Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Bane, Eustace Herschel		1951-1956	D	Fayette	32	09/18/1904 - 12/21/1990
Barr Sr., Joseph Moran		1941-1960	D	Allegheny	43	05/28/1906 - 08/26/1982
Barrett Sr., Thomas E.		1949-1952	D	Allegheny	45	09/17/1904 - 11/17/1969
Berger, James Stanley	Director, Legislative Reference Bureau, Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader, President Pro Tempore	1945-1971	R, 0	Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Forest, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Venango, Warren	0,25	01/03/1903 - 04/18/1984
Blass, Charles Arthur		1945-1960	R	Erie	49	1884 - 1970
Byrne Sr, John F		1951-1952	D	Philadelphia	8
Chapman, Leroy E		1931-1962	R	Venango, Warren	48	1881 - 1967
Crowe, Montgomery F		1939-1954	R	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	14	1890 - 1967
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
Diehm, G Graybill		1949-1956	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	17	1880 - 1970
Fleming, Robert D		1951-1974	R	Allegheny	40	1903 - 1994
Freed, Tilghman A		1951-1954	R	Lehigh	16	1895 -
Haluska, John J.		1937-1964*	D	Cambria	35	05/08/1902 - 12/05/1984
Hare Jr, Fred P		1947-1952	R	Bedford, Fulton, Somerset	36	1907 - 1980
Holland, Elmer Joseph		1943-1956	D	Allegheny	38	1894 - 1968
Kephart, A Evans		1939-1954	R	Philadelphia	2	1905 - 2008
Lane, William J		1945-1970	D	Fayette	32	1905 - 1976
Leader, George Michael		1951-1954	D	York	28	01/17/1918 - 05/09/2013
Letzler, Alfons H.		1939-1954	R	Centre, Clearfield	34	07/01/1884 - 05/28/1972
Mahany, Rowland Blennerhassett	Majority Floor Leader	1947-1968*	R	Crawford, Erie, Mercer	50	11/02/1904 - 07/02/2000
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
McMenamin, Hugh J		1951-1962	D	Lackawanna	22	1916 - 1987
McPherson Jr, Donald Paxson		1949-1956	R	Adams, Franklin	33	1906 - 1984
Meade, John R		1949-1952	R	Philadelphia	3	1907 - 1987
Neff, Samuel Gunnett		1949-1952	D	Beaver, Lawrence	47	1913 - 1995
Pechan, Albert R		1949-1970	R	Armstrong, Butler	41	1902 - 1969
Peelor, Lindley Murray		1949-1956	R	Indiana, Jefferson	37	1894 - 1959
Propert, Henry J.		1951-1964	R	Montgomery	12	04/09/1906 - 01/09/1964
Robinson, Guy B		1949-1952	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	23	1890 -
Rosenfeld, Maxwell S		1945-1952	D	Philadelphia	7	1906 -
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
Silvert, Martin		1951-1964	D	Philadelphia	6	1894 - 1965
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
Taylor, Maris Harvey	President Pro Tempore	1941-1964	R	Dauphin	15	06/04/1876 - 05/16/1982
Toole, Patrick Joseph		1949-1956	D	Luzerne	21	06/25/1902 - 08/05/1955
Wade Sr., George Newton		1941-1974	R	Adams, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, York	31	08/13/1873 - 01/09/1974
Wagner, Paul L.		1945-1964	R	Schuylkill	29	09/19/1987 - 09/10/1991
Walker, John M		1939-1954	R	Allegheny	44	1900 - 1976
Watkins, George Robert		1949-1960	R	Delaware	9	05/21/1902 - 08/07/1970
Watson, Edward B		1947-1958	R	Bucks	10	1894 - 1960
Wolfe, Samuel B		1947-1962	R	Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	1878 -
Wood, T. Newell		1947-1978	R	Bradford, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wyoming	20	1909 - 1982
Yosko, Joseph J		1949-1958	D	Northampton	18	1903 - 1958

*served non-consecutive terms