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
Burnett, Charlton		1867-1878*	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	10,22	08/31/1826 - 10/04/1907
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	1874-1890	R	Chester, Delaware	5,9	01/16/1835 - 12/19/1909
Corbett, William Lucas		1877	D	Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest	38	02/12/1826 - 02/05/1895
Crawford, David McLean		1871-1880*	D	Blair, Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	21,22,31	03/30/1826 - 08/23/1904
Davies, William Tecumseh		1877-1884*	R	Bradford, Wyoming	23	12/20/1831 - 09/12/1912
Detwiler, Jones		1877-1878	D	Montgomery	12	11/11/1828 - 12/15/1900
Dill, Andrew Hemphill		1871-1878	D	Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	01/18/1836 - 01/11/1891
Dunkle, Aaron K.		1875-1878	R	Philadelphia	6	05/27/1837 - 08/16/1890
Engleman, David		1877	D	Northampton	18	1835 - 1913
Ermentrout, Daniel		1873-1888*	D	Berks	1,11	01/24/1837 - 09/17/1899
Everhart, James Bowen		1877-1882*	R	Chester	19	07/26/1821 - 08/23/1888
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 Fife		1877-1880	R	Allegheny	45	05/10/1826 - 01/16/1885
Grady, John Cadwalader	President Pro Tempore	1877-1904*	R	Philadelphia	7	10/08/1847 - 03/05/1916
Greer, John Morgan		1877-1884	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	08/03/1844 - 03/16/1912
Hawley, Eugene Beauharnois		1877	D	Susquehanna, Wayne	0	1838 - 1886
Hays, James Wilson		1876-1878	D	Fayette, Greene	40	12/21/1817 - 11/11/1902
Herr, Andrew Jackson	President Pro Tempore	1875-1880*	R	Dauphin	15	12/31/1828 - 03/16/1894
Holben, Evan		1877-1882	D	Lehigh	16	11/26/1837 - 05/16/1918
Jones, Horatio Gates		1875-1882*	R	Philadelphia	4	01/09/1822 - 03/14/1893
Keefer, Luther Riley		1877-1896*	R	Schuylkill	29	03/05/1834 - 07/28/1908
Lamon, John	President Pro Tempore	1873-1880*	R	Philadelphia	3	10/17/1828 - 01/26/1916
Lawrence, George Van Eman	Speaker	1849-1882*	W, R	Beaver, Greene, Washington	23,46	11/13/1818 - 10/02/1904
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	09/21/1822 - 08/27/1886
Meily, George Flickinger		1877-1880	R	Lebanon	17	09/08/1833 - 11/29/1893
Mylin, Amos Herr	President Pro Tempore	1877-1892	R	Lancaster	13	09/27/1837 - 07/31/1926
Nagle, David A.		1869-1878*	D	Philadelphia	2,3	1839 - 03/18/1878
Newell, William Imlay	President Pro Tempore	1877-1882	R	Philadelphia	8	10/02/1835 - 03/10/1912
Newmyer, John Christopher	President Pro Tempore	1875-1890*	R	Allegheny	44	06/14/1847 - 06/21/1906
Peale, Samuel Richard		1877	D	Centre, Clearfield, Clinton	34	1830 - 1910
Reyburn, John Edgar	Speaker	1877-1892	R	Philadelphia	5	02/07/1845 - 01/04/1914
Roebuck, Peter J.		1875-1878	R	Lancaster	14	12/10/1838 - 03/09/1911
Rutan, James Smith	Speaker	1869-1890*	R	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington	26	05/29/1838 - 06/18/1892
Seamons, George B.		1877-1882*	R	Lackawanna, Luzerne	20	11/11/1830 - 09/10/1906
Seymour, Charles H.		1877-1880	R	McKean, Potter, Tioga	25	08/21/1820 - 06/06/1882
Smith, George Handy	President Pro Tempore	1875-1896*	R	Philadelphia	1	07/21/1832 - 04/14/1898
St. Clair, Thomas		1865-1880*	R	Indiana, Jefferson	22,37	05/05/1824 - 03/25/1893
Stone, Charles Warren		1877	R	Venango, Warren	48	1843 - 1912
Torbert, William L.		1877-1878	ID	Schuylkill	30	10/24/1828 - 08/09/1907
Wadhams, Elijah Catlin		1877-1880*	R	Luzerne	21	07/17/1825 - 01/18/1889
Wright, George W.		1877-1880	R	Lawrence, Mercer	47	07/19/1841 - 02/22/1921
Yutzy, Enoch D.		1875-1878	R	Bedford, Fulton, Somerset	36	02/01/1835 - 09/30/1894

*served non-consecutive terms