Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Barr, Joseph M		1941-1960	D	Allegheny	43	1906 - 1982
Becker, Clarence D		1943-1948	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1892 - 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	1902 - 1962
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		1937-1958	D	Westmoreland	39	1908 - 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	1902 - 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 I		1939-1946	R	Bucks	10	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, Guy Alvin		1943-1950	D	York	28	1887 - 1978
Letzler, A H		1939-1954	R	Centre, Clearfield	34	1884 - 1972
Mallery, Charles R		1935-1962	R	Blair, Huntingdon	30	1888 - 1969
McCreesh, John J		1935-1958*	D	Philadelphia	4	1881 - 1959
McGinnis, Bernard B		1935-1968	D	Allegheny	42	1878 - 1972
McQuiddy, Joseph K		1941-1944	D	Beaver, Lawrence	47	1882 -
Mundy, Leo C		1939-1944	D	Luzerne	21	1887 - 1945
Ruth, Frank W		1935-1960	D	Berks	11	1888 - 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		1939-1962	R	Cameron, Clarion, Clinton, Elk, Forest	26	1889 - 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	1876 - 1982
Thomas, J Fred		1939-1946	R	Crawford, Mercer	50	1882 -
Tyler, Cyrus B		1941-1948	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	23	1878 -
Wade, George N		1941-1974	R	Adams, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, York	31	1873 - 1974
Walker, John M		1939-1954	R	Allegheny	44	1900 - 1976
Watkins, G. Harold		1941-1944	R	Schuylkill	29	1903 - 1993
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		1919-1946	R	Philadelphia	6	1863 - 1952
Ziesenheim, Joseph R		1933-1944	R	Erie	49	1893 - 1970

*served non-consecutive terms