1840. Charles M. Reed Whig March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1845 Elected in 1843.Lost re-election. James Thompson Democratic March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1851 Elected in 1844.Re-elected in 1846.Re-elected in 1848.Retired. Carlton B. Curtis Democratic March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1850.Redistricted to the . Michael Carver Trout Democratic March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1852.Lost re-election. John Allison Opposition March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1854.Retired from the House in 1856. William Stewart Republican March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1861 Elected in 1856.Re-elected in 1858. John W. Wallace Republican March 4, 1861 –March 3, 1863 Elected in 1860.Lost re-election. Thomas Williams Republican March 4, 1863 –March 3, 1869 Elected in 1862.Re-elected in 1864.Re-elected in 1866. Darwin Phelps Republican March 4, 1869 –March 3, 1871 Elected in 1868.Not candidate for renomination in 1870 Ebenezer McJunkin Republican March 4, 1871 –1874 Elected in 1870.Re-elected in 1872.Resigned to become presiding judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Pennsylvania John M. Thompson Republican December 22, 1874 –March 3, 1875 Elected to finish McJunkin's term. Alexander G. Cochran Democratic March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1877 Elected in 1874.Lost re-election. Thomas M. Bayne Republican March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1891 Elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880.Re-elected in 1882.Re-elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888.Declined nomination in 1890 William A. Stone Republican March 4, 1891 –November 9, 1898 Elected in 1890.Re-elected in 1892.Re-elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Resigned to become Governor of Pennsylvania. Vacant November 9, 1898 –November 29, 1898 William H. Graham Republican November 29, 1898 –March 3, 1903 Elected to finish Stone's term.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Lost re-election. Allen F. Cooper Republican March 4, 1903 –March 3, 1911 Elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908. Thomas S. Crago Republican March 4, 1911 –March 3, 1913 Elected in 1910.Lost re-election. Wooda N. Carr Democratic March 4, 1913 –March 3, 1915 Elected in 1912.Lost re-election. Robert F. Hopwood Republican March 4, 1915 –March 3, 1917 Elected in 1914.Lost re-election. Bruce F. Sterling Democratic March 4, 1917 –March 3, 1919 Elected in 1916.Lost re-election. Samuel A. Kendall Republican March 4, 1919 –March 3, 1923 Elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Redistricted to the . William I. Swoope Republican March 4, 1923 –March 3, 1927 Elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Retired. J. Mitchell Chase Republican March 4, 1927 –March 3, 1933 Elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Retired. J. Banks Kurtz Republican March 4, 1933 –January 3, 1935 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1932.Lost re-election. Don Gingery Democratic January 3, 1935 –January 3, 1939 Elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Lost re-election. James E. Van Zandt Republican January 3, 1939 –September 24, 1943 Elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Re-elected in 1942.Resigned to rejoin the United States Navy. Vacant September 24, 1943 –November 2, 1943 D. Emmert Brumbaugh Republican November 2, 1943 –January 3, 1945 Elected to finish Van Zandt's term.Redistricted to the . J. Buell Snyder Democratic January 3, 1945 –February 24, 1946 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1944. Died. Vacant February 24, 1946 –May 21, 1946 Carl H. Hoffman Republican May 21, 1946 –January 3, 1947 Elected to finish Snyder's term.Retired. William J. Crow Republican January 3, 1947 –January 3, 1949 Elected in 1946.Lost re-election. Anthony Cavalcante Democratic January 3, 1949 –January 3, 1951 Elected in 1948.Lost re-election. Edward L. Sittler Jr. Republican January 3, 1951 –January 3, 1953 Elected in 1950.Lost re-election. Leon H. Gavin Republican January 3, 1953 –September 15, 1963 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Re-elected in 1962.Died. Vacant September 15, 1963 –November 5, 1963 Albert W. Johnson Republican November 5, 1963 –January 3, 1977 Elected to finish Gavin's term.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972.Re-elected in 1974.Lost re-election. Joseph S. Ammerman Democratic January 3, 1977 –January 3, 1979 Elected in 1976.Lost re-election. William F. Clinger Jr. Republican January 3, 1979 –January 3, 1993 Elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Redistricted to the . District dissolved January 3, 1993
References
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present