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Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district

{{Short description|U.S. House district for Pennsylvania}}

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{{Infobox U.S. congressional district

|state = Pennsylvania

|district number = 6

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|image caption = Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
(Chester County outlined in red)

|representative = Chrissy Houlahan

|party = Democratic

|residence = Devon

|english area =

|metric area =

|distribution ref={{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402141525/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html |archive-date=April 2, 2013 |title=Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) - Geography - U.S. Census Bureau}}

|percent urban =

|percent rural =

|population = 777,885{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=42&cd=06 |title = My Congressional District}}

|population year = 2023

|median income = $102,246[https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=42&cd=06 "Congressional District 6 (118th Congress), Pennsylvania" (under "Socio-Economic" header)], census.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-22.

| percent white = 69.2

| percent hispanic = 16.4

| percent black = 5.4

| percent asian = 5.1

| percent more than one race = 3.3

| percent other race = 0.5

|percent blue collar =

|percent white collar =

|percent gray collar =

|cpvi = D+6{{Cite web|title=2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)|url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2025-partisan-voting-index/district-map-and-list|access-date=2025-04-05|website=Cook Political Report|language=en}}

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Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district is a district in the state of Pennsylvania. It includes almost all of Chester County and the southeastern portion of Berks County including the city of Reading and its southeastern suburbs. The district is represented by Democrat Chrissy Houlahan, who has served in Congress since 2019. As currently drawn, the district is among the wealthiest in Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/19/upshot/pennsylvania-new-house-districts-gerrymandering.html |newspaper=The New York Times |department=The Upshot |title=The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices. |date=February 19, 2018 |access-date=February 20, 2018 |first1=Nate |last1=Cohn |first2=Matthew |last2=Bloch |first3=Kevin |last3=Quealy }}

Jim Gerlach served as the district's Representative from 2003 to 2014. In 2004 and 2006, Gerlach won re-election against fellow attorney and now Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Lois Murphy. In 2008, he successfully ran for re-election against businessman and veteran Bob Roggio. In the 2010 and 2012 elections, Gerlach defeated physician and Iraq War veteran Manan Trivedi, the Democratic nominee.

In January 2014, Gerlach announced that he would not stand for reelection to the 114th Congress. In the race to succeed Gerlach, Chester County Commissioner Ryan Costello won the Republican nomination and physician and Iraq war veteran Manan Trivedi secured the Democratic party's nomination.{{cite web |url=http://ballotpedia.org/Pennsylvania's_6th_Congressional_District_elections,_2014 |title = Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014 - Ballotpedia}}

In February 2018, following the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's ordered redrawing of congressional districts, Costello announced he would not stand for reelection and retire at the end of the 115th Congress, leaving businessman Greg McCauley as the sole Republican candidate while the Democrats nominated Air Force veteran Chrissy Houlahan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/5/16/17352828/pennsylvania-primary-2018-results-house-nominees|title=These 6 Pennsylvania Democratic nominees are key to the battle for House control|last=Prokop|first=Andrew|date=2018-05-16|website=Vox|access-date=2019-01-04}} Houlahan defeated McCauley in the general election.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414424-democrat-chrissy-houlahan-elected-to-house-in-pennsylvania|title=Democrat Chrissy Houlahan elected to House in Pennsylvania|last=Burke|first=Michael|date=2018-11-06|website=The Hill|language=en|access-date=2019-01-04}}

Recent election results from statewide races

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! Year

! Office

! Resultshttps://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::b0a94d77-5d99-41c5-bc01-5859a6e1f3e6

rowspan=3|2008

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Obama 55% - 43%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Corbett 55% - 45%

Auditor General

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Wagner 54% - 46%

rowspan=2|2010

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Toomey 53% - 47%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Corbett 56% - 44%

rowspan=2|2012

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Obama 52% - 48%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Casey Jr. 53% - 47%

|2014

| Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Wolf 52% - 48%

rowspan=5|2016

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Clinton 52% - 44%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Toomey 48.5% - 48.0%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Shapiro 51% - 49%

Treasurer

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Torsella 49% - 45%

Auditor General

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Brown 48% - 46%

rowspan=2|2018

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Casey Jr. 59% - 39%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Wolf 61% - 37%

rowspan=4|2020

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Biden 57% - 42%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Shapiro 54% - 43%

Treasurer

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Torsella 52% - 45%

Auditor General

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Ahmad 50% - 46%

rowspan=2|2022

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Fetterman 56% - 41%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Shapiro 61% - 37%

rowspan=2|2024

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Harris 55% - 44%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Casey Jr. 54% - 43%

