Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Alloway II, Richard L.	Majority Caucus Administrator, Majority Caucus Secretary	2009-2019	R	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York	33	1968 -
Barnitz, Charles Augustus		1815-1818	F	Adams, York	11	09/11/1787 - 01/08/1850
Beales, Cyrus William		1917-1920	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1877 - 1927
Blythe, Ezra		1829-1832*	D	Adams, York	14	1780 - 1844
Bonbrake, Norman Leroy		1925-1930	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1874 - 1930
Brewer, George W.		1857-1859	D	Adams, Franklin, Fulton	11,18	09/05/1819 - 08/06/1886
Campbell, Thomas		1807-1810*	F	Adams, York	0	1750 - 1815
Carson, Thomas Erskine	Speaker	1845-1853*	W	Adams, Franklin	11,18	08/06/1791 - 04/26/1857
Cassat, Jacob		1837-1838	W	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14	1778 - 1838
Chestnut, James		1875-1877*	D	Adams, Cumberland	32	1827 - 1892
Clippinger, Charles H		1931-1932	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1879 - 1937
Crider, Paul M		1941-1948	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1894 - 1975
Duncan, Calvin Mark		1865-1871	D	Adams, Franklin	19	05/28/1831 - 03/22/1894
Eichelberger, Frederick		1819-1822	D	Adams, York	11	08/24/1783 - 09/05/1836
Elliott, Douglas Hemphill		1957-1960	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1921 - 1960
Ewing, James		1795-1801	F	Adams, York	0	08/03/1736 - 03/01/1806
Eyster, Jacob		1819-1824	D	Adams, York	11,14	06/08/1782 - 03/24/1858
Fullerton, David		1827-1839	F, NR, D, W	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14,15	10/04/1772 - 02/01/1843
Gilliland, William		1809-1819*	D	Adams, York	0,11	01/12/1753 - 07/07/1831
Gorgas, William R		1841-1843*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry	14	1806 - 1892
Hawbaker, D Elmer		1961-1972	R	Adams, Blair, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mifflin	33	1916 - 1994
Herbert, Zephaniah		1824-1829	D	Adams, York	14	05/03/1778 - 04/09/1864
Hereter, Isaac		1879-1882	D	Adams, Cumberland	32	10/07/1827 - 12/01/1881
Hoke, John W		1913-1916	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1866 - 1942
Lloyd, William Penn		1891-1894	D	Adams, Cumberland	32	09/01/1837 - 09/20/1911
Logan, Henry		1827-1830*	D	Adams, York	14	04/14/1784 - 12/26/1866
Long, Daniel Edward		1921-1924	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1866 -
Martin, William Augustus		1887-1912*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	32,33	08/17/1842 - 10/22/1922
McClure, Alexander Kelly		1861-1874*	R	Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Philadelphia	4,18	01/09/1828 - 06/06/1909
McConaughy, David		1867-1868	R	Adams, Franklin	19	07/13/1823 - 01/14/1902
McIlvane, William Andrew		1823-1826*	DR	Adams, York	14	1790 - 1854
McLanahan, James Xavier		1841-1844	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14,18	05/17/1809 - 12/16/1861
McPherson Sr, Donald Paxson		1903-1906	R	Adams, Cumberland	32	1937
McPherson Jr, Donald Paxson		1949-1956	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1906 - 1984
McSherry, James		1813-1816*	F	Adams, York	11	07/29/1776 - 02/03/1849
McSherry, William		1863-1874*	D	Adams, Franklin, Fulton, York	18,19,20	04/14/1821 - 01/10/1899
Mellinger, David		1854-1856	W	Adams, Franklin	11	1795 - 04/09/1878
Middlecoff, David		1833-1836*	D	Adams, York	14
Milleisen, Alfred W		1895-1898	R	Adams, Cumberland	32
Miller, Thomas C		1837-1839*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14
Miller, William		1805-1808*	JR	Adams, York	0
Miller, William Edward		1899-1902	D	Adams, Cumberland	32	02/05/1836 - 12/10/1919
Moore, William J	Caucus Chair	1973-1988	R	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Perry	33	1923 - 2015
Penrose, Charles Bingham	Speaker	1833-1857*	DR, W, R	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, Philadelphia	1,14,16	10/06/1798 - 04/06/1857
Punt, Terry L.		1989-2008	R	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Perry, York	33	1949 - 2009
Reed, Emil William		1799-1806*	JR	Adams, York	0	1745 - 1813
Rice, John Stanley	President Pro Tempore	1933-1940	D	Adams, Franklin	33	01/28/1899 - 08/02/1985
Sadler, William Richard		1847-1849*	W	Adams, Franklin	18	1816 - 1853
Smyser, Henry		1831-1835	D	Adams, York	14	01/04/1792 - 08/31/1855
Spangler, Bernard Rudolph		1803-1806*	JR	Adams, York	0	1756 - 1828
Stroman, John		1811-1814*	DR	Adams, York	0	1756 - 1843
Wade, George N		1941-1974	R	Adams, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, York	31	1873 - 1974
Wagner, Samuel C.		1883-1886	D	Adams, Cumberland	32	08/08/1843 - 03/12/1918

*served non-consecutive terms