Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Andrews, W. Thomas		1973-1980	R	Butler, Lawrence	21	11/08/1941 - 09/14/2009
Baird, Thomas Harlan		1811-1815	DR	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	19	11/15/1787 - 11/22/1866
Brown, John		1827-1831	D	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	21
Browne, Robert Audley		1865-1867*	R	Armstrong, Butler, Lawrence	27	12/03/1821 - 05/05/1919
Carr, Jacob Walter		1941-1948	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1886 - 1977
Christley, Alfred M		1921-1924	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1860 -
Darsie, George		1842-1855*	W	Allegheny, Butler	19,22,24	08/25/1800 - 03/03/1865
Dickey, John		1833-1836*	D	Beaver, Butler	25	1794 - 1853
Ferguson, John C		1853-1855*	W	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	21	1803 - 1885
Graff, John Francis		1913-1918	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1857 - 1918
Graff III, Peter		1933-1936	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1886 -
Greer, John Morgan		1877-1884	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	08/03/1844 - 03/16/1912
Harris, John R		1857-1859*	R	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	21,25	1802 - 1874
Haslett, William		1849-1851*	W	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	21,24	1816 - 1872
Hays, Thomas R.		1909-1912	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	01/19/1840 - 02/29/1920
Imbrie, DeLorma		1859-1861*	R	Beaver, Butler	25	1824 - 1888
Irish, Nathaniel		1807-1808	JR	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	0	1737 - 1816
Jackson, Samuel McCartney		1875-1876	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	09/24/1833 - 05/08/1906
Kerr, James		1869-1871*	R	Armstrong, Butler, Lawrence	0	1813 - 1896
Lacock, Abner		1807-1810*	JR	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	0	1770 - 1837
Lowrie, Walter	Speaker	1811-1818*	DR	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	0	1784 - 1868
Marks, William	Speaker	1819-1825	D	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler	19,22	10/13/1778 - 04/10/1858
Martin, James C		1805-1808*	JR	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	0	1765 - 1828
McCandless, Charles		1863-1865*	R	Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	25,27	11/27/1834 - 03/14/1893
McClure, Francis		1809-1812*	JR	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	0	1742 - 1845
McNees, George W		1905-1908	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1854 - 1922
Meredith, William Boling		1885-1900	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	09/17/1839 - 05/17/1924
Morton, Thomas		1801-1804*	JR	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	0	1751 -
Oesterling, Donald O		1965-1972	D	Butler, Lawrence	21	1927 -
Orie, Jane Clare	Whip	2001-2012	R	Allegheny, Butler	40	09/18/1961 -
Painter, Howard Isaac		1925-1932	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1869 - 1953
Pechan, Albert R		1949-1970	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1902 - 1969
Power, Samuel		1815-1828*	R	Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler	19,21	1840
Purviance, William Alexander		1836-1838	AM	Allegheny, Butler	19	06/22/1788 - 04/01/1857
Robbins, Robert D.		1991-2014	R	Butler, Crawford, Lawrence, Mercer	50	1944 -
Robertson, Archibald		1851	R	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	21	1805 - 1871
Rutan, James Smith	Speaker	1869-1890*	R	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington	26	05/29/1838 - 06/18/1892
Shaffer, Charles Timothy		1981-1996	R	Butler, Clarion, Lawrence, Venango	21	10/02/1945 - 05/02/2022
Showalter, Joseph Baltzell		1889-1892	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1851 - 1932
Sipe, C Hale		1937-1940	D	Armstrong, Butler	41	1880 -
Sullivan Jr., Charles Craven		1841-1846	W, R	Allegheny, Butler	19,24	03/10/1807 - 02/27/1860
Sullivan, Moses		1825-1833	D, NR, AM	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler	21,25	10/09/1786 - 05/21/1839
Turner, W Fred		1919-1920	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1864 -
White, Donald C.		2001-2019	R	Armstrong, Butler, Indiana, Westmoreland	41	1950 -
White, Mary Jo		1997-2012	R	Butler, Clarion, Lawrence, Venango	21	1941 -
Williams, Andrew Gomer		1901-1904	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	09/08/1846 - 04/06/1923
Williams, Thomas		1839-1841*	W	Allegheny, Butler	19	08/28/1806 - 06/16/1872

*served non-consecutive terms