Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Bailey, Abraham		1815-1818*	F	Chester, Delaware	2	1760 - 1825
Bailey, Joseph		1843-1851*	D	Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Montgomery, Perry	1,4	1810 - 1885
Baker, Earl M		1989-1994	R	Chester, Montgomery	19	1940 -
Barnard, Isaac Dutton		1821-1826*	DR	Chester, Delaware	4	1791 - 1834
Bell, Clarence D		1961-2002	R	Chester, Delaware	9	1914 - 2002
Bell, Thomas S		1837-1859*	D	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	2,3	1821 - 1862
Brooke, Hugh Jones		1849-1871*	W	Chester, Delaware	4,5
Brooke, Nathaniel		1839-1841*	W	Chester	3
Brower, Abraham		1841-1843*	W	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	3	1787 - 1873
Brubaker, Michael W		2007-2014	R	Chester, Lancaster	36	1958 -
Chapman, William		1795-1800*	F	Bucks, Chester, Montgomery	0
Clark, William Hannum		1927-1936	R	Chester	19	1877 -
Cochran, Samuel		1817-1820*	F	Chester, Delaware	2
Cooper, Thomas Valentine	President Pro Tempore	1873-1888*	R	Chester, Delaware	5,9	1835 - 1909
Erickson, Edwin B	Policy Committee Chair	2001-2014	R	Chester, Delaware	26	1938 -
Evans, Henry S		1851-1871*	W	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	3,4	1813 - 1872
Everhart, James Bowen		1877-1882*	R	Chester	19	1821 - 1888
Ewing, Maskell		1813-1820*	F	Chester, Delaware	2	1758 - 1825
Eyre, Thomas Lawrence	President Pro Tempore	1919-1926	R	Chester	19	1862 - 1926
Gemmill, John		1811-1814*	DR	Chester, Delaware	0	1774 - 1814
Gerlach, James W		1995-2002	R	Berks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery	44	1955 -
Gyger, John		1913-1916	R	Chester	19	1846 -
Harlan, Abram D		1885-1892	R	Chester	19	1833 - 1908
Harney, Thomas P		1953-1960	R	Chester	19	1893 - 1960
Hiester, John		1801-1806*	JR	Chester	0	1745 - 1821
Huddleston, John T		1841	W	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	3
Hunt, Joshua		1827-1830*	F	Chester, Delaware	4	1785 - 1857
Jackson, William		1831-1834*	AM	Chester, Delaware	4	1830 - 1834
James, Francis		1835-1838*	AM	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	3,4	1799 - 1886
Jenks, Thomas		1791-1796*	F	Bucks, Chester, Montgomery	0	1738 - 1799
Kelton Jr, James		1821-1826*	F	Chester, Delaware	2	1776 - 1844
Kerlin, John		1825-1830*	F	Chester, Delaware	6	1793 - 1847
Lewis, James J		1855	W	Chester, Delaware	4	1803 -
McClellan, Joseph		1797-1800*	F	Bucks, Chester, Montgomery	0	1746 - 1834
McClellan, Robert L		1875	R	Chester	19	1822 - 1889
McGarrigle, Thomas J.		2015-2018	R	Chester, Delaware	26	1959 -
Myers, Henry		1837-1839*	D	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	3
Newbold, John		1811-1814*	F	Chester, Delaware	0	1772 - 1841
Nivin, Septimus Evans		1891-1892	D	Chester	19	1842 - 1927
Paull, James Holdsworth		1835-1838*	AM, W	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	3
Pecora, Frank A		1979-1994	R, D	Allegheny, Berks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Westmoreland	44	1930 -
Pileggi, Dominic F	Floor Leader	2003-2016	R	Chester, Delaware	9	1957 -
Potts, Zebulon		1793-1802*	F	Bucks, Chester, Montgomery	0	1746 - 1801
Preston, Jonas		1807-1812*	F	Chester, Delaware	0	1764 - 1836
Rafferty Jr., John C.		2003-2018	R	Berks, Chester, Montgomery	44	1953 -
Rodman, William		1799-1804*	JR	Bucks, Chester, Montgomery	1	1757 - 1824
Royer, Horace		1865-1867*	R	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	5	11/21/1829 - 01/21/1878
Scarlett, George B		1937-1952	R	Chester	19	1879 - 1952
Serrill, Jacob S		1861	R	Chester, Delaware	2	10/07/1817 - 12/30/1900
Smith, George C		1833-1836*	AM	Chester, Delaware	4	1804 - 1882
Snyder, William Preston	President Pro Tempore	1893-1904	R	Chester	19	1851 - 1920
Stauffer, John		1969-1988	R	Chester, Montgomery	19	1925 -
Sterigere, John Benton	Speaker	1839-1845*	BD	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	2,3	1793 - 1852
Stinson, Charles Henderson	Speaker	1867-1869*	R	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	5	1825 - 1899
Thomas, Richard		1791-1794*	F	Chester	9	1744 - 1832
Thompson, Robert J		1995-2006	R	Chester	19	1937 - 2006
Thomson, Oscar E		1905-1912	R	Chester	19	1862 -
Waddell, William B		1873	R	Chester, Delaware	5	1828 - 1897
Ware III, John H		1961-1970	R	Chester	19	1908 - 1997
Wayne, Isaac		1807-1810*	F	Chester, Delaware	0	1772 - 1852
Wenger, Noah W		1983-2006	R	Chester, Lancaster	36	1934 -
Whelen, Dennis		1795-1802*	F	Bucks, Chester, Montgomery	1	1761 - 1819
Williamson, William	Speaker	1847	W	Chester, Delaware	4	1794 - 1866
Worthington, Wilmer		1863-1869*	R	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	5	1804 - 1869

*served non-consecutive terms