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U.S. House district for Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's second congressional district includes all of Northeast Philadelphia and parts of North Philadelphia east of Broad Street, as well as Center City and portions of Philadelphia's River Wards. It has been represented by Democrat Brendan Boyle since 2019.

The district is demographically diverse, with about 39% of residents identifying as white, nearly 27% of residents identifying as Black, 26% identifying as Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 8% identifying as Asian.^[2]

Prior to 2018, the district covered West Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, and Northwest Philadelphia, as well as parts of South Philadelphia, Center City, and western suburbs such as Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. Before the 113th Congress, the district did not contain Lower Merion Township but instead contained Cheltenham Township.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional due to partisan gerrymandering. The new second district is essentially the successor to the previous first district. As such, it remained heavily Democratic for the 2018 election and representation thereafter. Brendan Boyle, the incumbent from the previous 13th district, ran for re-election in the new 2nd district.^[3] Parts of the previous second district were shifted to the third.^[4]

Congressman Chaka Fattah represented the district from 1995 to 2016. On July 29, 2015, Fattah and a group of associates were indicted on federal charges related to their alleged roles in a racketeering and influence peddling conspiracy.^[5]^[6] On April 26, 2016, Dwight Evans toppled Fattah in a competitive Democratic primary election.^[7] Fattah resigned June 23, 2016.^[8] Evans then won a special election to fill Fattah's seat. He also won election for the regular term beginning January 3, 2017. Evans won re-election in the new 3rd congressional district.

Recent election results from statewide races[edit] Counties and municipalites[edit]

Philadelphia County (1)

Philadelphia (part; also 3rd and 5th)

Philadelphia neighborhoods in the 2nd district include:^[11]

List of members representing the district[edit]

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

1791–1793: one seat[edit] 1795–1843: multiple seats[edit]

District created in 1795 from the at-large district.

Two additional seats were added in 1803. The third seat was eliminated in 1813, and the second seat eliminated in 1823. In 1833, the second seat was restored. In 1843, it returned to being a single-member district.