Historic geography

=2003 to 2012=

Prior to the court-ordered redistricting, the 6th district's incarnation dated back to 2002. Its strange shape brought charges of gerrymandering by Democrats who argued it "looms like a dragon descending on Philadelphia from the west, splitting up towns and communities throughout Montgomery and Berks Counties."VIETH et al. v. JUBELIRER, PRESIDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE, et al., 541 U.S. 267 (United States Supreme Court 2004) (see http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=02-1580) (plurality opinion of Court holding political gerrymandering claims in the District nonjusticiable based on the lack of workable standards) The combination of very affluent suburban areas of Philadelphia and sparsely populated rural areas was possibly designed to capture Republican voters, but changes in voting patterns in southeastern Pennsylvania has made the district much more competitive. The district had a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R+1 after the 2012 redistricting. It was rated D+4 before then.{{cite web|url=http://cookpolitical.com/charts/house/competitive_2012-03-23_10-46-41.php|title=2012 COMPETITIVE HOUSE RACE CHART|work=The Cook Political Report|access-date=March 27, 2012}} The district included parts of Montgomery County, Chester County, Berks County and Lehigh County. The largest cities in the district were Reading and Norristown.

=2013 to 2018=

The redistricting of 2011/2012 changed it to include parts of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lebanon counties. The following municipalities constituted the sixth district:{{cite web |url=https://costello.house.gov/about/municipalities |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907005408/https://costello.house.gov/about/municipalities |archive-date=September 7, 2016 |title=Municipalities {{!}} Congressman Ryan Costello}}

Berks County

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TownshipsBoroughs
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| {{columns-list|

  • Alsace
  • Bern
  • Colebrookdale
  • Cumru District 1,4,6,7
  • Exeter
  • Heidelberg
  • Herford District 2
  • Lower Alsace District 2
  • Lower Heidelberg
  • Maidencreek
  • Marion
  • Muhlenberg 2,3,5,6,7,8,9
  • North Heidelberg
  • Ontelaunee
  • Penn
  • Richmond
  • Rockland
  • Ruscombmanor
  • South Heidelberg
  • Spring District 5,7,8
  • Washington

}}

| {{columns-list|

  • Bally
  • Bechtelsville
  • Bernville
  • Birdsboro
  • Boyertown
  • Fleetwood
  • Kenhorst
  • Laureldale District 1(part)
  • Leesport
  • Robesonia
  • Shillington
  • Sinking Spring
  • St. Lawrence
  • Wernersville
  • Womelsdorf
  • Wyomissing District 1,2,4,5

}}

Chester County

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TownshipsBoroughs
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| {{columns-list|

  • Caln
  • Charlestown
  • East Bradford District 1
  • East Brandywine
  • East Caln
  • East Goshen
  • East Nantmeal
  • East Pikeland
  • East Whiteland
  • Easttown
  • Londonderry
  • North Coventry
  • Schuylkill
  • South Coventry
  • Thornbury
  • Tredyffrin
  • Upper Uwchlan
  • Uwchlan
  • West Bradford District 1,2,3
  • West Goshen
  • West Pikeland
  • West Vincent
  • West Whiteland
  • Westtown
  • Willistown

}}

|

  • Downingtown
  • Malvern
  • Phoenixville
  • Spring City
  • West Chester

Lebanon County

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TownshipsBoroughs
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  • Heidelberg
  • Jackson
  • Millcreek
  • North Lebanon District E
  • South Lebanon
  • West Cornwall

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  • Cornwall
  • Myerstown
  • Richland
  • City of Lebanon
  • Wards 1,2,4,5,7,8,9,10

Montgomery County

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TownshipsBoroughs
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|

  • Douglass
  • Limerick
  • Lower Pottsgrove
  • Lower Providence
  • New Hanover
  • Perkiomen District 1,2
  • Upper Hanover District 3
  • Upper Pottsgrove
  • Upper Providence
  • West Norriton District 1,2,3
  • West Pottsgrove

|

  • Collegeville
  • East Greenville
  • Pennsburg
  • Pottstown
  • Red Hill
  • Royersford
  • Schwenksville
  • Trappe

=2019=

The court-ordered map made the 6th a more compact district in Berks and Chester counties.

