Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

Pennsylvania's fifth congressional district encompasses all of Delaware County, an exclave of Chester County, a small portion of southern Montgomery County and a section of southern Philadelphia. Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon represents the district.

Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 (Delaware County outlined in red)
Representative	Mary Gay Scanlon D–Swarthmore
Population (2023)	757,986
Median household income	$81,754
Ethnicity	58.1% White 24.4% Black 7.1% Asian 6.3% Hispanic 3.5% Two or more races 0.6% other
Cook PVI	D+15[1]

Prior to 2018, the fifth district was located in north-central Pennsylvania and was the largest in area, and therefore least densely populated, of all of Pennsylvania's congressional districts. It was Republican-leaning and represented by Glenn Thompson (R). However, in February 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew this district after ruling the previous congressional district map unconstitutional due to partisan gerrymandering, assigning its number to a more left-leaning district in southeastern Pennsylvania for the 2018 elections and representation thereafter–essentially, a successor to the old seventh district. Most of Thompson's territory became a new, heavily Republican 15th district.^[2] He was re-elected there.

The 5th district is mostly suburban, but contains some urban and rural areas as well. The entirety of Delaware County and the majority of both the Main Line Suburbs and South Philadelphia are part of this district. The district is fairly diverse compared to others in Pennsylvania, and is roughly 25% African American.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[3][4]
2008	President	Obama 63% - 36%
	Attorney General	Morganelli 54% - 46%
	Auditor General	Wagner 62% - 38%
2010	Senate	Sestak 60% - 40%
	Governor	Onorato 57% - 43%
2012	President	Obama 64% - 36%
	Senate	Casey Jr. 65% - 35%
2014	Governor	Wolf 64% - 36%
2016	President	Clinton 63% - 34%
	Senate	McGinty 59% - 39%
	Attorney General	Shapiro 62% - 38%
	Treasurer	Torsella 61% - 36%
	Auditor General	DePasquale 59% - 38%
2018	Senate	Casey Jr. 68% - 31%
	Governor	Wolf 70% - 29%
2020	President	Biden 66% - 33%
	Attorney General	Shapiro 64% - 34%
	Treasurer	Torsella 62% - 36%
	Auditor General	Ahmad 60% - 36%
2022	Senate	Fetterman 65% - 32%
	Governor	Shapiro 70% - 28%
2024	President	Harris 64% - 35%
	Senate	Casey Jr. 63% - 35%

Composition

Chester County (0)

Unincorporated area in Chester County

Delaware County (50)

All 50 municipalities

Montgomery County (5)

Bridgeport, Lower Merion Township (part; also 4th; includes Penn Wynne and part of Ardmore, Bryn Mawr, Haverford College, Merion Station, Rosemont, and Villanova), Narberth, Norristown, Upper Merion Township (part; also 4th; includes Swedeland and part of King of Prussia)

Philadelphia County (1)

Philadelphia (part; also 2nd and 3rd)

Philadelphia neighborhoods in the 5th district include:^[5]

• Clearview
• Eastwick
• Elmwood Park
• Girard Estate
• Melrose
• Mount Moriah
• Packer Park
• South Philadelphia East
• Southwest Philadelphia

List of members representing the district

District created in 1791 from the at-large district.

1791–1793: one seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District first established March 4, 1791
John W. Kittera (Lancaster)	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Elected in 1791. Redistricted to the at-large district.

District redistricted in 1793 to the at-large district.

1795–1813: one seat

District restored in 1795.

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Daniel Hiester (West Chester)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – July 1, 1796	4th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1794. Resigned.
Vacant		July 1, 1796 – December 8, 1796
George Ege (Womelsdorf)	Federalist	December 8, 1796 – March 3, 1797		Elected October 10, 1797, to finish Hiester's term. Also elected the next day to the next term. Resigned.
		March 4, 1797 – October ??, 1797	5th
Vacant		October ??, 1797 – December 1, 1797
Joseph Hiester (Reading)	Democratic-Republican	December 1, 1797 – March 3, 1799		Elected to finish Ege's term. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
		March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803	6th 7th
Andrew Gregg (Bellefonte)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	8th 9th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
Daniel Montgomery Jr. (Danville)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. Retired.
George Smith	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th	Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 10th district and lost re-election.

1813–1823: two seats

Years	Cong ress		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
March 4, 1813 – April 8, 1813	13th		William Crawford (Gettysburg)	Democratic-Republican	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election.		Robert Whitehill (Camp Hill)	Democratic-Republican	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1812. Died.
April 8, 1813 – May 11, 1813							Vacant
May 11, 1813 – March 3, 1815							John Rea (Chambersburg)	Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Whitehill's term. Retired.
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th						William Maclay (Fannettsburg)	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Retired.
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th		Andrew Boden (Carlisle)	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Retired.
March 4, 1819 – May 15, 1820	16th						David Fullerton (Greencastle)	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1818. Resigned.
May 15, 1820 – November 13, 1820							Vacant
November 13, 1820 – March 3, 1821							Thomas Grubb McCullough (Chambersburg)	Federalist	Elected October 10, 1820, to finish Fullerton's term and seated November 13, 1820. Did not run in the same day's election to the next term.
March 4, 1821 – December 12, 1821	17th		Vacant		Representative-elect James Duncan resigned before assembly of Congress.		James McSherry (Petersburg)	Federalist	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 11th district and lost re-election.
December 12, 1821 – March 3, 1823			John Findlay (Chambersburg)	Democratic-Republican	Elected October 9, 1821, to finish Duncan's term and seated December 12, 1821. Redistricted to the 11th district.

