Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Becker, Clarence D		1943-1948	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1892 - 1947
Berntheizel, Cleon N		1921-1924	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1874 - 1936
Billingfelt, Esaias		1867-1871*	R	Lancaster	17	1817 - 1905
Champneys, Benjamin		1843-1865*	D	Lancaster, Lebanon, York	6,16,17	1800 - 1871
Coughlin, Robert Lawrence		1967-1968	R	Delaware, Montgomery	17	1929 - 2001
Craig, Walter		1843-1845*	W	Washington	17,23	1786 - 1875
Davidson, William		1817-1824*	IR	Fayette	17	1783 - 1867
Diehm, G Graybill		1949-1956	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1880 - 1970
Dill, Andrew Hemphill		1871-1877*	D	Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union	17	1836 - 1891
Dunlap, John M		1863-1865*	R	Lancaster	16,17	1822 - 1898
Ebaugh, Adam		1843-1845*	D	York	17	1806 - 1897
Ehrgood, Thomas Alexander		1957-1964	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1923 - 2007
Ewing, John Hoge	Speaker	1837-1841*	W, R	Washington	0,17	1796 - 1887
Fisher, Joseph W		1867	R	Lancaster	17	1814 - 1900
Freeman, William C		1925-1932	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1881 -
Fulton, Henry		1849-1851*	D	York	12,17	1799 - 1874
Garber, Christian		1823-1828*	DR	Huntingdon, Mifflin	17	1772 - 1841
Gerberich, Daniel P	President Pro Tempore	1905-1916	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1854 - 1917
Gobin, John Peter Shindel	President Pro Tempore	1885-1898	R	Lebanon	17	1837 - 1910
Haldeman, Horace Leander		1915-1916	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1847 - 1920
Heilman, Jacob George		1873-1875*	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	12,17	1836 - 1890
Hiester, Joseph		1791-1792	JR	Berks, Dauphin	17	1752 - 1832
Jackson, Thomas		1829-1832*	D	Cambria, Huntingdon, Mifflin	17	1782 - 1855
Johnson, Robert P		1965-1966	R	Montgomery	17	1926 -
Lane, Presley Carr	Speaker	1795-1818*	JR, ID, DR	Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland	0,17	1764 - 1819
Lantz, Cyrus Ressley		1881-1884	R	Lebanon	17	1842 - 1923
Leet, Isaac		1833-1838*	D	Washington	17,20	1801 - 1844
McCulloch, George		1835-1836	D	Cambria, Huntingdon, Mifflin	17	1792 - 1861
Meily, George F		1877-1880*	R	Lebanon	17	1833 - 1893
Myer, Elijah Reed		1857-1859*	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	9,17	1818 - 1911
Pierson, Henry J		1933-1940	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1872 -
Risser, Harold W		1947-1948	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1896 -
Sanderson, George		1851-1853*	W	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	17	1810 - 1886
Smith, William Rudolph		1821-1824*	F	Huntingdon, Mifflin	17	1787 - 1868
Smyser, Philip A		1847	W	York	17	1785 - 1871
Tilghman, Richard A	Appropriations Committee Chair	1969-2002	R	Delaware, Montgomery	17	03/08/1920 - 02/23/2017
Weiss, Samuel		1899-1904	R	Lebanon	17	1845 -
Welsh, William Henry	Speaker	1855-1859*	D	York	17	1826 - 1903
Williams, Constance H		2001-2008	D	Delaware, Montgomery	17	1944 -

*served non-consecutive terms