Current counties and municipalities

; Berks County (19)

: Birdsboro, Brecknock Township, Caernarvon Township, Cumru Township, Exeter Township (part; also 4th; includes Baumstown, Jacksonwald, Lorane, Reiffton, and part of Pennside and Stony Creek Mills), Kenhorst, Lower Alsace Township, Mohnton, Mount Penn, New Morgan, Reading, Robeson Township, St. Lawrence, Sinking Spring, Shillington, Spring Townwship, Union Township, West Reading, Wyomissing

Chester County (73)

: All 73 municipalities

List of members representing the district

=1791–1793: one seat=

District created in 1791 from the {{ushr|PA|AL|C}}.

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! Representative

! Party

! Years

! Cong
ress

! Electoral history

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| colspan=6 | District first established March 4, 1791

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| align=left | 100px
Andrew Gregg
{{Small|(Carlisle)}}

| {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | Anti-Administration

| nowrap | March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793

| {{USCongressOrdinal|2}}

| Elected in 1791.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|PA|AL|C}}.

District redistricted in 1793 to the {{ushr|PA|AL|C}}.

= 1795–1823: one seat, then two =

District created in 1795.

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! rowspan=2 | Cong
ress

! rowspan=2 | Years

! rowspan=99 |

! colspan=3 | Seat A

! rowspan=99 |

! colspan=3 | Seat B

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! Representative

! Party

! Electoral history

! Representative

! Party

! Electoral history

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! {{USCongressOrdinal|4}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797

| align=left | Samuel Maclay
{{Small|(Shippensburg)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| Elected in 1794.
Lost re-election.

| colspan=3 rowspan=5 | Second seat added in 1813

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! {{USCongressOrdinal|5|7}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1803

| align=left | John A. Hanna
{{Small|(Harrisburg)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| Elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|4|C}}.

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! {{USCongressOrdinal|8}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805

| align=left | John Stewart
{{Small|(York)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|8|C}} and re-elected in 1802.
Lost re-election.

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! {{USCongressOrdinal|9|10}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1809

| align=left | James Kelly
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| Elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Lost re-election.

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! {{USCongressOrdinal|11|12}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1813

| align=left | William Crawford
{{Small|(Gettysburg)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| Elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|5|C}}.

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! {{USCongressOrdinal|13}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815

| rowspan=5 align=left | 100px
Samuel D. Ingham
{{Small|(New Hope)}}

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| rowspan=5 | Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Re-elected in 1816.
Resigned.

| align=left | Robert Brown

{{Small|(Weaversville)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|2|C}} and re-elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Retired.

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! {{USCongressOrdinal|14}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817

| rowspan=2 align=left | John Ross
{{Small|(Easton)}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1814.
Re-elected in 1816.
Resigned to become president judge of the seventh judicial district of Pennsylvania.

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! rowspan=5 | {{USCongressOrdinal|15}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1817 –
February 24, 1818

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| nowrap | February 24, 1818 –
March 3, 1818

| colspan=2 | Vacant

|

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| nowrap | March 3, 1818 –
July 6, 1818

| rowspan=7 align=left | Thomas Jones Rogers
{{Small|(Easton)}}

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| rowspan=7 | Elected to finish Ross's term.
Also elected 1818 to the next term.
Re-elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|8|C}}.

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| nowrap | July 6, 1818 –
October 13, 1818

| colspan=2 | Vacant

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| nowrap | October 13, 1818 –
March 3, 1819

| rowspan=3 align=left | 100px
Samuel Moore
{{Small|(Doylestown)}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Ingham's term.
Also elected 1818 to the next term.
Re-elected in 1820.
Resigned.

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! {{USCongressOrdinal|16}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821

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! rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|17}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1821 –
May 20, 1822

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| nowrap | May 20, 1822 –
October 7, 1822

| colspan=2 | Vacant

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| nowrap | October 7, 1822 –
March 3, 1823

| align=left | 100px
Samuel D. Ingham
{{Small|(New Hope)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| Elected to finish Moore's term.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|8|C}}.

=1823 – present: one seat=

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! Member

! Party

! Years

! Cong
ress

! Electoral history

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| rowspan=2 align=left | Robert Harris
{{Small|(Harrisburg)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Jackson
Democratic-Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|18|19}}

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Retired.

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| {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

| nowrap | March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827

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| align=left | Innis Green
{{Small|(Dauphin)}}

| {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

| nowrap | March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1831

| {{USCongressOrdinal|20|21}}

| Elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Retired.

