Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Alexander, Walter Scott		1887-1890	R	Bedford, Fulton, Somerset	36	1847 - 1912
Allen, Orrin C		1887-1890	R	Venango, Warren	48	1840 - 1914
Bates, Samuel Davis		1889-1892	R	Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	1833 - 1906
Betts, William Wilson		1887-1890	D	Centre, Clearfield, Clinton	34	1838 - 1896
Brown, Gerrard Crane		1887-1894	D	York	28	1842 - 1899
Brown, Henry Riehle		1889-1890	R	Montgomery	12	1844 - 1900
Crouse, Jacob		1875-1898*	R	Philadelphia	8	1840 -
Dachrodt, Jacob		1887-1890	D	Northampton	18	1828 - 1909
Delameter, George Wallace		1887-1890	R	Crawford	50	1849 - 1907
Devlin, Charles P		1889-1890	D	Philadelphia	3	1849 - 1930
Gobin, John Peter Shindel	President Pro Tempore	1885-1898	R	Lebanon	17	1837 - 1910
Grady, John Cadwalader	President Pro Tempore	1877-1904*	R	Philadelphia	7	1847 - 1916
Green, Henry Dickenson		1889-1896	D	Berks	11	1857 - 1929
Harlan, Abram D		1885-1892	R	Chester	19	1833 - 1908
Henninger, Milton C		1883-1894	D	Lehigh	16	1851 - 1921
Hines, William Henry		1889-1892	D	Luzerne	21	1856 - 1914
Hoover, John S		1889-1890	D	Lancaster	14
Keefer, Luther Riley		1877-1896*	R	Schuylkill	29	1834 - 1908
Lemon, John A		1873-1896*	R	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Somerset	21,35	1828 - 1895
Lines, Orrin Asa		1887-1890	R	Susquehanna, Wayne	26	1843 - 1928
MacFarlane, John J		1883-1890	R	Philadelphia	4	1846 - 1930
Martin, William A		1887-1912*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	32,33	1842 -
McAleer, William		1887-1890	D	Philadelphia	2	1838 - 1912
McCreary, David Berkey		1889-1896	R	Erie	49	1826 - 1906
McLain, Joseph R		1887-1890	R	Beaver, Washington	46	1828 -
Mehard, Thomas M		1889-1892	R	Lawrence, Mercer	47	1844 - 1891
Meredith, William Boling		1885-1900	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1839 -
Metzger, Verus Hope		1887-1890	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1859 - 1891
Newell, John Knox		1885-1892	R	Bradford, Wyoming	23	1919
Newmyer, John C	President Pro Tempore	1875-1890*	R	Allegheny	44	1847 - 1906
Osbourne, Francis Augustus		1887-1902	R	Philadelphia	3	1845 - 1921
Packer, Horace Billings		1889-1892	R	McKean, Potter, Tioga	25	1851 - 1940
Penrose, Boies	President Pro Tempore	1887-1890	R	Philadelphia	6	1860 - 1921
Robbins, Edward Everett		1889-1892	R	Westmoreland	39	1859 - 1919
Robinson, John Buchanan		1889-1892	R	Delaware	9	1846 - 1933
Ross, George		1887-1894	D	Bucks	10	1841 -
Rutan, James Smith	Speaker	1869-1890*	R	Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington	26	1838 - 1892
Schnatterly, Thomas Benton		1879-1890*	R	Fayette, Greene	40	1841 - 1899
Showalter, Joseph Baltzell		1889-1892	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1851 - 1932
Shull, Joseph Horace		1887-1890	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike	22	1848 - 1944
Sloan, Hannibal K		1889-1894	D	Indiana, Jefferson	37	1838 - 1894
Smith, George Handy	President Pro Tempore	1875-1896*	R	Philadelphia	1	1832 - 1898
Steel, Samuel Stotler		1885-1896	R	Allegheny	45	1837 - 1904
Stehman, John M		1883-1890	R	Lancaster	14	1830 - 1889
Taylor, Henry S		1887-1890	R	Philadelphia	8	1859 - 1889
Thompson, Alexander F		1885-1892	R	Dauphin	15	1845 - 1924
Upperman, John		1881-1896	R	Allegheny	43	1845 - 1912
Watres, Louis Arthur		1883-1890	R	Lackawanna, Luzerne	20	1851 - 1937
Watson, Malachi C		1887-1890	D	Schuylkill	30	1845 -
Williamson, William McKnight		1889-1892	R	Franklin, Huntingdon	33	1840 - 1901
Wilson, John Harvey		1887-1890	D	Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest	38	1841 - 1890
Woods, Joseph Milliken		1889-1896	D	Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	31	1854 - 1923

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