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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States congressional district ⓘ |
| apportionmentBasis | decennial United States census ⓘ |
| associatedIdeology | Radical Republicanism ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | abolitionism in the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWithIssue | Civil War-era finance and taxation policy through Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ |
| belongsToRegion |
Mid-Atlantic states
ⓘ
surface form:
Mid-Atlantic United States
|
| containsCity | Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| created | 1791 ⓘ |
| currentRepresentativeSince | 2019 ⓘ |
| electoralCycle | biennial elections ⓘ |
| elects | one member ⓘ |
| firstElectionHeld | 1792 ⓘ |
| governingLaw |
Article I of the United States Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Constitution Article I
|
| hasChamber |
United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. House of Representatives
|
| hasElectionMonth | November ⓘ |
| hasFederalDistrictNumber | 11 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPoliticalLeaning | Democratic-leaning in parts of its former northeastern configuration ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | important in the history of Reconstruction-era legislation through Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalLeaning | Republican-leaning in recent elections ⓘ |
| hasPopulationCharacteristic | predominantly urban-suburban mix in current configuration ⓘ |
| hasRedistrictingEvents | multiple ⓘ |
| hasRepresentative | Lloyd Smucker ⓘ |
| hasTermLengthForRepresentative | 2 years ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith | Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
center of Radical Republican influence during the Civil War era
ⓘ
stronghold of abolitionist politics in the 19th century ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialBusiness | English ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | federal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pennsylvania
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| mapType | single-member district ⓘ |
| notableRedistrictingEvent | 2018 Pennsylvania congressional district map reconfiguration ⓘ |
| notableRepresentative | Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ |
| partOf | Pennsylvania congressional delegation ⓘ |
| partyOfCurrentRepresentative |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
|
| post-2018ConfigurationIncludes |
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
surface form:
Lancaster County (most)
parts of south-central Pennsylvania ⓘ southern York County (part) ⓘ |
| pre-2018ConfigurationIncluded | parts of northeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| previouslyContainedCity |
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
|
| previouslyContainedRegion | Wyoming Valley ⓘ |
| representedByDuring19thCentury | Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ |
| representedInBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| state | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
Pennsylvania election law
ⓘ
federal election law ⓘ |
| usesVotingSystem | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
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