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| align=left | John C. Bucher
{{Small|(Harrisburg)}}

| {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

| nowrap | March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833

| {{USCongressOrdinal|22}}

| Elected in 1830.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|PA|10|C}}.

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| align=left | Robert Ramsey
{{Small|(Hartsville)}}

| {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

| nowrap | March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835

| {{USCongressOrdinal|23}}

| Elected in 1832.
Retired.

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| rowspan=2 align=left | Mathias Morris
{{Small|(Doylestown)}}

| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian

| nowrap | March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|24|25}}

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Lost re-election.

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| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839

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| align=left | John Davis
{{Small|(Davisville)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841

| {{USCongressOrdinal|26}}

| Elected in 1838.
Lost re-election.

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| align=left | Robert Ramsey
{{Small|(Hartsville)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843

| {{USCongressOrdinal|27}}

| Elected in 1840.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
Michael H. Jenks
{{Small|(Newtown)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845

| {{USCongressOrdinal|28}}

| Elected in 1843.
Lost re-election.

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| align=left | Jacob Erdman
{{Small|(Coopersburg)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847

| {{USCongressOrdinal|29}}

| Elected in 1844.
Lost re-election.

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| align=left | John Westbrook Hornbeck
{{Small|(Allentown)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1847 –
January 16, 1848

| rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|30}}

| Elected in 1846.
Died.

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| colspan=2 | Vacant

| nowrap | January 17, 1848 –
March 5, 1848

|

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| align=left | 100px
Samuel A. Bridges
{{Small|(Allentown)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 6, 1848 –
March 3, 1849

| Elected to finish Hornbeck's term.
Retired.

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| align=left | Thomas Ross
{{Small|(Doylestown)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853

| {{USCongressOrdinal|31|32}}

| Elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
William Everhart
{{Small|(West Chester)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap | March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855

| {{USCongressOrdinal|33}}

| Elected in 1852.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| rowspan=3 align=left | 100px
John Hickman
{{Small|(West Chester)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1859

| rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|34|37}}

| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Anti-Lecompton Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861

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| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863

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| align=left | 100px
John D. Stiles
{{Small|(Allentown)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865

| {{USCongressOrdinal|38}}

| Elected in 1862.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Benjamin M. Boyer
{{Small|(Norristown)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869

| {{USCongressOrdinal|39|40}}

| Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
John D. Stiles
{{Small|(Allentown)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871

| {{USCongressOrdinal|41}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|7|C}} and re-elected in 1868.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
Ephraim L. Acker
{{Small|(Norristown)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873

| {{USCongressOrdinal|42}}

| Elected in 1870.
Lost re-election.

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| align=left | 100px
James S. Biery
{{Small|(Allentown)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875

| {{USCongressOrdinal|43}}

| Elected in 1872.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
Washington Townsend
{{Small|(West Chester)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877

| {{USCongressOrdinal|44}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|7|C}} and re-elected in 1874.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
William Ward
{{Small|(Chester)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883

| {{USCongressOrdinal|45|47}}

| Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
James B. Everhart
{{Small|(West Chester)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887

| {{USCongressOrdinal|48|49}}

| Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Lost renomination.

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| align=left | 100px
Smedley Darlington
{{Small|(West Chester)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1891

| {{USCongressOrdinal|50|51}}

| Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
John B. Robinson
{{Small|(Media)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1897

| {{USCongressOrdinal|52|54}}

| Elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Lost re-election.

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| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px
Thomas S. Butler
{{Small|(West Chester)}}

| {{Party shading/Independent Republican}} | Independent Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|55|57}}

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903

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| align=left | 100px
George D. McCreary
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1913

| {{USCongressOrdinal|58|62}}

| Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
J. Washington Logue
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915

| {{USCongressOrdinal|63}}

| Elected in 1912.
Lost re-election.

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| align=left | 100px
George P. Darrow
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1923

| {{USCongressOrdinal|64|67}}

| Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|7|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
George A. Welsh
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1923 –
May 31, 1932

| {{USCongressOrdinal|68|72}}

| Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Resigned to become a district court judge.

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| colspan=2 | Vacant

| nowrap | May 31, 1932 –
November 8, 1932

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|72}}

|

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| align=left | Robert L. Davis
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | November 8, 1932 –
March 3, 1933

| Elected to finish Welsh's term.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | 100px
Edward L. Stokes
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935

| {{USCongressOrdinal|73}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|2|C}} and re-elected in 1932.
Retired to run for Governor.

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| align=left | 100px
Michael J. Stack
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1939

| {{USCongressOrdinal|74|75}}

| Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Lost renomination and lost re-election under a different party.

