Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
BLAKE, JOHN P.	Minority Appropriations Committee Vice Chair, Minority Caucus Administrator	2011-2021	D	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe	22	08/01/1960 -
Best, Valentine	Speaker	1847-1849	D	Columbia, Luzerne	13	03/08/1801 - 10/28/1857
Brodhead, Albert Gallatin	Speaker	1870-1872	D	Carbon, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	10,13	08/13/1815 - 01/18/1891
Buckalew, Charles Rollins		1851-1872*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan	13,15,16	12/28/1821 - 05/19/1899
Calpin, Patrick F.		1903-1906	D	Lackawanna, Luzerne	20	03/25/1872 - 12/03/1948
Catlin, Sterling Ross		1905-1920	R	Luzerne	21	01/27/1842 - 03/23/1919
Collins, Francis Dolan		1872-1874	D	Luzerne, Monroe, Pike	13	03/05/1872 - 11/21/1891
Conyngham Sr., Redmond		1820-1824	F, D	Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union	9,10	09/13/1781 - 06/16/1846
Coxe, Eckley Brinton		1881-1884	D	Luzerne	21	06/04/1839 - 05/13/1895
Dale, Samuel Futhey		1795-1800*	JR	Luzerne, Mifflin, Northumberland	0	1773 - 1842
Davis, William H.		1955-1956	R	Luzerne	21	08/01/1900 - 12/05/1955
Dewitt, Asa Keeler		1911-1926	D	Luzerne	20	10/17/1854 - 04/13/1935
Drumheller, Jacob		1827-1832*	D	Columbia, Luzerne	10	02/11/1790 - 06/11/1857
Drury, William		1901-1904	R	Luzerne	21	1913
Flack, Harold E		1955-1966	R	Luzerne	20	1899 - 1984
Fraser, Charles		1816-1820	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union	9	1778 - 02/04/1834
Gordner, John R.	Majority Caucus Administrator, Majority Caucus Chairman, Majority Whip	2003-2022	R	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder	27	01/05/1962 -
Harris, James		1800-1808	R, CON	Centre, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland	0	02/26/1755 - 12/02/1826
Hartzell, Jonas		1801-1804*	JR	Luzerne, Northampton, Wayne	0	1744 - 1824
Harvey, Laning		1929-1936	R	Lehigh, Luzerne	21	1882 - 1942
Helfrick, Edward W.		1981-2002	R	Columbia, Juniata, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	03/11/1928 - 09/28/2021
Hepburn, William		1793-1796*	JR	Huntingdon, Luzerne, Mifflin, Northumberland	0	1753 - 1821
Hines, William Henry		1889-1892	D	Luzerne	21	03/15/1856 - 01/17/1914
Hopkins, Uzal		1832-1836	D	Columbia, Luzerne	10	09/22/1781 - 09/18/1837
James, Edward F.		1907-1910	R	Luzerne	20	07/18/1864 - 04/18/1922
Jones, Adrian H		1943-1946	R	Luzerne	20	1885 - 1946
Joyce, Patrick F		1921-1928	R	Luzerne	0	1867 - 1938
Ketcham, Winthrop Welles		1859-1861	R	Luzerne	10	06/29/1820 - 12/06/1879
Kidder, Luther		1842-1844	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	11,13	11/19/1808 - 09/30/1854
Kingsbury Jr, Ebeneezer	Speaker	1837-1841*	JD	Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	0	1804 - 1844
Kline, Clarence W		1893-1896	R	Lackawanna, Luzerne	21	10/25/1852 - 01/24/1918
Laird, James		1805-1814*	D	Luzerne, Northumberland	0	1761 - 1846
Lattimore, William		1805-1810*	JR	Luzerne, Northampton, Wayne	0	1763 - 1833
Lemmond Jr, Charles D		1985-2006	R	Luzerne, Monroe, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming	20	1929 - 2012
Margie, Peter M		1945-1948	D	Luzerne	21	1895 - 1970
McDonald, Michael E.		1891-1894	D	Lackawanna, Luzerne	20	09/28/1858 - 11/28/1921
Mellow, Robert J.	Minority Floor Leader, President Pro Tempore	1971-2010	D	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe	22	12/10/1943 -
Mewhorter, Thomas		1799-1806*	JR	Luzerne, Northampton, Wayne	0
Miller, Robert M		1939-1942	R	Luzerne	20
Montgomery, William		1791-1794*	JR	Huntingdon, Luzerne, Northumberland	0	1736 - 1816
Moore, Robert		1824-1828	D	Columbia, Luzerne	10	03/30/1778 - 01/14/1831
Mundy, Leo Clement		1935-1944	D	Luzerne	21	06/02/1887 - 06/11/1944
Murray, Martin L.	President Pro Tempore	1957-1980*	D	Luzerne	14	12/16/1909 - 07/01/1990
Murray Jr, Thomas		1815-1818*	DR	Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union	0	1770 - 1823
Musto, Raphael John		1983-2010	D	Luzerne	14	1929 - 2014
O'Connell, Frank		1979-1986	R	Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne, Wyoming	20	1923 - 2004
Palmer, Nathan		1809-1812*	JR	Luzerne, Northumberland	0	1769 - 1842
Payne, Hubbard Bester		1875-1876	R	Luzerne	21	07/20/1839 - 09/01/1892
Ross, William Sterling	Speaker	1845-1847	IMP	Columbia, Luzerne	13	08/11/1802 - 07/11/1868
Ross, William		1812-1816	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union	0,9	03/29/1761 - 08/09/1842
Rowland, George H.		1873-1875	D	Luzerne, Monroe, Pike	13,22	12/26/1827 - 03/07/1895
Scott, William John		1897-1900	R	Lackawanna, Luzerne	21	02/17/1842 - 09/10/1918
Seamons, George B.		1877-1882*	R	Lackawanna, Luzerne	20	11/11/1830 - 09/10/1906
Shoemaker, Lazarus Denison		1867-1870	R	Luzerne	12	11/05/1819 - 09/09/1893
Snyder, Simon		1818-1819	DR	Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union	9	11/05/1759 - 11/09/1819
Sordoni, Andrew J		1927-1938	R	Luzerne	20	1887 - 1963
Stanton, Wiliam Henry		1875-1876	D	Luzerne	20	07/28/1843 - 03/28/1900
Stark, Jasper Billings		1863-1865	D	Luzerne	10,12	10/28/1823 - 02/16/1883
Steele, George P		1857-1859*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour	16	1801 - 1870
Toole, Patrick Joseph		1949-1956	D	Luzerne	21	06/25/1902 - 08/05/1955
Turner, Samuel G		1869	D	Luzerne	12	1873
Vaughan, James C.		1895-1902	R	Lackawanna, Luzerne	20	07/28/1860 - 08/08/1901
Wadhams, Elijah Catlin		1877-1880*	R	Luzerne	21	07/17/1825 - 01/18/1889
Watres, Louis Arthur		1883-1890	R	Lackawanna, Luzerne	20	04/21/1851 - 07/28/1937
Willets, Robert		1819-1822*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union	9	1777 -
Williams, Morgan B.		1885-1888	R	Luzerne	21	09/17/1831 - 10/13/1903
Wilson, George		1795-1798*	JR	Luzerne, Mifflin, Northumberland	0
Wood, T. Newell		1947-1978	R	Bradford, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wyoming	20	1909 - 1982

*served non-consecutive terms