Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District
is located in southwestern Pennsylvania. The 14th Congressional
District consists of 54 municipalities in Allegheny County.
The City of Pittsburgh is the largest municipality
in the 14th Congressional District. It contains more than half
of the district’s population of 530,000 people.
The district also includes the communities of Avalon,
Baldwin, Bellevue, Blawnox, Braddock, Braddock Hills, Chalfant,
Coraopolis, Clairton, Crafton, Dravosburg, Duquesne, East McKeesport,
East Pittsburgh, Edgewood, Elizabeth, Etna, Forest Hills, Glassport,
Homestead, Ingram, Kennedy, Liberty, Lincoln, McKees Rocks, Millvale,
McKeesport, Monroeville, Mount Oliver, Munhall, Neville, North
Braddock, North Versailles, O’Hara, Pitcairn, Penn Hills,
Port Vue, Rankin, Reserve, Robinson, Sharpsburg, Stowe, Swissvale,
Turtle Creek, Verona, Versailles, Wall, West Homestead, West Mifflin,
Whitaker, Wilkins, Wilkinsburg, and Wilmerding.
The 14th Congressional District has a rich history
of national significance. During the French and Indian War (1756-1763),
British forces unsuccessfully attempted to attack Fort Duquesne,
a French outpost at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela,
and Ohio Rivers. One of the colonial militia officers who participated
in this ill-fated expedition was George Washington, who subsequently
became the commander-in-chief of the American army during the
American Revolution. After the Revolutionary War, the region became
an important manufacturing center, becoming famous for its iron
and steel mills. By the 1830s, Pittsburgh and the surrounding
communities had developed into such a large industrial center
that one British visitor described the area as "Hell with
the lid off." Pittsburgh eventually came to be known as the
"Steel Capital of the World." Due to its prominence
as an industrial center in the nineteenth century, Western Pennsylvania
played an important role in American labor history. Pittsburgh
was the site of a number of major railroad and steel strikes in
the late 1800s and early 1900s, including the railroad strikes
of 1877, the Homestead Strike of 1892, and the 1937 Aliquippa
Strike. The 14th Congressional District contains a number of important
historic sites associated with these events, including the Fort
Pitt Museum and the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.
The 14th Congressional District is home to a number
of other significant cultural institutions as well, including
the National
Aviary, the Pittsburgh
Zoo, the Carnegie
Museum of Art, and the Carnegie
Museum of Natural History, the Carnegie
Science Center, the Western Pennsylvania Regional History
Museum, the Phipps
Conservatory, the Andy
Warhol Museum, the Pittsburgh
Children’s History Museum, the submarine U.S.S.
Requin, the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Pops, the Pittsburgh Ballet,
the Pittsburgh Opera, and the Pittsburgh
Civic Light Opera.
While Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania are
most often associated with the steel industry, the economy of
the 14th Congressional District has diversified significantly
in the last 30 years. The regional economy now includes vibrant
finance and health care sectors, and it is the home of a number
of growing high-tech industries as well -- like computer software
and robotics. The 14th Congressional District is home to a number
of Fortune 500 corporations, including USX, ALCOA, H. J. Heinz,
PPG Industries, PNC Bank Corporation, Mellon Bank Corporation,
and Consolidated Natural Gas. It is also home to many sources
of high-tech expertise, including the NASA Robotics Engineering
Consortium, the Tissue Engineering Institute, and Carnegie Mellon
University’s Software Engineering Institute.
The 14th Congressional District is home to several
major league sports teams, including the Pittsburgh
Steelers, the Pittsburgh
Pirates, and the Pittsburgh
Penguins.
The 14th Congressional District is home to a number
of highly respected colleges and universities. The University
of Pittsburgh, Carnegie
Mellon University, Duquesne
University, Carlow
College, Point
Park University, Chatham
College, Robert
Morris University, LaRoche
College, and the Community
College of Allegheny County are
all located in the 14th District.
With its diverse economy, its beautiful mountains
and rivers, its many unique communities, its prestigious colleges
and universities, its highly respected cultural institutions,
and its many different recreational opportunities, the 14th Congressional
District of Pennsylvania offers the promise of a high quality
of life for its residents and visitors.
Not
sure if you are in the 14th District? The U.S. House of Representatives
provides a service that lets you determine who your representative
is. Click on the highlighted text at the beginning of this paragraph
to access the web site for this service.