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Pennsylvania's second district includes predominantly African American sections of the city of Philadelphia-West Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, and Northwest Philadelphia in addition to Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County. Before the 113th Congress, the district did not contain Lower Merion Township but instead contained Cheltenham Township.

The district has an overwhelming Democratic majority. With the 113th Congress, it is the third most Democratic Congressional District out of the 435 in the nation, according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, with a score of D +39. It is the most Democratic district outside of New York City.

Congressman Chaka Fattah has represented the district since 1995.

The district from 2003 to 2013

List of representatives

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

1791–1793: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Frederick Muhlenberg	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	Redistricted from the At-large district, and re-elected in 1790 Redistricted to the At-large district

1795–1843: multiple seats

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

Congress	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	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted from the At-large district, and re-elected in 1794 Retired
5th	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799		Blair McClenachan	Democratic- Republican	Elected in 1796 [Data unknown/missing. ]
6th	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801		Michael Leib	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1798
7th	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803				Re-elected in 1800 Redistricted to the 1st district
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805		Robert Brown	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted from the 4th district, and re-elected in 1802		Frederick Conrad	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1802		Isaac Van Horne	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted from the 4th district, and re-elected in 1802 [Data unknown/missing. ]
9th	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807				Re-elected in 1804				Re-elected in 1804 [Data unknown/missing. ]		John Pugh	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1804
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809				Re-elected in 1806		William Milnor	Federalist	First elected in 1806				Re-elected in 1806 Lost re-election
11th	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811				Re-elected in 1808				Re-elected in 1808 [Data unknown/missing. ]		John Ross	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. ]
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813				Re-elected in 1810 Redistricted to the 6th district		Jonathan Roberts	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1810		William Rodman	Democratic- Republican	Elected in 1810 [Data unknown/missing. ]
13th	March 4, 1813 – February 24, 1814		Roger Davis	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted from the 3rd district, and re-elected in 1812 [Data unknown/missing. ]				Re-elected in 1812 Resigned when elected U.S. Senator
	February 24, 1814 – October 11, 1814						Vacant
	October 11, 1814 – March 3, 1815						Samuel Henderson	Federalist	Won special election in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. ]
14th	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817		William Darlington	Democratic- Republican	Elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. ]		John Hahn	Democratic- Republican	Elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. ]
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819		Isaac Darlington	Federalist	Elected in 1816 Retired		Levi Pawling	Federalist	Elected in 1816 [Data unknown/missing. ]
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821		William Darlington	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1818		Samuel Gross	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1818
17th	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823				Re-elected in 1820 [Data unknown/missing. ]				Re-elected in 1820 [Data unknown/missing. ]
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Joseph Hemphill	Jacksonian Federalist	Redistricted from the 1st district, and re-elected in 1822
19th	March 4, 1825 – 1826				Re-elected in 1824 Resigned
	1826 – October 26, 1826		Vacant
	October 26, 1826 – March 3, 1827		Thomas Kittera	Adams	Won special election in 1826 Lost re-election
20th	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829		John Sergeant	Adams	Elected in 1826 Lost re-election
21st	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831		Joseph Hemphill	Jacksonian	Elected in 1828 [Data unknown/missing. ]
22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833		Henry Horn	Jacksonian	Elected in 1830 Lost re-election
23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835		Horace Binney	Anti- Jacksonian	Elected in 1832 [Data unknown/missing. ]		James Harper	Anti- Jacksonian	First elected in 1832
24th	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837		Joseph R. Ingersoll	Anti- Jacksonian	Elected in 1834 Retired				Re-elected in 1834 [Data unknown/missing. ]
25th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839		John Sergeant	Whig	First elected in 1836		George W. Toland	Whig	First elected in 1836
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841				Re-elected in 1838				Re-elected in 1838
27th	March 3, 1841 – September 15, 1841				Re-elected in 1840 Resigned				Re-elected in 1840 [Data unknown/missing. ]
	September 15, 1841 – October 12, 1841		Vacant
	October 12, 1841 – March 3, 1843		Joseph R. Ingersoll	Whig	Won special election in 1842

1843-present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Joseph R. Ingersoll	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	Declined to accept renomination
Joseph R. Chandler	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855	Lost re-election
Job R. Tyson	Whig	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. ]
Edward J. Morris	Whig	March 4, 1857 – June 8, 1861	Resigned to become U.S. Minister to the Ottoman Empire
Vacant		June 8, 1861 – July 2, 1861
Charles J. Biddle	Democratic	July 2, 1861 – March 4, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. ]
Charles O'Neill	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871	Lost re-election
John V. Creely	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Disappeared
Charles O'Neill	Republican	March 4, 1873 – November 25, 1893	Died
Vacant		November 25, 1893 – December 19, 1893
Robert Adams, Jr.	Republican	December 19, 1893 – June 1, 1906	Suicide
Vacant		June 1, 1906 – November 6, 1906
John E. Reyburn	Republican	November 6, 1906 – March 31, 1907	Resigned to become Mayor of Philadelphia
Vacant		March 31, 1907 – November 5, 1907
Joel Cook	Republican	November 5, 1907 – December 15, 1910	Died
Vacant		December 15, 1910 – May 23, 1911
William S. Reyburn	Republican	May 23, 1911 – March 3, 1913	[Data unknown/missing. ]
George S. Graham	Republican	March 4, 1913 – July 4, 1931	Died
Vacant		July 4, 1931 – November 3, 1931
Edward L. Stokes	Republican	November 3, 1931 – March 3, 1933	Redistricted to the 6th district
James M. Beck	Republican	March 3, 1933 – September 30, 1934	Redistricted from the 1st district Resigned to object to the New Deal
Vacant		September 30, 1934 – January 3, 1935
William H. Wilson	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	[Data unknown/missing. ]
James P. McGranery	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – November 17, 1943	Resigned to become assistant to the Attorney General
Vacant		November 17, 1943 – January 18, 1944
Joseph M. Pratt	Republican	January 18, 1944 – January 3, 1945	[Data unknown/missing. ]
William T. Granahan	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	[Data unknown/missing. ]
Robert N. McGarvey	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	[Data unknown/missing. ]
William T. Granahan	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – May 25, 1956	Died
Vacant		May 25, 1956 – November 6, 1956
Kathryn E. Granahan	Democratic	November 6, 1956 – January 3, 1963	First elected in 1956 (See Widow's succession) [Data unknown/missing. ]
Robert N.C. Nix, Sr.	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979	Redistricted from the 4th district
William H. Gray	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – September 11, 1991	Resigned to serve as President of the United Negro College Fund
Vacant		September 11, 1991 – November 5, 1991
Lucien E. Blackwell	Democratic	November 5, 1991 – January 3, 1995	[Data unknown/missing. ]
Chaka Fattah	Democratic	January 3, 1995 – present	Incumbent

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

External links

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