Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Adams Jr, Robert		1883-1886	R	Philadelphia	6	02/26/1849 - 06/01/1906
Agnew, Franklin Howell		1883-1886	R	Beaver, Washington	46	1842 -
Arnholt, Michal A		1881-1884	R	Allegheny	40	1836 - 1901
Aull, William Ferris		1881-1884	R	Allegheny	44	1848 - 1923
Biddis, John David		1883-1886	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike	22	07/09/1846 - 05/10/1909
Boggs, Henry A		1881-1888	R	Blair, Cambria	35	1819 - 1900
Cooper, Thomas Valentine	President Pro Tempore	1873-1888*	R	Chester, Delaware	5,9	01/16/1835 - 12/19/1909
Coxe, Eckley Brinton		1881-1884	D	Luzerne	21	06/04/1839 - 05/13/1895
Davies, William Tecumseh		1877-1884*	R	Bradford, Wyoming	23	1831 - 1912
Emery Jr, Lewis		1881-1888	R	McKean, Potter, Tioga	25	08/10/1839 - 11/19/1924
Ermentrout, Daniel		1873-1888*	D	Berks	1,11	01/24/1837 - 09/17/1899
Gordon, James Gay		1881-1884	D	Philadelphia	3	11/11/1855 - 03/30/1937
Grady, John Cadwalader	President Pro Tempore	1877-1904*	R	Philadelphia	7	10/08/1847 - 03/05/1916
Greer, John Morgan		1877-1884*	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1844 - 1912
Hall, John Geary		1879-1886	D	Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest	38	1839 - 1889
Hart, William W		1883-1886	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	08/23/1843 - 09/19/1916
Henninger, Milton Christian		1883-1894	D	Lehigh	16	04/21/1851 - 09/25/1921
Hess, Jeremiah S		1883-1886	D	Northampton	18	1843 -
Hughes, Benjamin F		1883-1886	R	Philadelphia	8
Humes, Homer J		1883-1886	D	Crawford	50
Keefer, Luther Riley		1877-1896*	R	Schuylkill	29	03/05/1834 - 07/28/1908
Kennedy, Joseph P.		1881-1886	D	Philadelphia	2	12/09/1857 - 06/19/1886
King, Charles Fox		1883-1886	D	Schuylkill	30	10/04/1841 - 03/20/1912
Laird, Harrison Perry		1881-1884	D	Westmoreland	39	1814 - 1897
Lantz, Cyrus Ressley		1881-1884	R	Lebanon	17	08/26/1842 - 06/03/1923
Lee, James Wilson		1879-1886	R	Venango, Warren	48	07/17/1845 - 05/11/1908
Longenecker, Jacob H		1883-1886	R	Bedford, Fulton, Somerset	36	1839 - 1916
Macfarlane, John J.		1883-1890	R	Philadelphia	4	06/05/1846 - 01/07/1930
McCracken, George W		1881-1884	R	Lawrence, Mercer	47	1838 - 1904
McKnight, William James		1881-1884	R	Indiana, Jefferson	37	1836 - 1918
McNeill, Hugh	President Pro Tempore	1875-1886*	R	Allegheny	42	1822 - 1886
Mylin, Amos Herr	President Pro Tempore	1877-1884*	R	Lancaster	13	09/27/1837 - 07/31/1926
Nelson, William Mahlon		1879-1886	D	Susquehanna, Wayne	26	10/14/1826 - 04/05/1914
Patton, Alexander		1883-1884	D	Fayette, Greene	40	1819 - 1884
Reyburn, John Edgar	Speaker	1877-1884*	R	Philadelphia	5	02/07/1845 - 01/04/1914
Ross, James Harrison		1879-1886	D	York	28	04/25/1828 - 01/19/1889
Rutan, James Smith	Speaker	1869-1890*	R	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington	26	05/29/1838 - 06/18/1892
Shearer, Edward Hertz		1881-1884	D	Berks	11	01/10/1836 - 04/19/1920
Sill, James		1881-1884	R	Erie	49	1829 - 1903
Smiley, Charles H		1881-1884	R	Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	31	1844 - 1912
Smith, George Handy	President Pro Tempore	1875-1896*	R	Philadelphia	1	07/21/1832 - 04/14/1898
Stehman, John M		1883-1890	R	Lancaster	14	1830 - 1889
Stewart, John		1881-1884	IR	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1839 - 1920
Sutton, William Henry		1883-1886	D	Montgomery	12	1835 - 1913
Upperman, John		1881-1896	R	Allegheny	43	1845 - 1912
Vandegrift Jr., Charles Souders		1883-1886	D	Bucks	10	08/20/1839 - 08/10/1907
Wagner, William		1883-1884	W	Philadelphia	1	1796 - 1885
Wallace, William Andrew	Speaker	1863-1886*	D	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield	20	1827 - 1896
Watres, Louis Arthur		1883-1890	R	Lackawanna, Luzerne	20	04/21/1851 - 07/28/1937
Wilson, James Lee		1879-1886	R	Venango, Warren	48	1845 - 1908
Wolverton, Simon Peter		1879-1888	D	Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	01/28/1837 - 10/25/1910

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