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'''Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district''' is one of [[Pennsylvania]]'s voting districts for the [[United States House of Representatives]]. |
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==Geography== |
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Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district, is located in Southeast Pennsylvania. It contains the western and northwestern suburbs of [[Philadelphia]]. It is comprised of the majority of [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]] (except for the City of [[Chester, Pennsylvania|Chester]] and some of the eastern boroughs), a portion of [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]] east of [[West Chester, Pennsylvania|West Chester]], and a portion of southern [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]] in the affluent [[Pennsylvania Main Line|Main Line]] area. |
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==Demographics== |
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The PA 7th Congressional District encompasses an area of diverse wealth, ranging from blue collar and working class households in the southeastern portions of Delaware County (mostly around in the oil refinery areas of [[Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania|Marcus Hook]] and [[Trainer, Pennsylvania|Trainer]]) to the southern and western portions of the affluent [[Pennsylvania Main Line|Main Line]] area of Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties. The PA 7th Congressional District is the home of several major colleges and universities, including [[Widener University]] and [[Cheyney University]], the first traditionally black college in the U.S. The district is also the home of [[Boeing]]'s helicopter facility in [[Ridley Park, Pennsylvania|Ridley Park]]. [[Chester, Pennsylvania|Chester]], the largest municipality in Delaware County, is not represented by the PA 7th Congressional District (it is under the [[Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district|Pennsylvania 1st Congressional District]], which also includes [[South Philadelphia]]), but receives attention from the PA 7th due to Chester's influence to the rest of the county. |
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==History== |
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==Elections== |
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==Representatives== |
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| colspan=5 |District created in 1795 from [[Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district]] |
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|- {{party shading/Federalist}} |
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| [[John W. Kittera]] || [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] || [[1795]] - [[1801]] || || |
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|- {{party shading/Federalist}} |
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| [[Thomas Boude]] || [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] || [[1801]] - [[1803]] || || |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |
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| [[John Rea (politician)|John Rea]] || [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] || [[1803]] - [[1811]] || || |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |
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| [[William Piper]] || [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] || [[1811]] - [[1813]] || || |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |
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| [[John M. Hyneman]] || [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] || [[1813]] || || Resigned from office on August 2, 1813 |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |
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| [[Daniel Udree]] || [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] || [[1813]] – [[1815]] || || Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |
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| [[Joseph Hiester]] || [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] || [[1815]] – [[1820]] || || Resigned to become [[List of Governors of Pennsylvania|Governor of Pennsylvania]] |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |
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| [[Daniel Udree]] || [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] || [[1820]] – [[1821]] || || |
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|- {{party shading/Federalist}} |
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| [[Ludwig Worman]] || [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] || [[1821]] – [[1822]] || [[Earl Township, Pennsylvania|Earl Township]] || Died in office |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |
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| [[Daniel Udree]] || [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] || [[1822]] – [[1823]] || || |
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| colspan=5 |District reorganized in 1831 to have two seats |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic-Republican}} |
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| [[Henry Wilson (Pennsylvania)|Henry Wilson]] <br> [[Daniel Udree]] || [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] || [[1823]] – [[1825]] || || |
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|- {{party shading/Jacksonian}} |
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| [[Henry Wilson (Pennsylvania)|Henry Wilson]] <br> [[Jacob Krebs]] || [[Jacksonian Party (United States)|Jacksonian]] || [[1825]] – [[1826]] || || Henry Wilson died in office |
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|- {{party shading/Jacksonian}} |
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| [[William Addams]] <br> [[Jacob Krebs]] || [[Jacksonian Party (United States)|Jacksonian]] || [[1826]] – [[1827]] || || |
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|- {{party shading/Jacksonian}} |
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| [[William Addams]] <br> [[Joseph Fry, Jr.]] || [[Jacksonian Party (United States)|Jacksonian]] || [[1827]] – [[1829]] || || |
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|- {{party shading/Jacksonian}} |
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| [[Henry A. P. Muhlenberg]] <br> [[Joseph Fry, Jr.]] || [[Jacksonian Party (United States)|Jacksonian]] || [[1829]] – [[1831]] || || |
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| colspan=5 |District reorganized in 1831 to have one seat |
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|- {{party shading/Jacksonian}} |
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| [[Henry A. P. Muhlenberg]] || [[Jacksonian Party (United States)|Jacksonian]] || [[1831]] – [[1833]] || || |
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| rowspan=2 | [[David D. Wagener]] || {{party shading/Jacksonian}} | [[Jacksonian Party (United States)|Jacksonian]] || {{party shading/Jacksonian}} | [[1833]] – [[1837]] || rowspan=2 | [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]] || |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |
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| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || [[1837]] – [[1841]] || |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |
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| [[John Westbrook (Pennsylvania)|John Westbrook]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || [[1841]] – [[1843]] || [[Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania|Dingmans Ferry]] || Declined to be a candidate for reelection |
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|- {{party shading/Whig}} |
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| [[Abraham R. McIlvaine]] || [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] || [[1843]] – [[1849]] || [[Downingtown, Pennsylvania|Downingtown]] || Unsuccessful candidate for renomination |
