Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Allen, Robert Porter		1876-1878	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	02/06/1835 - 12/04/1890
Bound, Franklin		1860-1863	R	Montour, Northumberland, Snyder	13	04/09/1829 - 08/08/1910
Buckalew, Charles Rollins		1851-1872*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan	13,15,16	12/28/1821 - 05/19/1899
Chalfant, Thomas		1873-1875	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1819 - 11/18/1899
Cochran, James Henry		1895-1910	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	01/14/1845 - 12/06/1911
Confair, Zehnder Harry		1959-1972	R	Bradford, Columbia, Lycoming, Montgomery, Montour, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga	23,24	01/11/1906 - 01/26/1982
Davis, Preston Becher		1963-1972	R	Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	05/19/1907 - 11/19/1990
Derk, Miles Raymond		1955-1958	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	12/18/1890 - 07/02/1970
Gordner, John R.	Majority Caucus Administrator, Majority Caucus Chairman, Majority Whip	2003-2022	R	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder	27	01/05/1962 -
Hart, William W		1883-1886	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	08/23/1843 - 09/19/1916
Helfrick, Edward W.		1981-2002	R	Columbia, Juniata, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	03/11/1928 - 09/28/2021
Herring, Grant		1891-1894	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1862 - 1912
Jackson, George Duggan		1867-1880*	D	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan, Wyoming	15,24	04/16/1827 - 11/23/1879
Keller, Reuben		1859-1860	D	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder	13	1821 - 05/06/1894
Kury, Franklin Leo		1973-1980	D	Columbia, Juniata, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	10/15/1936 -
McHenry, Elias Jackson		1879-1882	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	03/24/1833 - 06/27/1883
Metzger, Verus Hope		1887-1890	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	03/25/1859 - 05/28/1891
Montgomery, David Boyd		1864-1866	D	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan	13,15	11/28/1810 - 04/10/1886
Snowden, John G		1939-1954	R	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1880 - 1964
Sones, Charles Wesley		1911-1938*	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1859 - 1944
Sprout, Fred Murray		1931-1932	R	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	08/06/1874 - 08/08/1932
Steele, George P		1857-1859*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour	16	1801 - 1870

*served non-consecutive terms