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Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District
Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district was a district including the city of Pittsburgh and parts of surrounding suburbs. A variety of working class and majority black suburbs located to the east of the city were included, such as McKeesport and Wilkinsburg. Also a major part of the district was a number of middle class suburbs that have historic Democratic roots, such as Pleasant Hills and Penn Hills. The district became obsolete following the 2020 United States census. It was largely replaced by Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. The district covered much of the area that was the center of the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s. History Pre-2018 boundaries In February 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the district map violated the state constitution due to gerrymandering and redrew all of the state's congressional districts. The 18th and 14th districts swapped numbers and had their boundaries adjusted for the 2018 elections (after March's specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Congressional District 18
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents as of 2020. It is the 33rd-largest state by area and ranks ninth among all states in population density. The southeastern Delaware Valley metropolitan area comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth most populous city. Another 2.37 million reside in Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest, centered around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest and Western Pennsylvania's largest city. The state's subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on the east bank of the Monongahela River, where Pennsylvania Route 51 crosses, upstream (south) of Pittsburgh and close to the county line. The population was 1,493 at the 2010 census. The borough of Elizabeth is entirely contained within the 15037 USPS ZIP code. The local school district is the Elizabeth Forward School District. The borough is home to neighborhoods Walker Heights and Town Hill. Elizabeth Borough is the birthplace of Town Hill Hockey established in 1978. Geography Elizabeth is located at (40.271189, -79.886347). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and , or 14.63%, is water. Surrounding neighborhoods Elizabeth has two land borders with the townships of Elizabeth to the east and northeast, and Forward to the south and southeast. Across the Monongahela River, Elizabeth runs adjacent with West Elizabeth and Jefferson Hills, the former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hale Sill
Thomas Hale Sill (October 11, 1783 – February 7, 1856) was a Jacksonian and National Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Thomas Hale Sill was born in Windsor, Connecticut. He graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1804, after beginning his college studies at Williams College in 1799. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Lebanon, Ohio. He moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1813 and resumed the practice of law. He was a member of the staff of General Wallace and also a member of the Minutemen of the state militia. He was a deputy United States marshal from 1816 to 1818. He served as burgess of Erie from 1816 to 1817 and deputy attorney general in 1819. Sill was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1823. He was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Patrick Farrelly. He again served as bu ... [...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 Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1824 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania elected its members October 12, 1824. See also * 1824 Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district special election * 1824 Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district special election * 1825 Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district special election * 1824 and 1825 United States House of Representatives elections * List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania References 1824 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 chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1822 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania gained three seats in reapportionment following the 1820 United States Census. Pennsylvania elected its members October 8, 1822. See also * 1822 Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district special election * 1822 Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district special election * 1822 Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district special election * 1822 Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district special election * 1822 and 1823 United States House of Representatives elections * List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania Notes References 1822 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 chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic-Republican Party
The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s that championed republicanism, agrarianism, political equality, and expansionism. The party became increasingly dominant after the 1800 elections as the opposing Federalist Party collapsed. The Democratic-Republicans splintered during the 1824 presidential election. The majority faction of the Democratic-Republicans eventually coalesced into the modern Democratic Party, while the minority faction ultimately formed the core of what became the Whig Party. The Democratic-Republican Party originated as a faction in Congress that opposed the centralizing policies of Alexander Hamilton, who served as Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington. The Democratic-Republicans and the opposing Federalist Party each b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Farrelly
Patrick Farrelly (1770January 12, 1826) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Patrick Farrelly (father of John Wilson Farrelly) was born in the Kingdom of Ireland, a member of the Farrelly family. He immigrated to the United States in 1798. He studied law, was admitted to the bar July 11, 1803, and commenced practice in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1811 and 1812. He served in the War of 1812 as a major of militia. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society The American Antiquarian Society (AAS), located in Worcester, Massachusetts, is both a learned society and a national research library of pre-twentieth-century American history and culture. Founded in 1812, it is the oldest historical society i ... in 1820. Farrelly was elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, and was reelected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
List Of Political Parties In The United States
This is a list of political parties in the United States, both past and present. The list does not include independents. Active parties Major parties Third parties Represented in state legislatures ''The following third parties have members in state legislatures affiliated with them.'' Represented in the legislature of the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico ''The following third parties are represented in the Puerto Rican Legislature.'' Parties with ballot access for Congress, state legislatures, or territorial legislatures ''The following third parties have ballot access in at least one state and are not represented in a national office, state legislature, or territorial legislature.'' =Multi-state or territory= =Single state or territory= Active parties without ballot access ''The following parties have been active in the past 4 years, but as of December 2021 did not have official ballot access in any state.'' =Multi-state or territory= =Single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Voter
An independent voter, often also called an unaffiliated voter or non-affiliated voter in the United States, is a voter who does not align themselves with a political party. An independent is variously defined as a voter who votes for candidates on issues rather than on the basis of a political ideology or partisanship;Sorauf and Beck, ''Party Politics in America,'' 1988. a voter who does not have long-standing loyalty to, or identification with, a political party;Flanigan and Zingale, ''Political Behavior of the American Electorate,'' 1988.Wolfinger, "The Promising Adolescence of Campaign Surveys," in ''Campaigns and Elections American Style,'' 1995. a voter who does not usually vote for the same political party from election to election;Key, ''The Responsible Electorate,'' 1966. or a voter who self-describes as an independent.Campbell, Converse, Miller and Stokes, ''The American Voter,'' 1960. Voting systems outside of the United States, including the British parliamentary sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Republican Party
The Pennsylvania Republican Party (PAGOP) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the state of Pennsylvania. It is headquartered in Harrisburg. History Founding The party was founded on November 27, 1854, in Towanda ( Bradford County) by former Congressman David Wilmot. Wilmot invited a small group of friends and political leaders to the organization's first meeting, which took place in his home. Among the attendees were Senator Simon Cameron, Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, Colonel Alexander McClure and future Governor Andrew Curtin. Wilmot convinced the group to form local Republican Clubs in their home counties. George Bloom made the Republican Party a statewide organization in 1959. He had the headquarters located in Harrisburg, where it remains to this day.Morris, Dick. Republican Party of Pennsylvania , PAGOP.org , Republican Party of Pennsylvania , PAGOP.org. Web. 01 Sept. 2011 Overview Pennsylvania was dominated politically by the Democratic Party (United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
