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{{Short description|Former U.S. House district in Pennsylvania}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox U.S. congressional district
|state = Pennsylvania
|district number = 28
|obsolete = yes
|created = 1889
|eliminated = 1960
|years = 1889-1963
|population =
|population year = 1950
}}

'''Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district''' was one of [[Pennsylvania]]'s districts of the [[United States House of Representatives]].

==List of representatives==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- valign=bottom
! Representative
! Party
! Years
! Cong ress
! Note
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan="5" | District established March 4, 1889
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:James Kerr (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg|100px]] '''[[James Kerr (Pennsylvania politician)|James Kerr]]''' {{Small|([[Clearfield, Pennsylvania|Clearfield]])}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 || {{USCongressOrdinal|51}} || [[1888 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1888]]. Lost renomination.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:George F. Kribbs (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg|100px]] '''[[George F. Kribbs]]''' {{Small|([[Clarion, Pennsylvania|Clarion]])}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 || {{USCongressOrdinal|52|53}} || [[1890 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1890]]. [[1892 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1892]]. Lost renomination.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:William Carlile Arnold.jpg|100px]] '''[[William C. Arnold]]''' {{Small|([[Dubois, Pennsylvania|Dubois]])}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 || {{USCongressOrdinal|54|55}} || [[1894 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1894]]. [[1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1896]] Retired.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:James Knox Polk Hall (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg|100px]] '''[[James K.P. Hall]]''' {{Small|([[Ridgway, Pennsylvania|Ridgway]])}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || March 4, 1899 – November 29, 1902 || {{USCongressOrdinal|56|57}} || [[1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1898]]. [[1900 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1900]]. Resigned after being elected to the [[Pennsylvania State Senate]].
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | ''Vacant''
| November 29, 1902 – March 3, 1903
| {{USCongressOrdinal|57}}
|
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:Joseph C. Sibley (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg|100px]] '''[[Joseph C. Sibley]]''' {{Small|([[Franklin, Pennsylvania|Franklin]])}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 || {{USCongressOrdinal|58|59}} || Redistricted from the [[Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district|27th district]] and [[1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|re-elected in 1902]]. [[1904 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1904]]. Retired.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:Nelson Platt Wheeler (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg|100px]] '''[[Nelson P. Wheeler]]''' {{Small|([[Endeavor, Pennsylvania|Endeavor]])}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 || {{USCongressOrdinal|60|61}} || [[1906 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1906]]. [[1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1908]]. Lost renomination in 1910, won election contest, but declined seat.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:PeterMooreSpeer.jpg|100px]] '''[[Peter M. Speer]]''' {{Small|([[Oil City, Pennsylvania|Oil City]])}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 || {{USCongressOrdinal|62}} || [[1910 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1910]]. Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:Willis James Hulings (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg|100px]] '''[[Willis J. Hulings]]''' {{Small|([[Oil City, Pennsylvania|Oil City]])}}
| {{party shading/Progressive}} |[[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] || March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 || {{USCongressOrdinal|63}} || [[1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1912]]. Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:Samuel Henry Miller (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg|100px]] '''[[Samuel H. Miller]]''' {{Small|([[Mercer, Pennsylvania|Mercer]])}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 || {{USCongressOrdinal|64}} || [[1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1914]]. Declined to be a candidate for renomination.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:BLEAKLEY, O.D. HONORABLE LCCN2016859421 (cropped).jpg|100px]] '''[[Orrin D. Bleakley]]''' {{Small|([[Franklin, Pennsylvania|Franklin]])}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || March 4, 1917 – April 3, 1917 || rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|65}} || Resigned having never qualified. The seat then remained vacant.
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | ''Vacant''
| April 4, 1917 – November 5, 1917
|
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:EarlHanleyBeshlin.jpg|100px]] '''[[Earl H. Beshlin]]''' {{Small|([[Warren, Pennsylvania|Warren]])}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || November 6, 1917 – March 3, 1919 || [[1917 Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district special election|Elected to finish vacant term]]. Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:HULLINGS, WILLIS J. LCCN2016858467 (2) (cropped).jpg|100px]] '''[[Willis J. Hulings]]''' {{Small|([[Oil City, Pennsylvania|Oil City]])}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 || {{USCongressOrdinal|66}} || [[1918 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1918]] Lost renomination.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:Harris J. Bixler (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg|100px]] '''[[Harris J. Bixler]]''' {{Small|([[Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania|Johnsonburg]])}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927 || {{USCongressOrdinal|67|69}} || [[1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1920]]. [[1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1922]]. [[1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1924]]. Lost renomination.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:Thomas Cunningham Cochran, c. 1927–1935.jpg|100px]] '''[[Thomas Cunningham Cochran|Thomas C. Cochran]]''' {{Small|([[Mercer, Pennsylvania|Mercer]])}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 || {{USCongressOrdinal|70|72}} || [[1926 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1926]]. [[1928 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1928]]. [[1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1930]]. Redistricted to the [[Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district|20th district]].
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | '''[[William M. Berlin]]''' {{Small|([[Greensburg, Pennsylvania|Greensburg]])}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 || {{USCongressOrdinal|73|74}} || [[1932 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1932]]. [[1934 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1934]]. Lost renomination.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:Robert G. Allen.jpg|100px]] '''[[Robert G. Allen]]''' {{Small|([[Greensburg, Pennsylvania|Greensburg]])}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941 || {{USCongressOrdinal|75|76}} || [[1936 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1936]]. [[1938 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1938]]. Lost renomination.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:Augustine B. Kelley (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg|100px]] '''[[Augustine B. Kelley]]''' {{Small|([[Greensburg, Pennsylvania|Greensburg]])}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945 || {{USCongressOrdinal|77|78}} || [[1940 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1940]]. [[1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1942]]. Redistricted to the [[Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district|27th district]].
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:Robert L. Rodgers, portrait c. 1939–1947.jpg|100px]] '''[[Robert L. Rodgers]]''' {{Small|([[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]])}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 || {{USCongressOrdinal|79}} || Redistricted from the [[Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district|29th district]] and [[1944 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|re-elected in 1944]]. Lost renomination.
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:Carroll Kearns.jpg|100px]] '''[[Carroll D. Kearns]]''' {{Small|([[Farrell, Pennsylvania|Farrell]])}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] || January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 || {{USCongressOrdinal|80|82}} || [[1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1946]]. [[1948 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1948]]. [[1950 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1950]]. Redistricted to the [[Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district|24th district]].
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:Herman P. Eberharter (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg|100px]] '''[[Herman P. Eberharter]]''' {{Small|([[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]])}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || January 3, 1953 – September 9, 1958 || {{USCongressOrdinal|83|85}} || Redistricted from the [[Pennsylvania's 32nd congressional district|32nd district]] and [[1952 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|re-elected in 1952]]. [[1954 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1954]]. [[1956 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1956]]. Died.
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | ''Vacant''
| nowrap|September 9, 1958 – January 3, 1959
| {{USCongressOrdinal|85}}
|
|- style="height:3em"
| nowrap align=left | [[File:William S. Moorhead 2.png|100px]] '''[[William S. Moorhead]]''' {{Small|([[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]])}}
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] || January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 || {{USCongressOrdinal|86|87}} || [[1958 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Elected in 1958]]. [[1960 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania|Re-elected in 1960]]. Redistricted to the [[Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district|14th district]]
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan="5" | District dissolved January 3, 1963
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{cite book |title=The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress |last=Martis |first=Kenneth C. |year=1989 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company |location=New York}}
* {{cite book |title=The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts |last=Martis |first=Kenneth C. |year=1982 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company |location=New York}}
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]

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