Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Bartlett, Charles Allen Parker	Senate Librarian	1939-1948	R, 0	Northampton	0,18	11/17/1880 - 03/18/1948
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
Coleman, Edward J.		1939-1946	D	Lackawanna	22	11/05/1902 - 04/11/1969
Crowe, Montgomery F		1939-1954	R	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	14	1890 - 1967
Cunningham, Thomas Scott	Speaker	1931-1940*	D	Crawford, Erie, Mercer	23	1790 - 1855
Dando, Joseph Parker		1937-1940	D	Schuylkill	29	01/14/1883 - 12/06/1954
Deitrick, George Albert		1939-1944	R	Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	1887 - 1959
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
Edmonds, Franklin Spencer		1939-1944	R	Montgomery	12	1874 - 1945
Eroe Jr, William J		1937-1940	D	Beaver, Lawrence	47	1889 -
Farrell, Louis H		1939-1950	R	Philadelphia	8	1877 - 1953
Frey, Edward R		1935-1942	D	Allegheny	38
Fulton, James Grove		1939-1940	R	Allegheny	45	1903 - 1971
Gelder, Frederick T	President Pro Tempore	1925-1940	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	23	06/04/1874 - 04/29/1955
Geltz, James A		1939-1950	R	Allegheny	40	1900 -
Gilson, Samuel L		1937-1940	D	Erie	49	1886 - 1973
Haluska, John J.		1937-1964*	D	Cambria	35	05/08/1902 - 12/05/1984
Heyburn, Weldon Brinton	President Pro Tempore	1937-1948	R	Delaware	9	1903 - 1979
Homsher, Frederick L		1939-1950	R	Lancaster	13	1885 - 1950
Jacobs, Robert Lee		1937-1940	D	Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	31	1910 - 2006
James, Howard Isaiah		1939-1946	R	Bucks	10	01/30/1871 - 10/21/1946
Jaspan, H Jerome		1937-1948	D	Philadelphia	3	1897 - 1969
Kephart, A Evans		1939-1954	R	Philadelphia	2	1905 - 2008
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
Letzler, Alfons H.		1939-1954	R	Centre, Clearfield	34	07/01/1884 - 05/28/1972
Levin, Herbert S		1939-1940	D	Philadelphia	0
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
Miller, Robert M		1939-1942	R	Luzerne	20
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 -
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
Ruth, Frank William	Minority Whip	1937-1960	D	Berks	11	10/30/1888 - 03/06/1968
Scarlett, George B		1937-1952	R	Chester	19	1879 - 1952
Shapiro, Harry		1933-1944	R, D	Philadelphia	7	1887 - 1967
Sipe, C Hale		1937-1940	D	Armstrong, Butler	41	1880 -
Snowden, John G		1939-1954	R	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1880 - 1964
Stevenson, George Bond	Senate Librarian	1939-1964	R, 0	Cameron, Clarion, Clinton, Elk, Forest	0,26	11/06/1889 - 03/12/1964
Stiefel, Israel		1937-1964	D	Philadelphia	5	1898 - 1966
Tallman, Oscar Jacob		1939-1950	R	Lehigh	16	1902 - 1967
Thomas, J. (John) Fred		1939-1946	R	Crawford, Mercer	50	04/16/1882 - 11/18/1959
Walker, John M		1939-1954	R	Allegheny	44	1900 - 1976
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