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Rep. Charles W. Dent (R-PA)
House · Republican (most recent term) · PA-15 · in Congress 2005–2018 · Bioguide ID D000604
Party history: R 2005–2018. Source: term data in unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0); party shown is as recorded per term there.
Estimated net worth (from public disclosures)
| Estimate | Report year | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Estimated net worth at the earliest available report (2014); the member entered office earlier, in 2005 | 2014 | −$47,956 | $417,522 | $882,999 |
| (b) Latest net worth estimate | 2017 | −$89,968 | $299,515 | $688,998 |
| (c) Estimated gain / loss, nominal dollars, 2014 → 2017 (3 years spanned) | 2014–2017 | −$972,967 | −$118,006 | +$736,954 |
Gain Low = latest Low − earliest High; Gain High = latest High − earliest Low (widest possible spread); Mid = latest Mid − earliest Mid.
Reliability flags (net worth): none for these two endpoints. Included in the recommended dollar-gain ranking.
Net worth by report year (mid; Low–High)
| Report year | Assets (mid) | Liabilities (mid) | Net worth mid | Low … High | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $592,522 | $175,000 | $417,522 | −$47,956 … $882,999 | computed |
| 2015 | $495,020 | $175,000 | $320,020 | −$92,959 … $732,999 | computed |
| 2016 | $496,520 | $207,501 | $289,019 | −$131,960 … $709,998 | computed |
| 2017 | $507,016 | $207,501 | $299,515 | −$89,968 … $688,998 | computed |
- What this is: Net worth = Schedule A assets (each value range at its midpoint; low–high range shown) minus Schedule D liabilities (midpoints / ranges). Low = assets at range floors minus liabilities at range ceilings; Mid = midpoints; High = assets at ceilings minus liabilities at floors. Low and High are outer bounds of the reported ranges, not likely outcomes.
- What it excludes / understates: exact values (only ranges are reported); a personal residence is not reported as an asset (although a mortgage on it may be listed as a liability, which then lowers the estimate); retirement and federal accounts (e.g. Thrift Savings Plan, defined-benefit pensions) are only partly or not reported; assets of excepted/blind trusts, cash held below reporting thresholds, vehicles, household goods and most spouse/dependent items exempt from reporting are not included; liabilities on a personal residence, revolving credit under thresholds and loans to family may be omitted by filers.
- Open-ended top ranges (e.g. “Over $50,000,000”) are counted at their lower bound and flagged, so such values are understated.
- The change is a change in estimated net worth in nominal dollars (no inflation adjustment). It includes salary, gifts, inheritances, business income and re-valuation as well as investment results, and it is subject to range-bracket noise; it is not an investment return and implies nothing about conduct.
Read this first. Members report asset values only as ranges (e.g. “$15,001 – $50,000”), never exact dollars. Every figure below is an estimate computed from range midpoints, not a measured return. Figures cannot be interpreted as investment performance, and they do not show wrongdoing or skill. Methodology and limitations are at the end and in the project README. Sources: public financial disclosure reports filed with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and/or the Secretary of the Senate (Senate eFD), linked below.
Limited data – not ranked. Only 2 comparable year-pair(s) could be computed (minimum 3 to rank). 4 annual filing(s) were usable (text-readable, validated OCR, or validated X-mark decoding) and 0 scanned/image-only filing(s) could not be used (older layouts failing validation, small amendments not integrated). See the method-per-year section below.
Estimated year-over-year change
Bars: midpoint estimate; whisker: same-position floor/ceiling band. Axis clipped to −100%…+150%. Years with insufficient traceable holdings are omitted.
| Year (t−1 → t) | Opening value (mid) | Closing value (mid) | Income (mid) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) | Est. gain | Same-position band | Strict envelope | Traced coverage | Status / flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014→2015 | $584,522 | $487,020 | $1,508 | $0 | $16,001 | -13.7% | -21.4% … -12.1% | -139% … +111% | 99% | counted |
| 2015→2016 | $438,518 | $447,518 | $2,306 | $0 | $0 | +2.6% | +1.4% … +8.9% | -134% … +139% | 89% | counted |
| 2016→2017 | $16,502 | $8,000 | $100 | $0 | $0 | -50.9% | -51.0% … -50.0% | -182% … +80% | 3% | excluded; not eligible: traced prior-year value below $50,000 |
Filings used
Each annual-report year uses one filing (most recently filed version among originals/amendments whose Schedule A row count is ≥ 40% of the largest). Electronic (text) PDFs are parsed. Scanned/image-only filings are OCR-read and used only if they pass the explicit validation gates described in the project README (value/income coverage, two-engine agreement, exact bracket snapping, page completeness, year-to-year position continuity); such years are labelled OCR-derived below. Scanned filings that fail validation are listed as “insufficient data – scanned”.
