Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Alexander, Walter Scott		1887-1890	R	Bedford, Fulton, Somerset	36	1847 - 1912
Allen, Orrin C		1887-1890	R	Venango, Warren	48	1840 - 1914
Betts, William Wilson		1887-1890	D	Centre, Clearfield, Clinton	34	05/01/1838 - 09/24/1896
Boggs, Henry A.		1881-1888	R	Blair, Cambria	35	04/05/1819 - 02/08/1900
Brown, Gerrard Crane		1887-1894	D	York	28	11/12/1842 - 07/20/1899
Brunner, Frank R		1885-1888	D	Berks	11	01/24/1835 - 01/13/1908
Cooper, Thomas Valentine	President Pro Tempore	1874-1890	R	Chester, Delaware	5,9	01/16/1835 - 12/19/1909
Dachrodt, Jacob		1887-1890	D	Northampton	18	09/11/1828 - 06/04/1909
Delamater, George Wallace		1887-1890	R	Crawford	50	03/31/1849 - 08/07/1907
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
Gobin, John Peter Shindel	President Pro Tempore	1885-1898	R	Lebanon	17	01/26/1837 - 05/01/1910
Grady, John Cadwalader	President Pro Tempore	1877-1904*	R	Philadelphia	7	10/08/1847 - 03/05/1916
Harlan, Abram D.		1885-1892	R	Chester	19	09/03/1833 - 06/11/1908
Henninger, Milton Christian		1883-1894	D	Lehigh	16	04/21/1851 - 09/25/1921
Hood, George Washington		1885-1888	R	Indiana, Jefferson	37	12/01/1846 -
Huff, George Franklin		1885-1888	R	Westmoreland	39	07/16/1842 - 04/18/1912
Keefer, Luther Riley		1877-1896*	R	Schuylkill	29	03/05/1834 - 07/28/1908
Lines, Orrin Asa		1887-1890	R	Susquehanna, Wayne	26	1843 - 1928
Macfarlane, John J.		1883-1890	R	Philadelphia	4	06/05/1846 - 01/07/1930
Martin, William Augustus		1887-1912*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	32,33	08/17/1842 - 10/22/1922
McAleer, William		1887-1890	D	Philadelphia	2	01/06/1838 - 04/19/1912
McAteer, H J		1885-1888	D	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1838 -
McClure, Samuel		1885-1888	R	Lawrence, Mercer	47	1839 - 1922
McLain, Joseph R		1887-1890	R	Beaver, Washington	46	1828 -
Meredith, William Boling		1885-1900	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	09/17/1839 - 05/17/1924
Metzger, Verus Hope		1887-1890	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	03/25/1859 - 05/28/1891
Mylin, Amos Herr	President Pro Tempore	1877-1892	R	Lancaster	13	09/27/1837 - 07/31/1926
Newell, John Knox		1885-1892	R	Bradford, Wyoming	23	07/28/1843 - 05/27/1919
Newmyer, John Christopher	President Pro Tempore	1875-1890*	R	Allegheny	44	06/14/1847 - 06/21/1906
Osbourn, Francis Augustus		1887-1902	R	Philadelphia	3	03/01/1845 - 01/20/1921
Penrose, Boies	President Pro Tempore	1887-1898	R	Philadelphia	6	11/01/1860 - 12/31/1921
Reyburn, John Edgar	Speaker	1877-1892	R	Philadelphia	5	02/07/1845 - 01/04/1914
Ross, George		1887-1894	D	Bucks	10	08/24/1841 - 11/19/1894
Rutan, James Smith	Speaker	1869-1890*	R	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington	26	05/29/1838 - 06/18/1892
Schnatterly, Thomas Benton		1879-1890*	R	Fayette, Greene	40	1841 - 1899
Selheimer, John Beale		1885-1888	D	Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	31	08/18/1826 - 12/16/1893
Shull, Joseph Horace		1887-1890	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike	22	08/09/1848 - 08/09/1944
Smith, George Handy	President Pro Tempore	1875-1896*	R	Philadelphia	1	07/21/1832 - 04/14/1898
Steel, Samuel Stotler		1885-1896	R	Allegheny	45	04/20/1837 - 02/18/1904
Stehman, John M.		1883-1890	R	Lancaster	14	03/21/1830 - 07/17/1889
Taylor, Henry S.		1887-1890	R	Philadelphia	8	03/11/1859 - 02/06/1889
Thompson, Alexander F.		1885-1892	R	Dauphin	15	12/07/1845 - 07/23/1924
Upperman, John		1881-1896	R	Allegheny	43	1845 - 1912
Watres, Louis Arthur		1883-1890	R	Lackawanna, Luzerne	20	04/21/1851 - 07/28/1937
Watson, Malachi C		1887-1890	D	Schuylkill	30	03/21/1845 - 04/03/1903
Williams, Morgan B.		1885-1888	R	Luzerne	21	09/17/1831 - 10/13/1903
Wilson, John Harvey		1887-1890	D	Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest	38	1841 - 1890
Wolverton, Simon Peter		1879-1888	D	Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	01/28/1837 - 10/25/1910

*served non-consecutive terms