Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Barclay, Samuel Moore		1837-1841	W	Bedford, Somerset	15	10/17/1802 - 01/03/1853
Beidleman, Edward Ensinger	President Pro Tempore	1913-1920	R	Dauphin	15	07/08/1873 - 04/09/1929
Boughter, Amos R.		1861-1863	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	03/04/1824 - 03/02/1879
Buckalew, Charles Rollins		1851-1872*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan	13,15,16	12/28/1821 - 05/19/1899
Cresswell Jr, John		1853-1859*	D	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Huntingdon	15,20	1819 - 1882
Cunningham, Jonathan J		1849	W	Juniata, Mifflin, Union	15	1820 - 1902
Dunlop, James		1823-1826*	F	Franklin	15	1795 - 1856
Earnest, William H		1925-1932	R	Dauphin	15	1875 - 1963
Eyer, Henry C.		1843-1845	D	Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Union	8,15	01/24/1797 - 08/24/1879
Fleming, David		1863-1865*	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15,16	1812 - 1890
Fox, John E		1901-1912	R	Dauphin	15	1862 - 1942
Fullerton, David		1827-1839	F, NR, D, W	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14,15	10/04/1772 - 02/01/1843
Gekas, George William		1977-1982	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	04/14/1930 - 12/16/2021
Herr, Andrew Jackson	President Pro Tempore	1875-1880*	R	Dauphin	15	12/31/1828 - 03/16/1894
Jackson, George Duggan		1867-1880*	D	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan, Wyoming	15,24	04/16/1827 - 11/23/1879
Kunkel, George		1937-1940	D	Dauphin	15	1893 - 1965
Lentz, William B		1965-1976	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	1920 - 1977
McCarrell, Samuel John Milton	President Pro Tempore	1893-1900	R	Dauphin	15	10/19/1842 - 06/25/1920
McMurtrie, Robert Allison		1851	W	Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon	15	1811 - 1880
Middleswarth, Ner		1848	W	Juniata, Mifflin, Union	15	12/12/1783 - 06/02/1865
Montgomery, David Boyd		1864-1866	D	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan	13,15	11/28/1810 - 04/10/1886
Mullin, George Shannon		1841-1843*	W	Bedford, Huntingdon, Somerset	15,19	06/14/1786 - 04/06/1867
Piccola, Jeffrey E.	Whip	1995-2012	R	Dauphin	15	1948 -
Poe, James		1803-1818*	JR, DR	Franklin	15	1746 - 1822
Rea, John		1823-1824	DR	Franklin	15	1755 - 1829
Reed, George Leffingwell		1933-1936	R	Dauphin	15	1885 - 1958
Rutherford, John Brisban		1857-1859*	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	1805 - 1892
Shumaker, John Jeffries		1983-1995	R	Dauphin, Northumberland	15	03/13/1929 - 10/13/1999
Smith, Frank A.		1919-1924	R	Dauphin	15	1873 - 08/26/1930
Smith, Robert		1819-1823	D	Franklin	15	1766 - 04/21/1849
Taylor, Maris Harvey	President Pro Tempore	1941-1964	R	Dauphin	15	06/04/1876 - 05/16/1982
Teplitz, Rob		2013-2016	D	Dauphin	15	12/20/1970 -
Thompson, Alexander F.		1885-1892	R	Dauphin	15	12/07/1845 - 07/23/1924
Wagenseller, Jacob		1845-1847*	W	Juniata, Mifflin, Union	15	1801 - 1847

*served non-consecutive terms