| Report year | Doc ID | Type | Filed | Schedule A rows | Rows with unparsed value | Source (official filing) / SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10005442 | House annual | 6/15/2015 | 52 | 0 | 10005442.pdfcdc519d7950c4d67494840a8da866a3ce47bcbefa9ed8e00db3977e0788e0632 |
| 2015 | 10013896 | House amendment | 8/25/2016 | 44 | 0 | 10013896.pdfac8355028fa087d1389ec46b37f0d677a666a22150e5e0108aee5648745b8f67 |
| 2016 | 10016156 | House annual | 7/28/2017 | 42 | 0 | 10016156.pdfdc0819f8bbdb4580a467bcac1f15e03f74f4a03675c898194f7eb0db2742f2f0 |
| 2017 | 10021345 | House annual | 5/7/2018 | 32 | 0 | 10021345.pdfc90ef639a2ba1c19f24c58b017b8e52f27eae824be56d5692c5fbbac67420408 |
Largest movers 2014→2015
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells-Fargo Advisors - Cash Sweep | DC | held | $15,001 - $50,000; $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Power Shares Int DVD ET | JT | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | None | $0 | $8,000 |
| Bank of America Corporation (BAC) | JT | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | None | $0 | $8,000 |
| AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) | JT | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | None | $0 | $0 |
| I-Shares Global Telecom (IRA) | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| I-Shares Select Dividend DVY Index Fund ETF | DC | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ET (IRA) | — | held | $15,001 - $50,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Lafayete-Ambassador Bank --savings | DC | held | $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
Largest movers 2015→2016
| Position (as written in filing) | Owner | Kind | Opening range(s) | Closing range(s) | Buys (mid) | Sales (mid) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIAA-CREF Traditional 403(B) Plan Guaranteed | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $15,001 - $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Ellsworth Conv Growth & Income Fund | DC | held | $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000; None; $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Wells-Fargo Advisors - Cash Sweep | DC | held | $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000; $1 - $1,000 | $0 | $0 |
| I-Shares Global Telecom (IRA) | — | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| I-Shares Select Dividend DVY Index Fund ETF | DC | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Lafayete-Ambassador Bank --savings | DC | held | $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000; $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Alliance Bernstein Growth & Income Fund CL A | DC | held | $1,001 - $15,000 | $1,001 - $15,000 | $0 | $0 |
| Gabelli Utilities Trust (IRA) | — | held | $1 - $1,000 | $1 - $1,000 | $0 | $0 |
Method (summary)
- Schedule A asset rows are read from each annual report; the dollar range for each row is converted to its midpoint. Open-ended top ranges (“Over $50,000,000”) are excluded from the traced set and counted as a coverage loss.
- Positions are matched year to year by owner code (self/SP/DC/JT) + normalised asset name. A position that appears only in year t is included only if Schedule B shows a purchase of it in year t (opening value 0); a position that disappears is included only if Schedule B shows a sale (closing value 0). Otherwise it is excluded as unexplained.
- Estimated gain = (closing − opening + reported income − purchases + sale proceeds) ÷ opening, all at midpoints, for the traced positions. “Capital gains” income is not added again (it is already in value change and sale proceeds).
- A year counts only if traced opening value ≥ $50,000 and traced coverage ≥ 60% of the opening midpoint. A member is ranked only with ≥ 3 such years (exactly 2 = “limited data”, shown but unranked). Average = geometric mean of (1+yearly estimate).
Limitations
- Ranges are wide (up to a factor of 5 or more, and up to $50M+ open-ended); a holding can move between ranges without any real change in value, and stay in a range while moving materially. Yearly estimates are therefore noisy; the “strict envelope” shows the mathematical worst/best case and is typically wider than ±100%.
- Purchases and sales are only disclosed as ranges and only for transactions over $1,000; partial sales, dividend reinvestment, spousal/dependent accounts and retirement-plan funds are reported inconsistently. Excepted/blind trusts, personal residences and certain pensions are not reported at all.
- Filers sometimes change how they list assets (e.g. listing a brokerage account vs. its individual holdings), which can make positions untraceable across years; these are excluded rather than guessed.
- Asset values in an annual report are as of Dec 31 of the reporting year; the report year t−1→t covers that calendar year. Late or amended filings are used when filed; extensions can delay them.
- The text of these reports is machine-parsed from PDFs; parse errors are possible. Every number links back to the cited filing. This is not investment advice.
- Use of these filings is restricted by 5 U.S.C. § 105(c) (no unlawful, commercial or credit-rating purpose, and none for solicitation of money).
Generated 2026-10-01 by an automated pipeline. Data: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (disclosures-clerk.house.gov); member roster: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0).