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|- {{party shading/Whig}} |
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| [[Jesse C. Dickey]] || [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] || [[1849]] – [[1851]] || [[New London Township, Pennsylvania|New London]] || Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |
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| [[John A. Morrison]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || [[1851]] – [[1853]] || [[Cochranville, Pennsylvania|Cochranville]] || |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |
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| [[Samuel A. Bridges]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || [[1853]] – [[1855]] || [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] || Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |
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|- {{party shading/Opposition}} |
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| [[Samuel C. Bradshaw]] || [[Opposition Party (United States)|Opposition]] || [[1855]] – [[1857]] || [[Quakertown, Pennsylvania|Quakertown]] || Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |
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| [[Henry Chapman]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || [[1857]] – [[1859]] || [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]] || Declined to be a candidate for renomination |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Henry C. Longnecker]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1859]] – [[1861]] || [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] || |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |
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| [[Thomas B. Cooper]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || [[1861]] – [[1862]] || [[Coopersburg, Pennsylvania|Coopersburg]] || Died in office |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |
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| [[John D. Stiles]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || [[1862]] – [[1863]] || [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]] || Moved to [[Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[John M. Broomall]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1863]] – [[1869]] || [[Media, Pennsylvania|Media]] || Not a candidate for renomination |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Washington Townsend]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1869]] – [[1875]] || [[West Chester, Pennsylvania|West Chester]] || Declined to be a candidate for renomination |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Alan Wood, Jr.]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1875]] – [[1877]] || [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] || Declined to be a candidate for renomination |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Isaac N. Evans]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1877]] – [[1879]] || [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]] || Declined to be a candidate for renomination |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[William Godshalk]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1879]] – [[1883]] || [[Hatboro, Pennsylvania|Hatboro]] || Declined to be a candidate for renomination |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Isaac N. Evans]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1883]] – [[1887]] || [[Hatboro, Pennsylvania|Hatboro]] || Declined to be a candidate for renomination |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Robert M. Yardley]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1887]] – [[1891]] || [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]] || Declined to be a candidate for renomination |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |
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| [[Edwin Hallowell]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || [[1891]] – [[1893]] || || Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Irving P. Wanger]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1893]] – [[1903]] || || Moved to [[Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Thomas S. Butler]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1903]] – [[1923]] || [[Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania|Uwchlan Township]] || Moved to [[Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[George P. Darrow]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1923]] – [[1937]] || [[Philadelphia, PA|Philadelphia]] || Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in [[1936]] |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |
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| [[Ira W. Drew]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || [[1937]] – [[1939]] || [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] || Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in [[1938]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[George P. Darrow]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1939]] – [[1941]] || [[Philadelphia, PA|Philadelphia]] || Not a candidate for renomination in [[1940]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Hugh Scott]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1941]] – [[1945]] || [[Philadelphia, PA|Philadelphia]] || Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in [[1944]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[James Wolfenden]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1945]] – [[1947]] || [[Upper Darby Township, PA|Upper Darby Township]] || Did not run in [[1946]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[E. Wallace Chadwick]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1947]] – [[1949]] || [[Radnor Township, PA|Radnor Township]] || Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in [[1948]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Benjamin F. James]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1949]] – [[1959]] || [[Radnor Township, PA|Radnor Township]] || Not a candidate for renomination in [[1958]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[William H. Milliken, Jr.]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1959]] – [[1965]] || [[Sharon Hill, PA|Sharon Hill]] || Not a candidate for renomination in [[1964]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[G. Robert Watkins]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1965]] – [[1967]] || [[West Chester, PA|West Chester]] || Moved to [[Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Lawrence G. Williams]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1967]] – [[1975]] || [[Springfield, PA|Springfield]] || Unsuccessful candidate for reelection |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |
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| [[Robert W. Edgar]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || [[1975]] – [[1987]] || [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] || Did not seek reelection to the House in [[1986]] |
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|- {{party shading/Republican}} |
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| [[Curt Weldon]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || [[1987]] – [[2007]] || [[Thornbury Township, Pennsylvania|Thornbury Township]] || Defeated for Reelection on [[November 7]], [[2006]] |
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}} |
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| [[Joe Sestak]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || [[2007]] – Incumbent || [[Springfield, PA|Springfield]] || Elected on [[November 7]], [[2006]]; was sworn in on [[January 4]], [[2007]] |
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==External link== |
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*[http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/pa07_109.gif District Map] |
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