Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
Map of the Pennsylvania 10th as of the 109th Congress
Current Representative		Tom Marino (R–Williamsport)
Area	6,557.85[1] mi² (16,984.75 km²)
Distribution	44.65% urban, 55.35% rural
Population (2000)	646,534[2]
Median income	$35,996
Ethnicity	96.3% White, 1.9% Black, 0.5% Asian, 1.4% Hispanic, 0.0% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+8

Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district is located primarily in the northeast corner of the state. The district was one of the 12 original districts created prior to the 4th Congress. It is currently represented by Republican Tom Marino, who defeated Democratic incumbent Chris Carney during the 2010 U.S. House elections. In 2006, the 10th district experienced one of the greatest party shifts among all House seats that switched party control: in 2004, Sherwood won with an 86% margin of victory over his nearest opponent and two years later, Carney unseated Sherwood by a 53%-47% margin.^[3] In 2008, Carney won reelection by 12 points but the district swung back in 2010, electing Tom Marino. The district is mostly Republican in its political composition, an aspect of the district that is reflected especially well in presidential elections. In 2004, President George W. Bush won 60 percent of the vote in the district and in 2008, Senator John McCain beat Senator Barack Obama here by a margin of 54 percent to 45 percent. Nonetheless, Carney easily won reelection as a Democrat the same year McCain won the district. However, in the 2010 midterm elections, Marino unseated Carney by a 55%-45% margin, a GOP victory that is largely attributed to Carney's March 2010 vote for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, comprehensive health care reform legislation signed into law by President Obama. The legislation was incredibly unpopular in a district resistant to government-led efforts in economic affairs.

District boundaries

The Pennsylvania 10th is the third-largest congressional district in the state. The district encompasses the following counties and areas:^[4][5]

• Bradford County
• Lackawanna County
  • excluding Old Forge, Moosic, Scranton, and Dunmore but including Clarks Summit
• Luzerne County
  • Back Mountain area, including Dallas, Shavertown, Trucksville, Kingston, Wyoming, and Swoyersville
• Lycoming County
  • Sullivan/Columbia/Montour County boundaries west to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River (except Montoursville), north to Cogan House
• Montour County
• Northumberland County
• Pike County
• Snyder County
• Sullivan County
• Susquehanna County
• Tioga County
  • Ward Township
• Union County
• Wayne County
• Wyoming County

Recent elections

2006 election

2008 election

2010 election

SOURCE: MSNBC ^[7]

Better Know A District

• The Pennsylvania 10th was the 46th congressional district mentioned on the recurring The Colbert Report segment, "Better Know A District," when the December 12, 2006 episode featured incoming House freshmen, including Representative-elect Chris Carney, at the Kennedy School of Government.

List of representatives

District created in 1795 from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district

1795-1813: One seat

1813-1823: Two seats

Cong ress	Years		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
13	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815		Isaac Smith	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Jared Irwin	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
14	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817		William Wilson	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
15	March 4, 1817 – ?, 1817						David Scott	Democratic-Republican	Resigned before Congress assembled
	?, 1817 – October 14, 1817						Vacant
	October 14, 1817 – March 3, 1819						John Murray	Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Scott's term
16	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821		George Denison	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
17	March 4, 1821 – ?, 1821						William Cox Ellis	Democratic-Republican	Resigned before Congress assembled
	?, 1821 – October 9, 1821						Vacant
	October 9, 1821 – March 3, 1823						Thomas Murray, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Ellis's term

1823-present: One seat

Cong ress	Years	Representative	Party	Electoral history
18	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	James S. Mitchell	Jacksonian Democratic-Republican	Redistricted from the 4th district
19	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827		Jacksonian
20	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	Adam King	Jacksonian	Lost re-election
21
22
23	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	William Clark	Anti-Masonic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
24
25	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839	Luther Reily	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
26	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	William Simonton	Whig	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
27
28	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	Richard Brodhead	Democratic	Retired
29
30
31	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	Milo M. Dimmick	Democratic	Retired
32
33	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Ner Middleswarth	Whig	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
34	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	John C. Kunkel	Opposition	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
35	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859		Republican	Retired
36	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	John W. Killinger	Republican	Retired
37
38	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	Myer Strouse	Democratic	Retired
39
40	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	Henry L. Cake	Republican	Lost renomination
41
42	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875	John W. Killinger	Republican	Retired
43
44	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	William Mutchler	Democratic	Retired
45	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Samuel A. Bridges	Democratic	Retired
46	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	Reuben K. Bachman	Democratic	Retired
47	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	William Mutchler	Democratic	Retired
48
49	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	William H. Sowden	Democratic	Retired
50
51	March 4, 1889 – March 16, 1901	Marriott Brosius	Republican	Elected in 1888 Re-elected in 1890 Re-elected in 1892 Re-elected in 1894 Re-elected in 1896 Re-elected in 1898 Re-elected in 1900 Died
52
53
54
55
56
57
57	November 5, 1901 – March 3, 1903	Henry B. Cassel	Republican	Elected to finish Brosius's term Redistricted to the 9th district
58	March 4, 1903 – February 10, 1904	George Howell	Democratic	Lost election contest
	February 10, 1904 – March 3, 1905	William Connell	Republican	Contested Howell's election
59	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	Thomas H. Dale	Republican	Lost re-election
60	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	Thomas D. Nicholls	Independent Democratic	Retired
61
62	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919	John R. Farr	Republican	Lost re-election
63
64
65
66	March 4, 1919 – February 25, 1921	Patrick McLane	Democratic	Lost election contest
	February 25, 1921 – March 3, 1921	John R. Farr	Republican	Contested McLane's election Lost renomination
67	March 4, 1921 – September 26, 1922	Charles R. Connell	Republican	Elected in 1920 Died
	September 26, 1922 – March 4, 1923	Vacant
68	March 4, 1923 – December 5, 1929	William W. Griest	Republican	Redistricted from the 9th district Died
68
69
70
71
71	December 5, 1929 – January 28, 1930	Vacant
	January 28, 1930 – January 3, 1945	J. Roland Kinzer	Republican	Redistricted to the 9th district
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79	January 3, 1945 – July 17, 1946	John W. Murphy	Democratic	Redistricted from the 11th district Resigned to become U.S. District Judge
80	November 5, 1946 – January 3, 1949	James P. Scoblick	Republican	Lost renomination
81	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Harry P. O'Neill	Democratic	Lost renomination
82
83	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959	Joseph L. Carrigg	Republican	Redistricted from the 14th district Lost renomination
84
85
86	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	Stanley A. Prokop	Democratic	Lost renomination
87	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	William Scranton	Republican	Elected Governor of Pennsylvania
88	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1999	Joseph M. McDade	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
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100
101
102
103
104
105
106	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2007	Don Sherwood	Republican	Lost re-election
107
108
109
110	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	Christopher Carney	Democratic	Lost re-election
111
112	January 3, 2011 – present	Tom Marino	Republican	Elected in 2010

SOURCE: MSNBC ^[7]

References

• 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

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