# Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district

The 13th congressional district of Pennsylvania is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The district contains all of Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, and Perry counties. It also includes slivers of Cumberland and Somerset counties. Republican John Joyce has represented the district since 2019. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+25, it is the most Republican district in Pennsylvania.
Prior to February 2018, the district was located in southeastern Pennsylvania, covering eastern Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia. The district traditionally included most of Montgomery County, but was redrawn in 2002 to include part of Philadelphia, and altered again in 2012. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew the district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional. The old 13th district became the 4th district, and what was the ninth district in the southwest part of the state was modified and redesignated the 13th district, for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter.
The previously drawn district had long been a Republican stronghold, like many suburban districts in the Northeast. However, the brand of Republicanism in southeastern Pennsylvania was a moderate one, and the district, like the Philadelphia suburbs as a whole, became friendlier to Democrats during the 1990s as the national party veered to the right. The district had not voted Republican for president since 1988. In 1992, the district elected its first Democratic representative in 86 years, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky. She was defeated in 1994 by Republican Jon D. Fox, but Joe Hoeffel regained the seat for the Democrats in 1998. It was in Democratic hands afterward, becoming even more Democratic after being pushed into Philadelphia after the 2000 census. In 2018, it was redistricted again by court order, becoming the most Republican congressional district in the Northeast.

## Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 647,435 people, 250,845 households, and 169,848 families residing in the district. The racial makeup of the district was 87.16% White, 6.05% Black or African American, 0.14% Native American, 4.05% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.32% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. 3.06% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 250,845 households, out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51, and the average family size was 3.09.
In the district, the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.
The median income for a household in the district was $49,319, and the median income for a family was $61,108. Males had a median income of $36,441 versus $23,719 for females. The per capita income for the district was $25,053. About 5.1% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

## Recent election results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2008 | President | McCain 61% - 37% |
| 2008 | Attorney General | Corbett 70% - 30% |
| 2008 | Auditor General | Beiler 53% - 47% |
| 2010 | Senate | Toomey 68% - 32% |
| 2010 | Governor | Corbett 72% - 28% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 67% - 33% |
| 2012 | Senate | Smith 64% - 36% |
| 2014 | Governor | Corbett 60% - 40% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 71% - 25% |
| 2016 | Senate | Toomey 67% - 27% |
| 2016 | Attorney General | Rafferty Jr. 68% - 32% |
| 2016 | Treasurer | Voit III 62% - 31% |
| 2016 | Auditor General | Brown 62% - 31% |
| 2018 | Senate | Barletta 64% - 34% |
| 2018 | Governor | Wagner 63% - 35% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 72% - 27% |
| 2020 | Attorney General | Heidelbaugh 69% - 28% |
| 2020 | Treasurer | Garrity 71% - 26% |
| 2020 | Auditor General | DeFoor 72% - 24% |
| 2022 | Senate | Oz 68% - 29% |
| 2022 | Governor | Mastriano 64% - 34% |
| 2024 | President | Trump 72% - 27% |

## Counties and municipalities

Adams County (34)
    All 34 municipalities
Bedford County (38)
    All 38 municipalities
Blair County (25)
    All 25 municipalities
Cambria County (63)
    All 63 municipalities
Cumberland County (22)
    Hopewell Township, Lower Mifflin Township, Newburg, North Newton Township (part; also 10th), Shippensburg Borough (shared with Franklin County), Shippensburg Township, Southampton Township, Upper Frankford Township, Upper Mifflin Township
Franklin County (22)
    All 22 municipalities
Fulton County (13)
    All 13 municipalities
Huntingdon County (48)
    All 48 municipalities
Juniata County (17)
    All 17 municipalities
Mifflin County (16)
    All 16 municipalities
Perry County (30)
    All 30 municipalities

### Somerset County (1)

    Conemaugh Township (part; also 14th)

