Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Alloway II, Richard L.	Majority Caucus Administrator, Majority Caucus Secretary	2009-2019	R	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York	33	1968 -
Beales, Cyrus William		1917-1920	R	Adams, Franklin	33	12/16/1877 - 11/14/1927
Bonbrake, Norman Leroy		1925-1930	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1874 - 1930
Brewer, George W.		1857-1859	D	Adams, Franklin, Fulton	11,18	09/05/1819 - 08/06/1886
Brewer, William U		1893-1896	R	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1844 -
Carson, Thomas Erskine	Speaker	1845-1853*	W	Adams, Franklin	11,18	08/06/1791 - 04/26/1857
Cassat, Jacob		1837-1838	W	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14	1778 - 1838
Chisholm, Henry Clay		1897-1900	R	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1859 -
Clippinger, Charles H		1931-1932	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1879 - 1937
Crider, Paul M		1941-1948	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1894 - 1975
Duncan, Calvin Mark		1865-1871	D	Adams, Franklin	19	05/28/1831 - 03/22/1894
Dunlop, James		1823-1826*	F	Franklin	15	1795 - 1856
Eichelberger Jr., John H		2007-2018	R	Blair, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon	30	1958 -
Elliott, Douglas Hemphill		1957-1960	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1921 - 1960
Fisher, Horatio Gates		1877-1880*	R	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1838 - 1890
Fullerton, David		1827-1839	F, NR, D, W	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14,15	10/04/1772 - 02/01/1843
Gorgas, William R		1841-1843*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry	14	1806 - 1892
Hawbaker, David Elmer		1961-1972	R	Adams, Blair, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mifflin	33	11/30/1916 - 11/27/1994
Hoke, John W		1913-1916	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1866 - 1942
Johnston, Thomas		1793-1802*	JR	Franklin	0	1744 - 1819
Long, Daniel Edward		1921-1924	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1866 -
Martin, William Augustus		1887-1912*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	32,33	08/17/1842 - 10/22/1922
McAteer, H J		1885-1888	D	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1838 -
McClure, Alexander Kelly		1861-1874*	R	Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Philadelphia	4,18	01/09/1828 - 06/06/1909
McConaughy, David		1867-1868	R	Adams, Franklin	19	07/13/1823 - 01/14/1902
McKibben, Chambers		1875	D	Franklin, Huntingdon	33
McLanahan, James Xavier		1841-1844	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14,18	05/17/1809 - 12/16/1861
McPherson Jr, Donald Paxson		1949-1956	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1906 - 1984
McSherry, William		1863-1874*	D	Adams, Franklin, Fulton, York	18,19,20	04/14/1821 - 01/10/1899
Mellinger, David		1854-1856	W	Adams, Franklin	11	1795 - 04/09/1878
Miller, Thomas C		1837-1839*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14
Moore, William J	Caucus Chair	1973-1988	R	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Perry	33	1923 - 2015
Penrose, Charles Bingham	Speaker	1833-1857*	DR, W, R	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, Philadelphia	1,14,16	10/06/1798 - 04/06/1857
Poe, James		1803-1818*	JR, DR	Franklin	15	1746 - 1822
Punt, Terry L.		1989-2008	R	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Perry, York	33	1949 - 2009
Rankin, Archibald		1807-1810*	DR	Franklin	0	1768 - 1849
Rea, John		1823-1824	DR	Franklin	15	1755 - 1829
Rice, John Stanley	President Pro Tempore	1933-1940	D	Adams, Franklin	33	01/28/1899 - 08/02/1985
Sadler, William Richard		1847-1849*	W	Adams, Franklin	18	1816 - 1853
Smith, Abraham		1790-1794	R	Bedford, Franklin	0	1731 -
Smith, Robert		1819-1823	D	Franklin	15	1766 - 04/21/1849
Stewart, Alexander		1901-1908	R	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	09/17/1843 - 01/12/1911
Stewart, John		1881-1884	IR	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	11/04/1839 - 11/26/1920
Weakley, James Marion		1872-1874	R	Cumberland, Franklin	19	04/12/1839 - 12/21/1908
Williamson, William McKnight		1889-1892	R	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	06/29/1840 - 04/19/1901

*served non-consecutive terms