Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Alter Jr., Jacob		1817-1821	D	Cumberland	13	01/01/1773 - 06/29/1839
Anthony, Joseph Biles		1830-1832	D	Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter	13	06/19/1795 - 01/10/1851
Armstrong, Gibson E		1985-2008	R	Lancaster, York	13	1943 -
Best, Valentine	Speaker	1847-1849	D	Columbia, Luzerne	13	03/08/1801 - 10/28/1857
Bound, Franklin		1860-1863	R	Montour, Northumberland, Snyder	13	04/09/1829 - 08/08/1910
Brodhead, Albert Gallatin	Speaker	1870-1872	D	Carbon, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	10,13	08/13/1815 - 01/18/1891
Buckalew, Charles Rollins		1851-1872*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan	13,15,16	12/28/1821 - 05/19/1899
Burnside, Thomas	Speaker	1811-1826*	JR	Centre, Clearfield, McKean, Potter	13	1782 - 1851
Case, Elihu		1837-1839*	W	Bradford, Susquehanna	13	1790 - 1865
Collins, Francis Dolan		1872-1874	D	Luzerne, Monroe, Pike	13	03/05/1872 - 11/21/1891
Cowles, Warren T.		1866-1868	R	Clinton, McKean, Potter, Tioga	13	08/23/1824 - 08/28/1872
Dimock, Asa		1841-1843*	D	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming	13	1795 - 1864
Eby, Milton		1897-1900	R	Lancaster	13	10/16/1850 - 01/30/1920
Fetter, Henry		1857-1859	D	Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	13,14	02/08/1793 - 12/10/1863
Graham, Isaiah		1812-1817	D	Cumberland	0,13	1769 - 08/27/1835
Heidelbaugh, Milton C.		1901-1908	R	Lancaster	13	04/19/1849 - 02/10/1908
Homsher, Frederick L		1939-1950	R	Lancaster	13	1885 - 1950
Homsher, John G.	President Pro Tempore	1909-1938	R	Lancaster	13	07/01/1859 - 09/14/1938
Irvin, Alexander		1835-1838	D	Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter	13	01/18/1800 - 03/20/1874
Keller, Reuben		1859-1860	D	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder	13	1821 - 05/06/1894
Kessler, Edward J		1953-1962	R	Lancaster	13	1897 - 1969
Kidder, Luther		1842-1844	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	11,13	11/19/1808 - 09/30/1854
Landis, John Herr		1893-1896	R	Lancaster	13	01/31/1853 - 02/03/1923
McClure, Robert		1827-1830*	D	Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter	13	1772 - 1829
Montgomery, David Boyd		1864-1866	D	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan	13,15	11/28/1810 - 04/10/1886
Mylin, Amos Herr	President Pro Tempore	1877-1892	R	Lancaster	13	09/27/1837 - 07/31/1926
Olmsted, Arthur George		1869-1870	R	Clinton, McKean, Potter, Tioga	13	09/30/1827 - 09/18/1914
Petrikin, Henry		1825-1834*	JD	Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter	13	1798 - 1849
Ross, William Sterling	Speaker	1845-1847	IMP	Columbia, Luzerne	13	08/11/1802 - 07/11/1868
Rowland, George H.		1873-1875	D	Luzerne, Monroe, Pike	13,22	12/26/1827 - 03/07/1895
Smucker, Lloyd K		2009-2016	R	Lancaster	13	1964 -
Snyder, Richard A		1961-1984	R	Lancaster	13	1910 - 1992
Warfel, John Brackbill		1870-1876	R	Lancaster	9,13,17	09/19/1830 - 04/18/1908
Wherry, Samuel		1854-1856	D	Cumberland, Perry	13	07/22/1804 - 04/02/1861

*served non-consecutive terms