## List of members representing the district

| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history |
| District established March 4, 1813 |||||
| Vacant | Vacant | March 4, 1813 – May 13, 1813 | 13th | Member-elect John Smilie was redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1812 but died December 30, 1812. |
| Isaac Griffin (New Geneva) | Democratic-Republican | May 13, 1813 – March 3, 1817 | 13th 14th | Elected to finish John Smilie's term. Re-elected in 1814. Retired. |
| Christian Tarr (Brownsville) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | 15th 16th | Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election. |
| Andrew Stewart (Uniontown) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | 17th | Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 14th district. |
| John Tod (Bedford) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – ????, 1824 | 18th | Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1822. Resigned to become judge of Court of Common Pleas of 16th judicial district. |
| Vacant | Vacant | ?????, 1824 – December 6, 1824 | 18th | |
| Alexander Thomson (Bedford) | Democratic-Republican | December 6, 1824 – March 3, 1825 | 18th 19th | Elected October 12, 1824, to finish Tod's term. Elected the same day in 1824 to the next term. Resigned. |
| Alexander Thomson (Bedford) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – May 1, 1826 | 18th 19th | Elected October 12, 1824, to finish Tod's term. Elected the same day in 1824 to the next term. Resigned. |
| Vacant | Vacant | May 1, 1826 – December 4, 1826 | 19th | |
| Chauncey Forward (Somerset) | Jacksonian | December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1831 | 19th 20th 21st | Elected October 10, 1826, to finish Thomson's term and seated December 4, 1826. Elected the same day in 1826 to the next term. Re-elected in 1828. Retired. |
| George Burd (Bedford) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | 22nd | Elected in 1830. Redistricted to the 18th district. |
| Jesse Miller (Landisburg) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – October 30, 1836 | 23rd 24th | Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Resigned to become the First Auditor of the United States Department of the Treasury. |
| Vacant | Vacant | October 30, 1836 – December 5, 1836 | 24th | |
| James Black (Newport) | Jacksonian | December 5, 1836 – March 3, 1837 | 24th | Elected to finish Miller's term. [data missing] |
| Charles McClure (Carlisle) | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | 25th | Elected in 1836. [data missing] |
| William Sterrett Ramsey (Carlisle) | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – October 17, 1840 | 26th | Elected in 1838. Died. |
| Vacant | Vacant | October 17, 1840 – December 7, 1840 | 26th | |
| Charles McClure (Carlisle) | Democratic | December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1841 | 26th | Elected to finish Ramsey's term. [data missing] |
| Amos Gustine (Mifflintown) | Democratic | May 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | 27th | Elected in 1840. [data missing] |
| Henry Frick (Milton) | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 1, 1844 | 28th | Elected in 1842. Died. |
| Vacant | Vacant | March 1, 1844 – April 5, 1844 | 28th | |
| James Pollock (Milton) | Whig | April 5, 1844 – March 3, 1849 | 28th 29th 30th | Elected to finish Frick's term. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. [data missing] |
| Joseph Casey (New Berlin) | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | 31st | Elected in 1848. Retired. |
| James Gamble (Jersey Shore) | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | 32nd | Elected in 1850. Redistricted to the 15th district. |
| Asa Packer (Mauch Chunk) | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 | 33rd 34th | Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. [data missing] |
| William H. Dimmick (Honesdale) | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | 35th 36th | Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [data missing] |
| Philip Johnson (Easton) | Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | 37th | Elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 11th district. |
| Henry W. Tracy (Standing Stone) | Independent Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | 38th | Elected in 1862. [data missing] |
| Ulysses Mercur (Towanda) | Republican | March 4, 1865 – December 2, 1872 | 39th 40th 41st 42nd | Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Resigned to become associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. |
| Vacant | Vacant | December 2, 1872 – December 24, 1872 | 42nd | |
| Frank C. Bunnell (Tunkhannock) | Republican | December 24, 1872 – March 3, 1873 | 42nd | Elected to finish Mercur's term. [data missing] |
| James D. Strawbridge (Danville) | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | 43rd | Elected in 1872. [data missing] |
| James B. Reilly (Pottsville) | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | 44th 45th | Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Lost re-election. |
| John W. Ryon (Pottsville) | Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | 46th | Elected in 1878. [data missing] |
| Charles N. Brumm (Minersville) | Greenback | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 | 47th 48th 49th 50th | Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. [data missing] |
| Charles N. Brumm (Minersville) | Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | 47th 48th 49th 50th | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. [data missing] |
| James B. Reilly (Pottsville) | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 | 51st 52nd 53rd | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. [data missing] |
| Charles N. Brumm (Minersville) | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 | 54th 55th | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. [data missing] |
| James W. Ryan (Pottsville) | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | 56th | Elected in 1898. [data missing] |
| George R. Patterson (Ashland) | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | 57th | Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 12th district. |
| Marcus C.L. Kline (Allentown) | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | 58th 59th | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. [data missing] |
| John H. Rothermel (Reading) | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1915 | 60th 61st 62nd 63rd | Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. [data missing] |
| Arthur G. Dewalt (Allentown) | Democratic | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921 | 64th 65th 66th | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. [data missing] |
| Fred B. Gernerd (Allentown) | Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | 67th | Elected in 1920. [data missing] |
| George F. Brumm (Minersville) | Republican | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 | 68th 69th | Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. [data missing] |
| Cyrus M. Palmer (Pottsville) | Republican | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 | 70th | Elected in 1926. [data missing] |
| George F. Brumm (Minersville) | Republican | March 4, 1929 – May 29, 1934 | 71st 72nd 73rd | Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Died. |
| Vacant | Vacant | May 29, 1934 – January 3, 1935 | 73rd | |
| James H. Gildea (Coaldale) | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 | 74th 75th | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. [data missing] |
| Ivor D. Fenton (Mahanoy City) | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945 | 76th 77th 78th | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to the 12th district. |
| Daniel K. Hoch (Reading) | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | 79th | Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1944. [data missing] |
| Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (Wernersville) | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | 80th | Elected in 1946. Lost re-election. |
| George M. Rhodes (Reading) | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | 81st 82nd | Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 14th district. |
| Samuel K. McConnell Jr. (Wynnewood) | Republican | January 3, 1953 – September 1, 1957 | 83rd 84th 85th | Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Resigned. |
| Vacant | Vacant | September 1, 1957 – November 5, 1957 | 85th | |
| John A. Lafore Jr. (Haverford) | Republican | November 5, 1957 – January 3, 1961 | 85th 86th | Elected to finish McConnell's term. Re-elected in 1958. Lost renomination. |
| Richard Schweiker (Worcester) | Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1969 | 87th 88th 89th 90th | Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
| R. Lawrence Coughlin (Plymouth Meeting) | Republican | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1993 | 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd | 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. |
| Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (Narberth) | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | 103rd | Elected in 1992. Lost re-election. |
| Jon D. Fox (Elkins Park) | Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999 | 104th 105th | Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Lost re-election. |
| Joe Hoeffel (Abington Township) | Democratic | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005 | 106th 107th 108th | Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
| Allyson Schwartz (Abington Township) | Democratic | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2015 | 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th | Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for Governor of Pennsylvania |
| Brendan Boyle (Philadelphia) | Democratic | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 | 114th 115th | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-districted to the 2nd district. |
| John Joyce (Hollidaysburg) | Republican | January 3, 2019 – present | 116th 117th 118th 119th | Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. |

