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	11/08/1941 - 09/14/2009
Arlene Sr., Herbert		1967-1980	D	Philadelphia	3	09/05/1917 - 11/09/1989
Bell, Clarence Deshong		1961-2002	R	Chester, Delaware	9	02/04/1914 - 07/26/2002
Cianfrani, Henry J		1967-1978	D	Philadelphia	1	1923 - 2002
Coppersmith, W. (Wallace) Louis		1969-1980	D	Cambria, Westmoreland	35	07/19/1928 - 01/17/1989
Dougherty, Charles F		1973-1980	R	Philadelphia	5	1937 -
Duffield, William E		1971-1978	D	Fayette, Westmoreland	32	1922 - 2001
Dwyer, R. (Robert) Budd		1971-1981	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. "Dick"	Minority Floor Leader	1963-1977	R	Berks, Crawford, Elk, Forest, Lancaster, Lebanon, McKean, Potter, Venango, Warren	48	07/17/1926 - 02/24/1977
Hager III, Henry G.	President Pro Tempore	1973-1984	R	Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga, Union	23	04/28/1934 -
Hankins, Freeman	Caucus Administrator	1967-1988	D	Philadelphia	7	09/30/1918 - 12/31/1988
Hess, Ralph W		1971-1990	R	Lancaster, York	28	1939 -
Hill, Louis G		1969-1978	D	Philadelphia	36	1924 -
Hobbs, Frederick Howard		1967-1976	R	Carbon, Monroe, Schuylkill	29	01/06/1934 - 07/24/2005
Holl, Edwin G		1969-2002	R	Bucks, Montgomery	24	1916 - 2005
Howard, Edward Louis		1971-1986	R	Bucks	10	1926 - 2011
Jubelirer, Robert Carl	Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader, President Pro Tempore	1975-2006	R	Bedford, Blair, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mifflin	30	02/09/1937 -
Kalman, Thomas J.	Chief Clerk, Policy Committee Chair	1957-1980	D, 0	Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland	0,32	12/02/1917 - 06/09/2012
Kelley, James R		1973-1988	D	Indiana, Westmoreland	39
Kury, Franklin Leo		1973-1980	D	Columbia, Juniata, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	10/15/1936 -
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		1967-1982	R	Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon	48	09/21/1908 - 05/14/1991
McKinney, Paul		1975-1982	D	Philadelphia	8	04/16/1923 - 06/28/1995
Mellow, Robert J.	Minority Floor Leader, President Pro Tempore	1971-2010	D	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe	22	12/10/1943 -
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	12/16/1909 - 07/01/1990
Myers III, Robert Lee		1973-1976	D	Cumberland, York	31	05/15/1928 - 02/05/1993
Nolan, Thomas Martin		1971-1978	D	Allegheny, Westmoreland	44	1916 - 1989
Noszka Sr., Stanley Michael		1967-1978	D	Allegheny	38	09/19/1920 - 11/15/1991
O'Pake, Michael A		1973-2010	D	Berks, Montgomery	11	02/02/1940 - 12/27/2010
Orlando, Quentin R		1973-1980	D	Erie	49	1919 - 2011
Reibman, Jeanette F		1967-1994	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 Francis		1971-1981	D	Philadelphia	4	01/24/1920 - 05/14/1999
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	1920 - 2017
Wood, T. Newell		1947-1978	R	Bradford, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wyoming	20	1909 - 1982
Zemprelli, Edward P.	Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader	1969-1988	D	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	45	05/11/1925 - 12/04/2017

*served non-consecutive terms