Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Allen, Robert Porter		1877	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1835 - 1890
Burnett, Charlton		1867-1877*	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike	10,22	1826 -
Bussey, Henry G		1875-1877*	D	York	28	1816 -
Butterfield, Henry		1877-1880*	R	Erie	49	1838 -
Chestnut, James		1875-1877*	D	Adams, Cumberland	32	1827 - 1892
Clarke, James C		1875-1880*	D	Westmoreland	39	1823 - 1893
Cooper, Thomas Valentine	President Pro Tempore	1873-1888*	R	Chester, Delaware	5,9	1835 - 1909
Corbett, William Lucas		1877	D	Cameron, Elk, Forest	38	1826 - 1895
Crawford, David McLean		1871-1880*	D	Blair, Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	21,22,31	1826 - 1904
Davies, William Tecumseh		1877-1884*	R	Bradford, Wyoming	23	1831 - 1912
Detwiler, Jones		1877	D	Montgomery	12	1828 - 1900
Dill, Andrew Hemphill		1871-1877*	D	Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Union	17	1836 - 1891
Dunkle, Aaron K		1875-1877*	R	Philadelphia	6	1837 - 1890
Engleman, David		1877	D	Northampton	18	1835 - 1913
Ermentrout, Daniel		1873-1888*	D	Berks	1,11	1837 - 1899
Everhart, James Bowen		1877-1882*	R	Chester	19	1821 - 1888
Fertig, John		1877	D	Crawford	50	1837 - 1911
Fisher, Horatio Gates		1877-1880*	R	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1838 - 1890
Gazzam, Joseph Murphy		1877-1880*	R	Allegheny	43	1842 - 1927
Gilfillan, John		1877-1880*	R	Allegheny	45	1826 - 1885
Grady, John Cadwalader	President Pro Tempore	1877-1904*	R	Philadelphia	7	1847 - 1916
Greer, John Morgan		1877-1884*	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1844 - 1912
Hawley, Eugene Beauharnois		1877	D	Susquehanna, Wayne	0	1838 - 1886
Hayes, James W		1875-1877*	D	Fayette, Greene	40	1817 - 1902
Herr, Andrew Jackson	President Pro Tempore	1875-1880*	R	Dauphin	15	12/31/1828 - 03/16/1894
Holben, Evan		1877-1882*	D	Lehigh	16	1837 - 1918
Jones, Horatio Gates		1875-1882*	R	Philadelphia	4	1822 - 1893
Keefer, Luther Riley		1877-1896*	R	Schuylkill	29	1834 - 1908
Lamon, John	President Pro Tempore	1873-1880*	R	Philadelphia	3	1828 - 1916
Lawrence, George Van Eman	Speaker	1849-1882*	W, R	Beaver, Greene, Washington	23,46	1818 - 1914
Lemon, John A		1873-1896*	R	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Somerset	21,35	1828 - 1895
McNeill, Hugh	President Pro Tempore	1875-1886*	R	Allegheny	42	1822 - 1886
Meily, George F		1877-1880*	R	Lebanon	17	1833 - 1893
Mylin, Amos H	President Pro Tempore	1877-1884*	R	Lancaster	13	1837 - 1926
Nagle, David A		1869-1877*	D	Philadelphia	2,3	1839 - 1878
Newell, William Imlay		1877-1882*	R	Philadelphia	8	1835 - 1912
Newmyer, John C	President Pro Tempore	1875-1890*	R	Allegheny	44	1847 - 1906
Peale, Samuel Richard		1877	D	Centre, Clearfield, Clinton	34	1830 - 1910
Reyburn, John Edgar	Speaker	1877-1884*	R	Philadelphia	5	1845 - 1914
Roebuck, Peter J		1875-1877*	R	Lancaster	14	1838 -
Rutan, James Smith	Speaker	1869-1890*	R	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington	26	1838 - 1892
Seamons, George B		1877-1882*	R	Luzerne	20	1830 - 1906
Seymour, Charles H		1877-1880*	R	McKean, Potter, Tioga	25	1820 - 1882
Smith, George Handy	President Pro Tempore	1875-1896*	R	Philadelphia	1	1832 - 1898
St. Clair, Thomas		1865-1880*	R	Cambria, Indiana, Jefferson	22,37	1824 - 1893
Stone, Charles Warren		1877	R	Venango, Warren	48	1843 - 1912
Torbert, William L		1877	ID	Schuylkill	30	1828 - 1907
Wadhams, Elijah Catlin		1877-1880*	R	Luzerne	21	1825 - 1889
Wallace, William Andrew	Speaker	1863-1886*	D	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield	20	1827 - 1896
Wright, George W		1877-1880*	R	Lawrence, Mercer	47	1841 - 1921
Yutzy, Enoch D		1875-1877*	R	Bedford, Fulton, Somerset	36	1835 - 1894

*served non-consecutive terms