Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Barr Sr., Joseph Moran		1941-1960	D	Allegheny	43	05/28/1906 - 08/26/1982
Bartlett, Charles Allen Parker	Senate Librarian	1939-1948	R, 0	Northampton	0,18	11/17/1880 - 03/18/1948
Becker, Clarence David		1941-1948	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	01/01/1892 - 08/27/1947
Bowers, Edwin S		1943-1946	R	Fayette	32	1908 - 1987
Carr, Jacob Walter		1941-1948	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1886 - 1977
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
Cox, John Fremont		1941-1946	D	Allegheny	45	1903 - 1980
Crider, Paul M		1941-1948	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1894 - 1975
Crowe, Montgomery F		1939-1954	R	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	14	1890 - 1967
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
Farrell, Louis H		1939-1950	R	Philadelphia	8	1877 - 1953
Geltz, James A		1939-1950	R	Allegheny	40	1900 -
Gourley, Wallace S		1943-1946	D	Greene, Washington	46	1904 - 1976
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
Holland, Elmer Joseph		1943-1956	D	Allegheny	38	1894 - 1968
Homsher, Frederick L		1939-1950	R	Lancaster	13	1885 - 1950
James, Howard Isaiah		1939-1946	R	Bucks	10	01/30/1871 - 10/21/1946
Jaspan, H Jerome		1937-1948	D	Philadelphia	3	1897 - 1969
Jones, Adrian H		1943-1946	R	Luzerne	20	1885 - 1946
Kephart, A Evans		1939-1954	R	Philadelphia	2	1905 - 2008
Leader Sr., Guy Alvin		1943-1950	D	York	28	10/21/1887 - 10/15/1978
Letzler, Alfons H.		1939-1954	R	Centre, Clearfield	34	07/01/1884 - 05/28/1972
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
McQuiddy, Joseph K		1941-1944	D	Beaver, Lawrence	47	1882 -
Mundy, Leo Clement		1935-1944	D	Luzerne	21	06/02/1887 - 06/11/1944
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
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
Taylor, Maris Harvey	President Pro Tempore	1941-1964	R	Dauphin	15	06/04/1876 - 05/16/1982
Thomas, J. (John) Fred		1939-1946	R	Crawford, Mercer	50	04/16/1882 - 11/18/1959
Tyler, Cyrus B		1941-1948	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	23	1878 -
Wade Sr., George Newton		1941-1974	R	Adams, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, York	31	08/13/1873 - 01/09/1974
Walker, John M		1939-1954	R	Allegheny	44	1900 - 1976
Watkins, G. (George) Harold	Secretary-Parliamentarian	1941-1958*	R, 0	Schuylkill	0,29	01/03/1903 - 08/04/1991
Wilson, Henry I		1941-1948	R	Indiana, Jefferson	37	1869 - 1947
Wilson, Thomas B	President Pro Tempore	1943-1944	R	McKean, Potter, Tioga	25	1877 - 1960
Woodring, Carleton T		1943-1948	D	Northampton	18	1902 - 1992
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