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
Barnes, Hamilton Boswell		1852-1854	W	Bedford, Fulton, Somerset	24	04/28/1821 - 11/25/1901
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
Darsie, George		1842-1855*	W	Allegheny, Butler	19,22,24	08/25/1800 - 03/03/1865
Derk, Miles Raymond		1955-1958	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	12/18/1890 - 07/02/1970
Fox, Joseph Mickle		1829-1830	DR	Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Warren	24	1779 - 1845
Gazzam, Edward Despard		1857-1859*	FS	Allegheny	24	1803 - 1878
Graham, James Leonard	Speaker	1863-1873*	R	Allegheny	24	1817 - 1895
Hart, William W		1883-1886	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	08/23/1843 - 09/19/1916
Haslett, William		1849-1851*	W	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	21,24	1816 - 1872
Herring, Grant		1891-1894	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1862 - 1912
Holl, Edwin G		1969-2002	R	Bucks, Montgomery	24	1916 - 2005
Irish, Elias H		1861	R	Allegheny	24	1830 - 1866
Jackson, George Duggan		1867-1880*	D	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan, Wyoming	15,24	04/16/1827 - 11/23/1879
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
Levis, John		1847	W	Allegheny	24	1800 - 1867
McHenry, Elias Jackson		1879-1882	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	03/24/1833 - 06/27/1883
Mechling, Philip Jonas		1831-1834*	AM	Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Warren	24	1774 - 1847
Metzger, Verus Hope		1887-1890	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	03/25/1859 - 05/28/1891
Orr Jr, Robert		1821-1826*	D	Armstrong, Cambria, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Warren	24	1786 - 1876
Penney, John P.	Speaker	1859-1864	W, R	Allegheny	24	1817 - 01/04/1873
Purman, Andrew Armstrong		1869-1871*	D	Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland	24	1823 - 1903
Searight, Thomas Brownfield		1867	D	Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland	24	1827 - 1899
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
Sullivan Jr., Charles Craven		1841-1846	W, R	Allegheny, Butler	19,24	03/10/1807 - 02/27/1860
White, Henry Lloyd	Speaker	1862-1874*	R	Armstrong, Cambria, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland	21,22,24	01/12/1834 - 06/23/1920
Wonderling, Robert C		2003-2014	R	Montgomery	24	1961 -

*served non-consecutive terms