Cong
ress Years Seat A Seat B Seat C Representative Party Electoral history Representative Party Electoral history Representative Party Electoral history 4th March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797
Frederick Muhlenberg
(New Hanover Township) Democratic-Republican Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1794.
Retired. No second seat No third seat 5th March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1799
Blair McClenachan
(Philadelphia) Democratic-Republican Elected in 1796.
Retired. 6th March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1801
Michael Leib
(Philadelphia) Democratic-Republican Elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800.
Redistricted to the 1st district. 7th March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803 8th March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805 Robert Brown
(Weaversville) Democratic-Republican Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Redistricted to the 6th district. Frederick Conrad
(Center Point) Democratic-Republican Elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Lost re-election. Isaac Van Horne
(Solebury Township) Democratic-Republican Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1802.
Retired. 9th March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1807 John Pugh
(Doylestown) Democratic-Republican Elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Lost re-election. 10th March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1809
William Milnor
(Philadelphia) Federalist Elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Lost re-election. 11th March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811 John Ross
(Easton) Democratic-Republican Elected in 1808.
Retired. 12th March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813
Jonathan Roberts
(Norristown) Democratic-Republican Elected in 1810.
Re-elected in 1812.
Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. William Rodman
(Bristol) Democratic-Republican Elected in 1810.
Lost re-election as a Federalist. 13th March 4, 1813 –
February 24, 1814 Roger Davis
(Charlestown) Democratic-Republican Redistricted from the 3rd district, and re-elected in 1812.
Retired. No third seat February 24, 1814 –
October 11, 1814 Vacant October 11, 1814 –
March 3, 1815 Samuel Henderson
(Norristown) Federalist Elected October 11, 1814, to finish Roberts's term and seated November 27, 1814.
Lost election the same day to the next term. 14th March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817
William Darlington
(West Chester) Democratic-Republican Elected in 1814.
Lost re-election. John Hahn
(Pottsgrove) Democratic-Republican Elected in 1814.
Lost re-election. 15th March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819
Isaac Darlington
(West Chester) Federalist Elected in 1816.
Retired. Levi Pawling
(Norristown) Federalist Elected in 1816.
Lost re-election. 16th March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821
William Darlington
(West Chester) Democratic-Republican Elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Lost re-election. Samuel Gross
(Trappe) Democratic-Republican Elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Retired. 17th March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823 18th March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
Joseph Hemphill
(Philadelphia) Jacksonian Federalist Redistricted from the 1st district, and re-elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Resigned. No second seat 19th March 4, 1825 –
1826 Jacksonian 1826 –
October 26, 1826 Vacant October 26, 1826 –
March 3, 1827 Thomas Kittera
(Philadelphia) Anti-Jacksonian Elected to finish Hemphill's term in 1826.
Lost re-election. 20th March 4, 1827 –
January 14, 1828 General election ended in a tie vote and the seat remained vacant. January 14, 1828 –
March 3, 1829
John Sergeant
(Philadelphia) Anti-Jacksonian Elected October 9, 1827, to finish the vacant term and seated January 14, 1828.
Lost re-election. 21st March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831
Joseph Hemphill
(Philadelphia) Jacksonian Elected in 1828.
Retired. 22nd March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833 Henry Horn
(Philadelphia) Jacksonian Elected in 1830.
Lost re-election. 23rd March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
Horace Binney
(Philadelphia) Anti-Jacksonian Elected in 1832.
Retired.
James Harper
(Philadelphia) Anti-Jacksonian Elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
Retired. 24th March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
Joseph R. Ingersoll
(Philadelphia) Anti-Jacksonian Elected in 1834.
Retired. 25th March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
John Sergeant
(Philadelphia) Whig Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Resigned. George W. Toland
(Philadelphia) Whig Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
[data missing] 26th March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841 27th March 3, 1841 –
September 15, 1841 September 15, 1841 –
October 12, 1841 Vacant October 12, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
Joseph R. Ingersoll
(Philadelphia) Whig Elected in 1841 to finish Sergeant's term. 1843–present: one seat[edit] Representative Party Years Cong
ress Electoral history
Joseph R. Ingersoll
(Philadelphia) Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1849 28th
29th
30th Re-elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Declined to accept renomination.
Joseph R. Chandler
(Philadelphia) Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1855 31st
32nd
33rd Elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
Re-elected in 1852.
Lost re-election. Job R. Tyson
(Philadelphia) Whig March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857 34th Elected in 1854.
[data missing]
Edward J. Morris

(Philadelphia)

