Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Ammerman, Joseph Scofield		1969-1976	D	Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Mifflin	34	1924 - 1993
Arlene Sr., Herbert		1967-1980	D	Philadelphia	3	09/05/1917 - 11/09/1989
Bell, Clarence Deshong		1961-2002	R	Chester, Delaware	9	02/04/1914 - 07/26/2002
Cianfrani, Henry J		1967-1978	D	Philadelphia	1	1923 - 2002
Confair, Zehnder		1959-1972	R	Bradford, Columbia, Lycoming, Montgomery, Montour, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga	0,23,24	1906 - 1982
Coppersmith, W. (Wallace) Louis		1969-1980	D	Cambria, Westmoreland	35	07/19/1928 - 01/17/1989
Davis, Preston B		1963-1972	R	Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	1907 - 1990
Dengler, Clyde R		1969-1974	R	Delaware	26	1899 - 1992
Donolow, Benjamin		1955-1972	D	Philadelphia	2	1917 - 1972
Duffield, William E		1971-1978	D	Fayette, Westmoreland	32	1922 - 2001
Dwyer, R Budd		1971-1982	R	Crawford, Erie, Mercer	50	11/21/1939 - 01/22/1987
Ewing, Wayne S		1967-1976	R	Allegheny	37	1929 - 2010
Fleming, Robert D		1951-1974	R	Allegheny	40	1903 - 1994
Fleming, Wilmot E		1963-1978	R	Bucks, Montgomery	12	1916 - 1978
Frame, Richard C		1963-1978	R	Venango, Warren	48	1926 - 1977
Gerhart Jr, Robert R.		1969-1972	D	Berks	11	12/21/1920 - 08/23/2021
Good Jr, John G		1971-1972	R	Beaver, Washington	47	1926 - 2003
Hankins, Freeman	Caucus Administrator	1967-1988	D	Philadelphia	7	09/30/1918 - 12/31/1988
Hawbaker, D Elmer		1961-1972	R	Adams, Blair, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mifflin	33	1916 - 1994
Hess, Ralph W		1971-1990	R	Lancaster, York	28	1939 -
Hill, Louis G		1969-1978	D	Philadelphia	36	1924 -
Hobbs, Frederick Howard		1967-1976	R	Carbon, Monroe, Schuylkill	29	01/06/1934 - 07/24/2005
Holl, Edwin G		1969-2002	R	Bucks, Montgomery	24	1916 - 2005
Howard, Edward Louis		1971-1986	R	Bucks	10	1926 - 2011
Lamb, Thomas F		1967-1974	D	Allegheny	42	1922 -
Lentz, William B		1965-1976	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	1920 - 1977
Mahady, Paul W		1959-1972	D	Westmoreland	39	1908 - 1973
Manbeck, Clarence F		1967-1982	R	Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon	48	09/21/1908 - 05/14/1991
Mazzei, Frank		1967-1974	D	Allegheny	43	1912 - 1977
McCreesh, Thomas P.		1959-1974	D	Philadelphia	4,8	03/02/1928 - 02/19/2016
McGlinchey, Herbert J		1965-1972	D	Philadelphia	5	1904 - 1992
Mellow, Robert J.	Minority Floor Leader, President Pro Tempore	1971-2010	D	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe	22	12/10/1943 -
Messinger, Henry C		1971-1982	D	Lehigh	16	1915 - 1991
Murphy, Austin J		1971-1976	D	Fayette, Greene, Washington	46	1927 -
Murray, Martin L.	President Pro Tempore	1957-1980*	D	Luzerne	14	12/16/1909 - 07/01/1990
Nolan, Thomas Martin		1971-1978	D	Allegheny, Westmoreland	44	1916 - 1989
Noszka, Stanley M		1967-1978	D	Allegheny	38	1920 - 1991
Oesterling, Donald O		1965-1972	D	Butler, Lawrence	21	1927 -
Reibman, Jeanette F		1967-1994	D	Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	18	1915 - 2006
Rovner, Robert A		1971-1974	R	Philadelphia	6	1943 -
Sesler, William G		1961-1972	D	Erie	49	1928 -
Smith, Joseph Francis		1971-1981	D	Philadelphia	4	01/24/1920 - 05/14/1999
Snyder, Richard A		1961-1984	R	Lancaster	13	1910 - 1992
Stapleton, Patrick J		1969-2000	D	Armstrong, Clarion, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland	41	1924 - 2001
Stauffer, John		1969-1988	R	Chester, Montgomery	19	1925 -
Stroup, Stanley G	President Pro Tempore	1961-1974	R	Bedford, Blair, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Somerset	30,36	1904 - 1977
Tilghman, Richard A	Appropriations Committee Chair	1969-2002	R	Delaware, Montgomery	17	1920 - 2017
Wade, George N		1941-1974	R	Adams, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, York	31	1873 - 1974
Wood, T. Newell		1947-1978	R	Bradford, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wyoming	20	1909 - 1982
Zemprelli, Edward P.	Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader	1969-1988	D	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	45	05/11/1925 - 12/04/2017

*served non-consecutive terms