Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district
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Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in Pennsylvania historically associated with influential 19th-century congressman and abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens.
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| instanceOf |
United States congressional district
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| apportionmentBasis |
decennial United States census
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| associatedIdeology |
Radical Republicanism
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| associatedMovement |
abolitionism in the United States
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| associatedWithIssue |
Civil War-era finance and taxation policy through Thaddeus Stevens
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| belongsToRegion |
Mid-Atlantic United States
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| containsCity |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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| country |
United States of America
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| created |
1791
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| currentRepresentativeSince |
2019
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| electoralCycle |
biennial elections
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| elects |
one member
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| firstElectionHeld |
1792
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| governingLaw |
U.S. Constitution Article I
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| hasChamber |
U.S. House of Representatives
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| hasElectionMonth |
November
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| hasFederalDistrictNumber |
11
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| hasHistoricalPoliticalLeaning |
Democratic-leaning in parts of its former northeastern configuration
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| hasHistoricalSignificance |
important in the history of Reconstruction-era legislation through Thaddeus Stevens
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| hasPoliticalLeaning |
Republican-leaning in recent elections
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| hasPopulationCharacteristic |
predominantly urban-suburban mix in current configuration
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| hasRedistrictingEvents |
multiple
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| hasRepresentative |
Lloyd Smucker
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| hasTermLengthForRepresentative |
2 years
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| historicallyAssociatedWith |
Thaddeus Stevens
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| historicalRole |
center of Radical Republican influence during the Civil War era
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stronghold of abolitionist politics in the 19th century → |
| languageOfOfficialBusiness |
English
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| levelOfGovernment |
federal
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| locatedIn |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED → |
| mapType |
single-member district
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| notableRedistrictingEvent |
2018 Pennsylvania congressional district map reconfiguration
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| notableRepresentative |
Thaddeus Stevens
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| partOf |
Pennsylvania congressional delegation
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| partyOfCurrentRepresentative |
Republican Party (United States)
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| post-2018ConfigurationIncludes |
Lancaster County (most)
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parts of south-central Pennsylvania → southern York County (part) → |
| pre-2018ConfigurationIncluded |
parts of northeastern Pennsylvania
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| previouslyContainedCity |
Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED → |
| previouslyContainedRegion |
Wyoming Valley
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| representedByDuring19thCentury |
Thaddeus Stevens
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| representedInBody |
United States Congress
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| state |
Pennsylvania
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| subjectTo |
Pennsylvania election law
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federal election law → |
| usesVotingSystem |
first-past-the-post
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Thaddeus Stevens
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represented |