## Recent election results

| Year | Election | Winner | Party | Votes | % | Nominated opponent | Party | Votes | % |
| 2000 | General | Joseph M. Hoeffel | Democratic | 146,026 | 53% | Stewart Greenleaf | Republican | 126,501 | 46% |
| 2002 | General | Joseph M. Hoeffel | Democratic | 107,945 | 51% | Melissa Brown | Republican | 100,295 | 47% |
| 2004 | General | Allyson Schwartz | Democratic | 171,763 | 56% | Melissa Brown | Republican | 127,205 | 41% |
| 2006 | General | Allyson Schwartz | Democratic | 147,368 | 66% | Raj Bhakta | Republican | 75,492 | 34% |
| 2008 | General | Allyson Schwartz | Democratic | 196,868 | 63% | Marina Kats | Republican | 108,271 | 35% |
| 2010 | General | Allyson Schwartz | Democratic | 117,798 | 56% | Dee Adcock | Republican | 91,195 | 44% |
| 2012 | General | Allyson Schwartz | Democratic | 209,901 | 69% | Joe Rooney | Republican | 93,918 | 31% |
| 2014 | General | Brendan Boyle | Democratic | 123,601 | 67% | Dee Adcock | Republican | 60,549 | 33% |
| 2016 | General | Brendan Boyle | Democratic | 239,316 | 100% | None |
| 2018 | General | John Joyce | Republican | 178,533 | 70% | Brent Ottaway | Democratic | 74,733 | 29% |
| 2020 | General | John Joyce | Republican | 267,789 | 73.5% | Todd Rowley | Democratic | 96,612 | 26.5% |
| 2022 | General | John Joyce | Republican | 260,345 | 100% | None |

## Historical district boundaries

* 2003–2013
* 2013–2019
* 2019–2023