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Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District
Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district is represented by Democrat Conor Lamb. The district encompasses the entirety of Beaver County, a small portion of southwestern Butler County, and all parts of Allegheny County not part of the 18th district. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the map violated the state constitution and redrew it in February 2018. What was the 17th district, which had been anchored in Northeast Pennsylvania, was modified to become the 8th district, and the old 12th district likewise became the 17th, for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter. Election results from recent presidential races List of members representing the district Because congressional districts are reconfigured and renumbered every 10 years (and occasionally at other times), the following chart displays each time Pennsylvania's districts were changed. Recent election results 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Allegheny County () is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Southwestern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,250,578, making it the state's second-most populous county, following Philadelphia County. The county seat is Pittsburgh. Allegheny County is included in the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and in the Pittsburgh Designated Market Area. Allegheny was the first county in Pennsylvania to be given a Native American name. It was named after the Lenape word for the Allegheny River. The meaning of "Allegheny" is uncertain. It is usually said to mean "fine river". Stewart says that the name may come from a Lenape account of an ancient mythical tribe called ''"Allegewi"'', who lived along the river before being taken over by the Lenape. History Prior to European contact, this area was settled for thousands of years by succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples. During the colonial era, historic native groups kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Plumer
George Plumer (December 5, 1762 – June 8, 1843) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George Plumer was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1812 to 1815 and again in 1817. Plumer was elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died near West Newton, Pennsylvania West Newton, located southeast of Pittsburgh, is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Formerly, the manufacture of radiators and boilers were the chief industries. The population w ..., in 1843. Interment in Old Sewickley Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Sources The Political Graveyard Members of the Pennsylvania House of Repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1836 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Pennsylvania
Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. * January 5 – Davy Crockett arrives in Texas. * January 12 ** , with Charles Darwin on board, reaches Sydney. ** Will County, Illinois, is formed. * February 8 – London and Greenwich Railway opens its first section, the first railway in London, England. * February 16 – A fire at the Lahaman Theatre in Saint Petersburg kills 126 people."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p76 * February 23 – Texas Revolution: The Battle of the Alamo begins, with an American settler army surrounded by the Mexican Army, under Santa Anna. * February 25 – Samuel Colt receives a United States patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm. * Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Wells Morris
Samuel Wells Morris (September 1, 1786 – May 25, 1847) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvaniabr> Samuel W. Morris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Benjamin Wistar Morris. He pursued an academic degree at Princeton College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. He was a judge of the district court and served as the first treasurer of Wellsboro County. He was postmaster of Wellsboro from July 1, 1808, to April 1, 1813. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Morris was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, serving from September 4, 1837, till March 3, 1841. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1840 Events January–March * January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the ''Herald Sun'' of Melbourne, Australia, ''The Port Phillip Herald'', is founded. * January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1834 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Pennsylvania
Events January–March * January – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina. * January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states. * January 3 – The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City. * February 13 – Robert Owen organizes the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union in the United Kingdom. * March 6 – York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto. * March 11 – The United States Survey of the Coast is transferred to the Department of the Navy. * March 14 – John Herschel discovers the open cluster of stars now known as NGC 3603, observing from the Cape of Good Hope. * March 28 – Andrew Jackson is censured by the United States Congress (expunged in 1837). April–June * April 10 – The LaLaurie mansion in New Orleans burns, and Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie flees to France. * April 14 – The Whig Party is officially named by United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1832 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Pennsylvania
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Following the reapportionment resulting from the 1830 census, Pennsylvania gained two representatives, increasing from 26 to 28, and was redistricted into 25 districts, two of which were plural districts. Pennsylvania elected its members October 9, 1832. See also * 1832 Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district special election * 1833 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election * 1832 and 1833 United States House of Representatives elections * List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania Notes References 1832 Pennsylvania United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Laporte (politician)
John Laporte (November 4, 1798 – August 22, 1862) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He also was the 26th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Biography John Laporte was born in Asylum, Pennsylvania. He was Auditor of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, in 1827 and 1828. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1828 to 1832 and served as speaker in 1831 and 1832. Laporte was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1836. He served as associate judge of Bradford County from 1837 to 1845. He was interested in the development of the North Branch Canal and served as surveyor general of Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1851. He was engaged in banking at Towanda, Pennsylvania, from 1850 to 1862. He died in Philadelphia in 1862, aged 63; he was interred in the family cemetery at Asylum, Pennsylvania, near Towanda. Laporte, Penns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1830 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Pennsylvania
Year 183 ( CLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Victorinus (or, less frequently, year 936 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 183 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * An assassination attempt on Emperor Commodus by members of the Senate fails. Births * January 26 – Lady Zhen, wife of the Cao Wei state Emperor Cao Pi (d. 221) * Hu Zong, Chinese general, official and poet of the Eastern Wu state (d. 242) * Liu Zan (Zhengming), Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 255) * Lu Xun Zhou Shuren (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), better known by his pen name Lu Xun (or Lu Sun; ; Wade–Giles: Lu Hsün), was a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1828 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Pennsylvania
Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in Pennsylvania on October 14, 1828, for the 21st Congress. Members of three different parties were elected to the 21st Congress, the first time in US history that a third party won seats. The new Anti-Masonic Party won a total of 5 seats, 1 of which was in Pennsylvania. Background In the previous election, 20 Jacksonians and 5 Anti-Jacksonians had been elected with one vacancy, which was filled in a special election by an Anti-Jacksonian, for a total of 20 Jacksonians and 6 Anti-Jacksonians. Congressional districts Pennsylvania was divided into 18 districts, 6 of which were plural districts *The consisted of southern Philadelphia County *The consisted of the City of Philadelphia *The consisted of northern Philadelphia County *The (3 seats) consisted of Chester, Delaware and Lancaster Counties *The consisted of Montgomery County *The consisted of Dauphin and Lebanon Counties *The (2 seats) consiste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1826 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania elected its members October 10, 1826. See also * 1826 Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district special election * 1826 Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district special election * 1826 Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district special election * 1826 Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district special election * 1827 Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district special election * 1826 and 1827 United States House of Representatives elections * List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania References 1826 Pennsylvania United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Coulter (US Politician)
Richard Coulter (March 1788April 21, 1852) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Richard Coulter was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, a son of state commissioner Eli Coulter and Priscilla Small (1766–1826). Richard attended Jefferson College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1811, and commenced the practice of his profession in Greensburg, Pennsylvania where he became chief burgess. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1816 to 1820. He then returned to his law practice. In 1826 Coulter was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first through Twenty-third Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He was elected judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and served from 1846 until his death in 1852 in Greensburg. Interment was in St. Clair Cemete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacksonian Party (United States)
Jacksonian democracy was a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that expanded suffrage to most white men over the age of 21, and restructured a number of federal institutions. Originating with the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson and his supporters, it became the nation's dominant political worldview for a generation. The term itself was in active use by the 1830s. This era, called the Jacksonian Era or Second Party System by historians and political scientists, lasted roughly from Jackson's 1828 election as president until slavery became the dominant issue with the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act in 1854 and the political repercussions of the American Civil War dramatically reshaped American politics. It emerged when the long-dominant Democratic-Republican Party became factionalized around the 1824 United States presidential election. Jackson's supporters began to form the modern Democratic Party. His political rivals John Quincy Adams and Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
