Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Barthold, William Gregory		1937-1938	D	Northampton	18	11/12/1897 - 09/22/1969
Bean, Theodore Lane		1935-1938	R	Montgomery	12	06/27/1878 - 09/22/1943
Buckman, Clarence Jay		1911-1938	R	Bucks	10	10/31/1879 - 02/18/1943
Cavalcante Sr., Anthony		1935-1942	D	Fayette	32	02/06/1897 - 10/29/1966
Chapman, Leroy E		1931-1962	R	Venango, Warren	48	1881 - 1967
Dando, Joseph Parker		1937-1940	D	Schuylkill	29	01/14/1883 - 12/06/1954
Dent, John Herman	Minority Floor Leader	1937-1958	D	Westmoreland	39	03/10/1908 - 04/09/1988
DiSilvestro, Anthony		1937-1966	D	Philadelphia	1	1904 - 1969
Ealy, Charles Hodge	President Pro Tempore	1927-1944	R	Bedford, Fulton, Somerset	36	1884 - 1947
Eroe Jr, William J		1937-1940	D	Beaver, Lawrence	47	1889 -
Frey, Edward R		1935-1942	D	Allegheny	38
Gelder, Frederick T	President Pro Tempore	1925-1940	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	23	06/04/1874 - 04/29/1955
Gilson, Samuel L		1937-1940	D	Erie	49	1886 - 1973
Haluska, John J.		1937-1964*	D	Cambria	35	05/08/1902 - 12/05/1984
Henney, P.J.		1937-1938	D	Allegheny	45	1886 - 1955
Heyburn, Weldon Brinton	President Pro Tempore	1937-1948	R	Delaware	9	1903 - 1979
Homsher, John G.	President Pro Tempore	1909-1938	R	Lancaster	13	07/01/1859 - 09/14/1938
Howell, John W		1931-1938	R	Lackawanna	22	1879 - 1943
Huffman, Harvey D.	President Pro Tempore	1911-1938*	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	14	05/19/1869 - 11/30/1938
Jacobs, Robert Lee		1937-1940	D	Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	31	1910 - 2006
Jaspan, H Jerome		1937-1948	D	Philadelphia	3	1897 - 1969
Kahle, Ivan Dana		1935-1938	D	Cameron, Clarion, Clinton, Elk, Forest	26	08/08/1875 - 01/01/1959
Kilgallen, Thomas E		1937-1940	D	Allegheny	43	1875 - 1957
Kunkel, George		1937-1940	D	Dauphin	15	1893 - 1965
Lanius, Henry E		1923-1942	D	York	28	1882 - 1943
Law, Glen R		1935-1938	D	Crawford, Mercer	50	1897 -
Mallery, Charles R		1935-1962	R	Blair, Huntingdon	30	1888 - 1969
McCreesh, John Joseph		1935-1958*	D	Philadelphia	4	08/03/1876 - 09/09/1959
McGinnis, Bernard B		1935-1968	D	Allegheny	42	1878 - 1972
Mundy, Leo Clement		1935-1944	D	Luzerne	21	06/02/1887 - 06/11/1944
Owlett, Gilbert Mason		1933-1940	R	McKean, Potter, Tioga	25	1892 - 1956
Pierson, Henry J		1933-1940	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1872 -
Pytko, Walter S		1935-1938	D	Philadelphia	8	1901 - 1992
Rankin Jr, George		1935-1938	D	Allegheny	44	05/22/1868 - 05/07/1949
Reed, J Albert		1935-1942	D	Greene, Washington	46	1887 - 1969
Rice, John Stanley	President Pro Tempore	1933-1940	D	Adams, Franklin	33	01/28/1899 - 08/02/1985
Roberts, Warren Rosco	Minority Floor Leader	1927-1938	D	Northampton	18	11/29/1874 - 02/03/1960
Rodgers, William B		1935-1938	D	Allegheny	40	1885 -
Rupp, George A		1935-1938	D	Lehigh	16	1903 -
Ruth, Frank William	Minority Whip	1937-1960	D	Berks	11	10/30/1888 - 03/06/1968
Salus, Samuel Wieder	President Pro Tempore	1911-1938	R	Philadelphia	2	08/30/1872 - 12/29/1945
Scarlett, George B		1937-1952	R	Chester	19	1879 - 1952
Scott, John R.K		1937-1938	R	Philadelphia	0	1873 - 1945
Shapiro, Harry		1933-1944	R, D	Philadelphia	7	1887 - 1967
Sipe, C Hale		1937-1940	D	Armstrong, Butler	41	1880 -
Sones, Charles Wesley		1911-1938*	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1859 - 1944
Sordoni, Andrew J		1927-1938	R	Luzerne	20	1887 - 1963
Stiefel, Israel		1937-1964	D	Philadelphia	5	1898 - 1966
Thompson, Edward Jackson		1935-1938	R	Centre, Clearfield	34	1901 -
Wolfenden, Charles Gilbert		1937-1940	R	Indiana, Jefferson	37	1895 - 1988
Woodward, George Stanley		1919-1946	R	Philadelphia	6	06/22/1863 - 05/25/1952
Ziesenheim, Joseph R		1933-1944	R	Erie	49	1893 - 1970

*served non-consecutive terms