1823–present: one seat

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Philip Swenk Markley (Norristown)	Jackson Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Lost re-election.
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
John Benton Sterigere (Norristown)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831	20th 21st	Elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Retired.
Joel Keith Mann (Jenkintown)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835	22nd 23rd	Elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1832. Retired.
Jacob Fry Jr. (Trappe)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th	Elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1836. Retired.
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Joseph Fornance (Norristown)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [data missing]
Jacob Senewell Yost (Pottstown)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1844. [data missing]
John Freedley (Norristown)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. [data missing]
John McNair (Norristown)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1852. [data missing]
John Cadwalader (Philadelphia)	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. [data missing]
Owen Jones (Philadelphia)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. Lost re-election.
John Wood (Conshohocken)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Elected in 1858. Retired.
William M. Davis (Milestown)	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [data missing]
Martin Russell Thayer (Philadelphia)	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Declined to be a candidate for renomination.
Caleb Newbold Taylor (Bristol)	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1866. [data missing]
John Roberts Reading (Philadelphia)	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – April 13, 1870	41st	Lost contested election.
Caleb Newbold Taylor (Bristol)	Republican	April 13, 1870 – March 3, 1871		Won contested election. [data missing]
Alfred C. Harmer (Philadelphia)	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost re-election.
John Robbins (Philadelphia)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Declined to be a candidate for re-election.
Alfred C. Harmer (Philadelphia)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 6, 1900	45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Died.
Vacant		March 6, 1900 – November 6, 1900	56th
Edward de Veaux Morrell (Philadelphia)	Republican	November 6, 1900 – March 3, 1907	56th 57th 58th 59th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired.
William Walker Foulkrod (Philadelphia)	Republican	March 4, 1907 – November 13, 1910	60th 61st	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Died.
Vacant		November 13, 1910 – March 3, 1911	61st
Michael Donohoe (Philadelphia)	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Lost re-election.
Peter E. Costello (Philadelphia)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
James J. Connolly (Philadelphia)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1935	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election.
Frank J. G. Dorsey (Philadelphia)	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	74th 75th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
Fred C. Gartner (Philadelphia)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
Francis R. Smith (Philadelphia)	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th	Elected in 1940. Lost re-election.
C. Frederick Pracht (Philadelphia)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Elected in 1942. Lost re-election.
William J. Green Jr. (Philadelphia)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	Elected in 1944. Lost re-election.
George W. Sarbacher Jr. (Philadelphia)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
William J. Green Jr. (Philadelphia)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – December 21, 1963	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Died.
Vacant		December 21, 1963 – April 28, 1964	88th
William J. Green III (Philadelphia)	Democratic	April 28, 1964 – January 3, 1973	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected to finish his father's term. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
John H. Ware III (Oxford)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1972. Retired.
Dick Schulze (Berwyn)	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired.
William Clinger (Warren)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	103rd 104th	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired.
John E. Peterson (Pleasantville)	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired.
Glenn Thompson (Howard)	Republican	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2019	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Redistricted to the 15th district.
Mary Gay Scanlon (Swarthmore)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th 118th 119th	Redistricted from the 7th district and elected to full term in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.

Recent election results

2000 election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John E. Peterson (incumbent)	147,570	82.7%
	Libertarian	Thomas A. Martin	17,020	9.5%
	Green	William M. Belitskus	13,875	7.8%
Total votes			178,465	100%
	Republican hold

2002 election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John E. Peterson (incumbent)	124,942	87.4%
	Libertarian	Thomas A. Martin	18,078	12.6%
Total votes			143,020	100%
	Republican hold

2004 election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John E. Peterson (incumbent)	192,852	88.0%
	Libertarian	Thomas A. Martin	26,239	12.0%
Total votes			219,091	100%
	Republican hold

2006 election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John E. Peterson (incumbent)	115,126	60.1%
	Democratic	Donald L. Hilliard	76,456	39.9%
Total votes			191,582	100%
	Republican hold

2008 election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenn Thompson	155,513	56.7%
	Democratic	Mark B. McCracken	112,509	41.0%
	Libertarian	James Fryman	6,155	2.2%
Total votes			274,177	99.9%
	Republican hold

2010 election^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenn Thompson (incumbent)	125,740	68.6%
	Democratic	Michael Pipe	51,848	28.3%
	Libertarian	Vernon L. Etzel	5,654	3.1%
Total votes			182,972	100%
	Republican hold

2012 election^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenn Thompson (incumbent)	177,704	62.9%
	Democratic	Charles Dumas	104,710	37.1%
Total votes			282,414	100%
	Republican hold

2014 election^{[citation needed]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenn Thompson (Incumbent)	115,018	63.60%
	Democratic	Kerith Strano Taylor	65,839	36.40%
Total votes			180,857	100%
	Republican hold

2016 election^{[citation needed]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenn Thompson (Incumbent)	206,761	67.16%
	Democratic	Kerith Strano Taylor	101,082	32.84%
Total votes			307,843	100%
	Republican hold

2018 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Gay Scanlon	198,639	65.2%
	Republican	Pearl Kim	106,075	34.8%
Total votes			304,714	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2020 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Gay Scanlon (incumbent)	255,743	64.7
	Republican	Dasha Pruett	139,552	35.3
Total votes			395,295	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022 election^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Gay Scanlon (incumbent)	205,128	65.1
	Republican	David Galluch	110,058	34.9
Total votes			315,186	100.0
	Democratic hold

2024 election^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Gay Scanlon (incumbent)	267,754	65.3
	Republican	Alfeia DeVaughn-Goodwin	142,355	34.7
Total votes			410,109	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

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  2003–2013
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  2013–2019
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  2019–2023

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• Pennsylvania's congressional districts

• United States portal
• Pennsylvania portal