Republican March 4, 1857 –
June 8, 1861 35th
36th
37th Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Resigned to become U.S. Minister to the Ottoman Empire. Vacant June 8, 1861 –
July 2, 1861 37th
Charles J. Biddle
(Philadelphia) Democratic July 2, 1861 –
March 3, 1863 Elected to finish Morris's term.
[data missing]
Charles O'Neill
(Philadelphia) Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1871 38th
39th
40th
41st Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Lost re-election. John V. Creely
(Philadelphia) Republican March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873 42nd Elected in 1870.
Disappeared in late 1872.
Charles O'Neill
(Philadelphia) Republican March 4, 1873 –
November 25, 1893 43rd
44th
45th
46th
47th
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-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.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Died. Vacant November 25, 1893 –
December 19, 1893 53rd
Robert Adams Jr.
(Philadelphia) Republican December 19, 1893 –
June 1, 1906 53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th
58th
59th Elected to finish O'Neill's term.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Died. Vacant June 1, 1906 –
November 6, 1906 59th
John E. Reyburn
(Philadelphia) Republican November 6, 1906 –
March 31, 1907 59th
60th Elected to finish Adams's term.
Re-elected in 1906.
Resigned to become Mayor of Philadelphia. Vacant March 31, 1907 –
November 5, 1907 60th
Joel Cook
(Philadelphia) Republican November 5, 1907 –
December 15, 1910 60th
61st Elected to finish Reyburn's term.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Died. Vacant December 15, 1910 –
May 23, 1911 61st
62nd
William S. Reyburn
(Philadelphia) Republican May 23, 1911 –
March 3, 1913 62nd Elected to finish Cook's term.
Retired.
George S. Graham
(Philadelphia) Republican March 4, 1913 –
July 4, 1931 63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd 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.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Died. Vacant July 4, 1931 –
November 3, 1931 72nd
Edward L. Stokes
(Philadelphia) Republican November 3, 1931 –
March 3, 1933 Elected to finish Graham's term.
Redistricted to the 6th district.
James M. Beck
(Philadelphia) Republican March 3, 1933 –
September 30, 1934 73rd Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1932.
Resigned to object to the New Deal. Vacant September 30, 1934 –
January 3, 1935
William H. Wilson
(Philadelphia) Republican January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937 74th Elected in 1934.
Lost re-election.
James P. McGranery
(Philadelphia) Democratic January 3, 1937 –
November 17, 1943 75th
76th
77th
78th Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Resigned to become United States Assistant Attorney General. Vacant November 17, 1943 –
January 18, 1944 78th
Joseph M. Pratt
(Philadelphia) Republican January 18, 1944 –
January 3, 1945 Elected to finish McGranery's term.
Redistricted to the 3rd district and lost re-election.
William T. Granahan
(Philadelphia) Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947 79th Elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.
Robert N. McGarvey
(Philadelphia) Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949 80th Elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.
William T. Granahan
(Philadelphia) Democratic January 3, 1949 –
May 25, 1956 81st
82nd
83rd
84th Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Died. Vacant May 25, 1956 –
November 6, 1956 84th
Kathryn E. Granahan
(Philadelphia) Democratic November 6, 1956 –
January 3, 1963 84th
85th
86th
87th Elected to finish her husband's term.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
[data missing]
Robert N. C. Nix Sr.
(Philadelphia) Democratic January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1979 88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th Redistricted from the 4th district and 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.
Re-elected in 1976.
[data missing]
William H. Gray III
(Philadelphia) Democratic January 3, 1979 –
September 11, 1991 96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd 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.
Resigned to become President of the United Negro College Fund. Vacant September 11, 1991 –
November 5, 1991 102nd
Lucien Blackwell
(Philadelphia) Democratic November 5, 1991 –
January 3, 1995 102nd
103rd Elected to finish Gray's term.
Re-elected in 1992.
Lost renomination.
Chaka Fattah
(Philadelphia) Democratic January 3, 1995 –
June 23, 2016 104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
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.
Lost renomination and resigned. Vacant June 23, 2016 –
November 14, 2016 114th
Dwight Evans
(Philadelphia) Democratic November 14, 2016 –
January 3, 2019 114th
115th Elected to finish Fattah's term.
Elected to full term in 2016.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Brendan Boyle
(Philadelphia) Democratic January 3, 2019 –
present 116th
117th
118th
119th Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024. Historical district boundaries[edit]

2003–2013
2013–2019
2019–2023

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^ "Pennsylvania - Congressional District 2" (PDF). www2.census.gov.
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^ Cohn, Nate; Bloch, Matthew; Quealy, Kevin (February 19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
^ "Congressman Chaka Fattah and Associates Charged with Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy" (Press release). Federal Bureau of Investigation. July 29, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
^ "Chaka Fattah indictment, full text - CNNPolitics.com". CNN. July 29, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
^ Orso, Anna (April 26, 2016). "Pennsylvania primary: Dwight Evans topples longtime Congressman Chaka Fattah". Billy Penn. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
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Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present Archived April 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

District map, via nationalatlas.gov
Census Bureau profile
Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's congressional districts

Current districts: 1st; 2nd; 3rd; 4th; 5th; 6th; 7th; 8th; 9th; 10th; 11th; 12th; 13th; 14th; 15th; 16th; 17th

All districts: At-large; 1st; 2nd; 3rd; 4th; 5th; 6th; 7th; 8th; 9th; 10th; 11th; 12th; 13th; 14th; 15th; 16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; 24th; 25th; 26th; 27th; 28th; 29th; 30th; 31st; 32nd; 33rd; 34th; 35th; 36th

The 18th–36th and at-large districts are obsolete.

See also: Pennsylvania's past and present representatives, senators, and delegations

Recent U.S. House elections in Pennsylvania: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024

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