Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Afflerbach, Roy C		1987-1998	D	Lehigh, Northampton	16	1945 -
Allshouse, Henry		1819-1826*	DR	Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland	16	1757 - 1837
Anderson, William B		1845	D	Cumberland, Perry	16	1811 - 1858
Baldwin, Robert A		1859	R	Lancaster	16	1807 -
Buckalew, Charles Rollins		1851-1869*	D	Columbia, Montour, Sullivan	13,16	1821 - 1899
Champneys, Benjamin		1843-1865*	D	Lancaster, Lebanon, York	6,16,17	1800 - 1871
Coleman, G Dawson		1867	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	16	1825 - 1878
Dent, Charles W		1999-2004	R	Lehigh, Northampton	16	1960 -
Dewalt, Arthur Granville		1903-1910	D	Lehigh	16	1854 - 1931
Dunlap, John M		1863-1865*	R	Lancaster	16,17	1822 - 1898
Fleming, David		1863-1865*	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15,16	1812 - 1890
Freed, Tilghman A		1951-1954	R	Lehigh	16	1895 -
Hamilton, William		1861	R	Lancaster	16	1818 -
Henninger, Milton C		1883-1894	D	Lehigh	16	1851 - 1921
Hiestand, John Andrew		1861	R	Lancaster	16	1824 - 1890
Hill, John		1843-1845*	D	Somerset, Westmoreland	16,21	1790 - 1856
Holben, Evan		1877-1882*	D	Lehigh	16	1837 - 1918
Kratzer, Guy M		1983-1986	R	Lehigh	16	1941 -
Mahon, Alexander	Speaker	1821-1828*	DR	Cumberland, Perry	16	1782 - 1855
Messinger, Henry C		1971-1982	D	Lehigh	16	1915 - 1991
Miller, James A		1911-1914	D	Lehigh	16	1863 - 1933
Miller, Jesse		1827-1832*	D	Cumberland, Perry	16	1800 - 1850
Mumma, David		1867	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	16	1816 - 1893
Plumer, John C		1839-1841*	JD	Westmoreland	16	1788 - 1873
Reed, John		1815-1820*	DR	Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland	16	1786 - 1850
Rupp, George A		1935-1938	D	Lehigh	16	1903 -
Schaeffer, Bartram A		1857-1859*	R	Lancaster	16	1824 - 1864
Schantz, Horace Walker	President Pro Tempore	1915-1930	R	Lehigh	16	1875 - 1937
Snyder, Henry L		1931-1934	D	Lehigh	16
Steele, George P		1857-1859*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour	16	1801 - 1870
Sterrett, Robert Chambers		1847-1849*	D	Cumberland, Perry	16	1803 - 1856
Stiles, Harry Gibson		1895-1902	D	Lehigh	16	1856 - 1908
Strang, Butler B	Speaker	1871-1875*	R	Cameron, McKean, Potter, Tioga	16,25	1829 - 1884
Tallman, Oscar Jacob		1939-1950	R	Lehigh	16	1902 - 1967
Van Sant, John T		1955-1970	R	Lehigh	16	1915 - 1972

*served non-consecutive terms