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| align=left | 100px
Francis J. Myers
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1945

| {{USCongressOrdinal|76|78}}

| Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align=left | Herbert J. McGlinchey
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947

| {{USCongressOrdinal|79}}

| Elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.

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| align=left | 100px
Hugh Scott
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1959

| {{USCongressOrdinal|80|85}}

| Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.

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| align=left | 100px
Herman Toll
{{Small|(Philadelphia)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1963

| {{USCongressOrdinal|86|87}}

| Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|4|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
George M. Rhodes
{{Small|(Reading)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1969

| {{USCongressOrdinal|88|90}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|14|C}} and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
Gus Yatron
{{Small|(Reading)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1993

| {{USCongressOrdinal|91|102}}

| Elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-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.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
Tim Holden
{{Small|(St. Clair)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003

| {{USCongressOrdinal|103|107}}

| Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Pennsylvania|17|C}}.

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| align=left | 100px
Jim Gerlach
{{Small|(Chester Springs)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2015

| {{USCongressOrdinal|108|113}}

| Elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
Ryan Costello
{{Small|(West Chester)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2019

| {{USCongressOrdinal|114|115}}

| Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Retired.

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| align=left | 100px
Chrissy Houlahan
{{Small|(Devon)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 2019 –
present

| {{USCongressOrdinal|116|Present}}

| Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

Recent election results

= 2012 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district, 2012{{cite web|title=Statistics of Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 2012|url=http://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/Election-Statistics/|date=February 28, 2013|access-date=April 7, 2013|publisher=Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Jim Gerlach (Incumbent)|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=191,725|percentage=57.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Manan Trivedi|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=143,803|percentage=42.9}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=335,528|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2014 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district, 2014{{cite web |url=https://electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=41&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=Pennsylvania 2014 General Election - November 4, 2014 Official Results |publisher=Pennsylvania Secretary of State|date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=March 8, 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Ryan Costello|votes=119,643|percentage=56.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Manan Trivedi|votes=92,901|percentage=43.7}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=212,544|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2016 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district, 2016{{cite web |url=https://electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=54&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0 |title=Pennsylvania 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016 Official Results |publisher=Pennsylvania Secretary of State|date=November 8, 2016 |access-date=December 28, 2016}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Ryan Costello (incumbent)|votes=207,469|percentage=57.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Mike Parrish|votes=155,000|percentage=42.8}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=362,469|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2018 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district, 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=63&ElectionType=G&IsActive=1 |title=2018 General Election: Representative in Congress |publisher=Pennsylvania Secretary of State |date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 12, 2018 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Chrissy Houlahan|votes=177,704|percentage=58.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Greg McCauley|votes=124,124|percentage=41.1}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=301,828|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box gain with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)|loser=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2020 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district, 2020{{cite web |title=2020 Presidential Election - Representative in Congress |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=undefined&ElectionType=undefined&IsActive=undefined |website=Pennsylvania Department of State |access-date=November 25, 2020}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Chrissy Houlahan (incumbent)|votes=226,440|percentage=56.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=John Emmons|votes=177,526|percentage=43.9}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=403,966|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2022 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district, 2022{{cite web |title=2022 General Election Official Returns - Representative in Congress |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=11&ElectionID=undefined&ElectionType=undefined&IsActive=undefined|website=Pennsylvania Department of State}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Chrissy Houlahan (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=190,386|percentage=58.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Guy Ciarrocchi|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=136,097|percentage=41.7}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=326,483|percentage=100.00}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}

=2024=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district, 2024{{cite web |title=2024 General Election Official Returns - Representative in Congress |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/|website=Pennsylvania Department of State}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Chrissy Houlahan (incumbent)|votes=235,625|percentage=56.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Neil Young Jr.|votes=183,638|percentage=43.8}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=419,263|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Historical district boundaries

File:United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania District 6 map.png|2003–2013

File:Pennsylvania US Congressional District 6 (since 2013).tif|2013–2019

File:Pennsylvania Congressional District 6.png|2019–2023

See also

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References

{{reflist}}

  • {{cite book |title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress |last = Martis |first = Kenneth C. |year = 1989 |publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company |location = New York}}
  • {{cite book |title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts |last = Martis |first = Kenneth C. |year = 1982 |publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company |location = New York}}
  • [http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]

External links

  • [http://www.redistricting.state.pa.us/Congressional-Redistricting.cfm Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania]

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