Paul McKinney

Sessions

Session	Position	District	Party
1975		8	Democrat
1976		8	Democrat
1977		8	Democrat
1978		8	Democrat
1979		8	Democrat
1980		8	Democrat
1981		8	Democrat
1982		8	Democrat

Counties	Philadelphia

Biography

1923 - 1995

Born in 1923 in Albany, GA; Moved to Darby, PA in 1941, became a merchant marine; Married Bessie Grayson in 1949. McKinney served as a Democratic Party Committeeman and Ward Chairman of West Philadelphia's 60th Ward for a number of years. In 1974 he was elected as Pennsylvania's the first African American state senator. Died June 28, 1995.