Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Allen, Harrison		1870-1872	R	Erie, Mercer, Venango, Warren	28,30	02/04/1835 - 09/23/1904
Allen, Orrin C		1887-1890	R	Venango, Warren	48	1840 - 1914
Benson, Isaac		1860-1862	R	McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren	11	06/08/1817 - 03/11/1894
Berger, James Stanley	Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader, President Pro Tempore	1945-1968	R	Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Forest, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Venango, Warren	25	01/03/1903 - 04/18/1984
Brown, James C.		1867-1868	R	Mercer, Venango, Warren	18	10/07/1828 - 02/12/1892
Chapman, Leroy E		1931-1962	R	Venango, Warren	48	1881 - 1967
Crawford, William Reid		1891-1894	R	Venango, Warren	48	1827 -
Cumings, Henry Harrison		1899-1906	R	Venango, Warren	48	12/01/1840 - 06/30/1913
Cutler, George H.	President Pro Tempore, Speaker	1873-1875	R	Erie, Warren	30,49	10/29/1809 - 07/26/1882
Fox, Joseph Mickle		1829-1830	DR	Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Warren	24	1779 - 1845
Frame, Richard C. "Dick"	Minority Floor Leader	1963-1977	R	Berks, Crawford, Elk, Forest, Lancaster, Lebanon, McKean, Potter, Venango, Warren	48	07/17/1926 - 02/24/1977
Gillis, James Lyle		1845-1847*	D	Clarion, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Warren	28	1792 - 1881
Hays, Samuel		1839-1842*	D	Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Venango, Warren	22	09/10/1783 - 07/01/1868
Herrington, Jacob		1821-1824*	D	Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango, Warren	20,23	1784 - 1841
Hoge, John		1851	D	Mercer, Venango, Warren	19
Hoge, Thomas		1853-1865*	D	Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren	19,26,28	03/07/1808 - 03/12/1885
Hulings, Willis J		1907-1910	R	Venango, Warren	48	1850 - 1924
Hurst, Henry		1817-1820*	DR	Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango, Warren	20	1770 - 1823
Ives, Timothy		1849-1851*	D	Clarion, Clearfield, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren	18,28	1802 - 1866
Kelley, Eben Smith		1825-1828*	D	Cambria, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Warren	24	1794 - 1829
Kelly, Meek		1833-1838*	D	Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Warren	23,24	1770 - 1843
Knapp, Frank Manley		1911-1914	R	Venango, Warren	48	1851 - 1928
Kusse, Robert James		1977-1984	R	Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Venango, Warren	25	03/19/1918 - 02/08/2008
Lamb, Harry Hayes		1927-1928	R	Venango, Warren	48	1876 - 1953
Lee, James Wilson		1879-1886	R	Venango, Warren	48	07/17/1845 - 05/11/1908
Leech, John		1825-1828*	NR	Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango, Warren	23	1767 - 1864
McArthur, William		1801-1808*	JR	Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango, Warren	0
McMullen, W S		1875	F	Venango, Warren	48
Mechling, Philip Jonas		1831-1834*	AM	Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Warren	24	1774 - 1847
Orr Jr, Robert		1821-1826*	D	Armstrong, Cambria, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Warren	24	1786 - 1876
Phipps, Marshall Lee		1915-1926	R	Venango, Warren	48	1866 - 1936
Scofield, Glenni William		1857-1860	R	McKean, Mercer, Potter, Tioga, Venango, Warren	11,19	03/11/1817 - 08/30/1891
Shannon, Joseph		1813-1816*	DR	Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango, Warren	20
Shortt, Charles McKendrie		1895-1898	R	Venango, Warren	48	1850 -
Slocum, William "Bill" L.		1997-2000	R	Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Venango, Warren	25	11/11/1947 -
Smith, Wilson		1809-1813	D	Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango, Warren	0	1771 - 01/09/1841
Stone, Charles Warren		1877	R	Venango, Warren	48	1843 - 1912
Wilcox, William Pendleton	Speaker	1843-1845*	JD, IMP	Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Venango, Warren	0	1794 - 1868
Wilson, James Lee		1879-1886	R	Venango, Warren	48	1845 - 1908

*served non-consecutive terms