Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

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United States congressional district

Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in northeastern Pennsylvania that has historically included parts of the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia suburban regions, and was once represented by influential abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States congressional district →
containsCity	Scranton, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED → Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED →
containsCounty	Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED → Monroe County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED → Pike County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED → Wayne County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED → part of Carbon County, Pennsylvania → part of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania → part of Northampton County, Pennsylvania →
containsRegion	Pocono Mountains → Wyoming Valley →
country	United States →
created	1791 →
elects	one member to the U.S. House of Representatives →
firstRepresentedInCongress	2nd United States Congress →
governedBy	U.S. Constitution →
hasBorder	New Jersey NERFINISHED → New York NERFINISHED →
hasCookPVI	R+4 →
hasElectionCycle	every two years →
hasMajorIndustry	education → health care → logistics and warehousing → tourism →
hasPopulation	approximately 760000 →
hasRepresentative	Matt Cartwright →
hasRepresentativeParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
hasRepresentativeSince	2019 →
hasVotingSystem	first-past-the-post →
historicallyIncluded	Philadelphia suburban region → Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area →
historicallyRepresentedBy	Thaddeus Stevens →
legislativeChamber	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED →
locatedIn	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania → Northeastern Pennsylvania →
notableRepresentative	Thaddeus Stevens →
partOf	U.S. House of Representatives NERFINISHED →
populationYear	2020 →
previousRepresentative	Brian Fitzpatrick NERFINISHED →
previousRepresentativeParty	Republican Party (United States) →
redrawnFollowing	United States Census →
representedInCongress	Matt Cartwright →
represents	residents of part of Pennsylvania →
stateDelegation	Pennsylvania congressional delegation →
subjectTo	decennial redistricting →
ThaddeusStevensRole	influential abolitionist →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thaddeus Stevens →	represented