Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Ammerman, Joseph Scofield		1969-1976	D	Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Mifflin	34	1924 - 1993
Andrews, W Thomas		1973-1980	R	Butler, Lawrence	21	1941 - 2009
Arlene, Herbert		1967-1980	D	Philadelphia	3	1917 - 1989
Bell, Clarence D		1961-2002	R	Chester, Delaware	9	1914 - 2002
Cianfrani, Henry J		1967-1978	D	Philadelphia	1	1923 - 2002
Coppersmith, W Louis		1969-1980	D	Cambria, Westmoreland	35	1928 - 1989
Dougherty, Charles F		1973-1980	R	Philadelphia	5	1937 -
Duffield, William E		1971-1978	D	Fayette, Westmoreland	32	1922 - 2001
Dwyer, R Budd		1971-1982	R	Crawford, Erie, Mercer	50	11/21/1939 - 01/22/1987
Early, Edward M		1975-1986	D	Allegheny	40	1935 -
Ewing, Wayne S		1967-1976	R	Allegheny	37	1929 - 2010
Fleming, Wilmot E		1963-1978	R	Bucks, Montgomery	12	1916 - 1978
Frame, Richard C		1963-1978	R	Venango, Warren	48	1926 - 1977
Hager III, Henry G.	President Pro Tempore	1973-1984	R	Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga, Union	23	04/28/1934 -
Hankins, Freeman		1967-1988	D	Philadelphia	7	1918 - 1988
Hess, Ralph W		1971-1990	R	Lancaster, York	28	1939 -
Hill, Louis G		1969-1978	D	Philadelphia	36	1924 -
Hobbs, Frederick H		1967-1976	R	Carbon, Monroe, Schuylkill	0,29	1934 - 2005
Holl, Edwin G		1969-2002	R	Bucks, Montgomery	24	1916 - 2005
Howard, Edward Louis		1971-1986	R	Bucks	10	1926 - 2011
Jubelirer, Robert C	Floor Leader, President Pro Tempore	1975-2006	R	Bedford, Blair, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Somerset	30	1937 -
Kelley, James R		1973-1988	D	Indiana, Westmoreland	39
Kury, Franklin L		1973-1980	D	Columbia, Juniata, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	1936 -
Lentz, William B		1965-1976	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	1920 - 1977
Lewis, H Craig		1975-1994	D	Bucks, Philadelphia	6	1944 - 2013
Lynch, Francis J		1973-1994	D	Philadelphia	2	1920 - 1993
Manbeck, Clarence F		1969-1982	W	Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon	48	1908 - 1991
McKinney, Paul		1975-1982	D	Philadelphia	8	1923 - 1995
Mellow, Robert J	President Pro Tempore	1971-2010	D	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe	22	1943 -
Messinger, Henry C		1971-1982	D	Lehigh	16	1915 - 1991
Moore, William J	Caucus Chair	1973-1988	R	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Perry	33	1923 - 2015
Murphy, Austin J		1971-1976	D	Fayette, Greene, Washington	46	1927 -
Murray, Martin L	President Pro Tempore	1957-1980*	D	Luzerne	14	1909 - 1990
Myers III, Robert L		1973-1976	D	Cumberland, York	31	1928 - 1993
Nolan, Thomas Martin		1971-1978	D	Allegheny, Westmoreland	44	1916 - 1989
Noszka, Stanley M		1967-1978	D	Allegheny	38	1920 - 1991
O'Pake, Michael A		1973-2012	D	Berks, Montgomery	11	1940 - 2011
Orlando, Quentin R		1973-1980	D	Erie	49	1919 - 2011
Reibman, Jeanette F		1969-1994	D	Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	18	1915 - 2006
Romanelli, James A		1975-1988	D	Allegheny	43	1929 - 1988
Ross, James E		1973-1990	D	Beaver, Lawrence, Washington	47	1921 - 1993
Scanlon, Eugene F		1975-1994	D	Allegheny	42	1924 - 1994
Smith, Joseph F		1971-1982	D	Philadelphia	4	1920 - 1999
Snyder, Richard A		1961-1984	R	Lancaster	13	1910 - 1992
Stapleton, Patrick J		1969-2000	D	Armstrong, Clarion, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland	41	1924 - 2001
Stauffer, John		1969-1988	R	Chester, Montgomery	19	1925 -
Sweeney, John James		1975-1978	D	Delaware	26	1927 -
Tilghman, Richard A	Appropriations Committee Chair	1969-2002	R	Delaware, Montgomery	17	03/08/1920 - 02/23/2017
Wood, T. Newell		1947-1978	R	Bradford, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wyoming	20	1909 - 1982
Zemprelli, Edward P		1969-1988	D	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	45	1925 -

*served non-consecutive terms