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	1877 - 1927
Bonbrake, Norman Leroy		1925-1930	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1874 - 1930
Brewer, George W		1857-1859*	D	Adams, Franklin, Fulton	11,18	1819 - 1886
Brewer, William U		1893-1896	R	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1844 -
Carson, Thomas Erskine	Speaker	1845-1853*	W	Adams, Franklin	11,18	1791 - 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	1831 - 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*	AM	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14,15	1772 - 1843
Gorgas, William R		1841-1843*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry	14	1806 - 1892
Hawbaker, D Elmer		1961-1972	R	Adams, Blair, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mifflin	33	1916 - 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 A		1887-1912*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	32,33	1842 -
McAteer, H J		1885-1888	D	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1838 -
McClure, Alexander Kelly		1861-1873*	R	Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Philadelphia	4,18	1828 - 1909
McConaughy, David		1867	R	Adams, Franklin	19	1823 - 1902
McKibben, Chambers		1875	D	Franklin, Huntingdon	33
McLanahan, James Xavier		1841-1843*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14,18	1809 - 1861
McPherson Jr, Donald Paxson		1949-1956	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1906 - 1984
McSherry, William		1863-1873*	D	Adams, Franklin, Fulton, York	18,19,20	1821 - 1899
Mellinger, David		1853-1855*	W	Adams, Franklin	11
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
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	1899 - 1985
Sadler, William Richard		1847-1849*	W	Adams, Franklin	18	1816 - 1853
Smith, Abraham		1791-1794*	AF	Bedford, Franklin	0	1731 -
Smith, Robert		1819-1822*	DR	Franklin	15	1766 - 1849
Stewart, Alexander		1901-1908	R	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	09/17/1843 - 01/12/1911
Stewart, John		1881-1884	IR	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1839 - 1920
Weakley, James Marion		1871-1873*	R	Cumberland, Franklin	19	1839 -
Williamson, William McKnight		1889-1892	R	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1840 - 1901

*served non-consecutive terms