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
Baker, George N		1833-1836*	D	Philadelphia	2	1788 - 1859
Barnard, Isaac Dutton		1820-1824	DR	Chester, Delaware	2,4	03/22/1791 - 02/18/1834
Becker, Elwood		1891-1898	R	Philadelphia	2	1853 - 1903
Bell, Thomas S		1837-1859*	D	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	2,3	1821 - 1862
Benner Jr., Henry Lewis		1845-1847*	D	Philadelphia	2	03/11/1806 - 04/26/1862
Breck, Samuel		1831-1834*	NR	Philadelphia	2	1771 - 1862
Brown, Charles		1837-1839*	D	Philadelphia	2	1797 - 1883
Coats, Lindsay		1791-1798*	F	Bucks, Montgomery	1,2
Cochran, John		1879-1882	D	Philadelphia	2	1841 -
Cochran, Samuel		1817-1820*	F	Chester, Delaware	2
Cornman, Oliver Perry		1845-1847	D	Philadelphia	2	1813 - 04/19/1883
Crispin, Benjamin	Speaker	1841-1843*	D, BD	Philadelphia	2	1792 - 1864
Donolow, Benjamin		1955-1972	D	Philadelphia	2	1917 - 1972
Duncan, Stephen		1821-1830*	F	Philadelphia	2	1796 - 1860
Durham, Israel Wilson		1897-1910*	R	Philadelphia	2,6	10/24/1855 - 06/28/1909
Enue Jr, James		1843	D	Philadelphia	2	1806 - 1853
Ewing, Maskell		1813-1820*	F	Chester, Delaware	2	1758 - 1825
Fernon, Thomas Sargent		1849-1851*	D	Philadelphia	2	1818 - 1896
Forsythe, Thomas H		1847-1851*	D	Philadelphia	2	1803 - 1871
Foulkrod, John		1843-1845*	D	Philadelphia	2	1792 - 1862
Foulkrod, Levi		1853	W	Philadelphia	2	1811 - 1854
Goodwin, William		1853-1855*	D	Philadelphia	2
Gransback, Harry		1901-1906	R	Philadelphia	2	1836 - 1918
Groves, Daniel		1821-1826*	DR	Philadelphia	2	1773 - 1846
Hamilton, Samuel G		1853	NA	Philadelphia	2	1830 -
Hanna, James		1837-1838	W	Philadelphia	2	1806 - 1888
Harper, Francis Jacob		1834-1836	D	Philadelphia	2	03/05/1800 - 03/18/1837
Hay, Peter		1827-1830*	OSJ	Philadelphia	2	1786 - 1879
Henszey, Alexander Wilson		1869-1871*	R	Philadelphia	2	1826 -
Holzwarth, George W		1899-1900	R	Philadelphia	2	1860 - 1900
Kelton Jr, James		1821-1826*	F	Chester, Delaware	2	1776 - 1844
Kennedy, Joseph P.		1881-1886	D	Philadelphia	2	12/09/1857 - 06/19/1886
Kephart, A Evans		1939-1954	R	Philadelphia	2	1905 - 2008
Lynch, Francis J		1973-1994	D	Philadelphia	2	1920 - 1993
Marks, Bruce S		1993-1994	R	Philadelphia	2	1957 -
McAleer, William		1887-1890	D	Philadelphia	2	01/06/1838 - 04/19/1912
McConkey, James		1835-1838*	AM, W	Lancaster, York	2,14	1787 - 1861
McCully, Thomas		1841	D	Philadelphia	2
Nagle, David A.		1869-1878*	D	Philadelphia	2,3	1839 - 03/18/1878
Peltz, Alexander M		1837-1838	D	Philadelphia	2	1808 - 1838
Penniman, Edward A		1843	D	Philadelphia	2
Pratt II, Henry Charles		1855	R	Philadelphia	2	1814 -
Ridgway, Jacob Elwood		1863-1868	R	Philadelphia	1,2	08/19/1824 - 05/06/1909
Salus, Samuel Wieder	President Pro Tempore	1911-1938	R	Philadelphia	2	08/30/1872 - 12/29/1945
Savery, Peleg Bahrows		1849-1851*	D	Philadelphia	2	1805 - 1863
Scott, John Morin	President Pro Tempore	1899-1908	R	Philadelphia	2,6	09/19/1858 - 10/03/1945
Serrill, Jacob S		1861	R	Chester, Delaware	2	10/07/1817 - 12/30/1900
Small, William Franklin		1847-1849	D	Philadelphia	2	09/16/1820 - 06/13/1877
Snyder, Michael		1837-1839*	D	Philadelphia	2
Sterigere, John Benton	Speaker	1839-1845*	BD	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	2,3	1793 - 1852
Stevenson, Samuel		1837-1839*	D	Philadelphia	2	1805 - 1886
Stinson, William G		1993-1994	D	Philadelphia	2	1945 -
Sutherland, Joel Barlow		1815-1816	D	Philadelphia	2	1792 - 1861
Taylor, Joseph		1831-1834*	D	Philadelphia	2	1791 - 1869

*served non-consecutive terms