Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Afflerbach II, Roy C		1987-1998	D	Lehigh, Northampton	16	1945 -
Armstrong, Gibson E		1985-2008	R	Lancaster, York	13	1943 -
Belan, Albert V		1989-2000	D	Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland	45	1930 - 2011
Bell, Clarence D		1961-2002	R	Chester, Delaware	9	1914 - 2002
Bodack, Leonard J		1979-2002	D	Allegheny	38	1932 - 2015
Brightbill, David J	Floor Leader, Whip	1983-2006	R	Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh	48	1942 -
Corman Jr., Jacob Doyle		1977-1998	R	Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	34	09/17/1932 - 12/08/2019
Dawida, Michael M.		1989-1996	D	Allegheny	43	1949 -
Delp, Daniel S		1995-1998	R	York	28	1964 -
Fisher, D. Michael		1981-1996	R	Allegheny, Washington	37	1944 -
Fumo, Vincent J		1977-2008	D	Philadelphia	1	1943 -
Gerlach, James W		1995-2002	R	Berks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery	44	1955 -
Greenleaf Sr, Stewart J		1979-2018	R	Bucks, Montgomery	12	10/04/1939 - 02/09/2021
Hart, Melissa A		1991-2000	R	Allegheny	40	1962 -
Heckler, David W		1993-1996	R	Bucks	10	1947 -
Helfrick, Edward W		1981-2002	R	Columbia, Juniata, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	1928 -
Holl, Edwin G		1969-2002	R	Bucks, Montgomery	24	1916 - 2005
Jones, Roxanne		1985-1996	D	Philadelphia	3	1928 - 1996
Jubelirer, Robert C	Floor Leader, President Pro Tempore	1975-2006	R	Bedford, Blair, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Somerset	30	1937 -
Kasunic, Richard A		1995-2014	D	Fayette, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland	32	1947 -
LaValle, Gerald J		1989-2008	D	Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence	47	1932 - 09/12/2018
Lemmond Jr, Charles D		1985-2006	R	Luzerne, Monroe, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming	20	1929 - 2012
Loeper, F Joseph		1979-2000	R	Delaware	26	1944 -
Madigan, Roger A		1985-2008	R	Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union	23	01/25/1930 - 06/02/2018
Mellow, Robert J	President Pro Tempore	1971-2010	D	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe	22	1943 -
Mowery Jr, Harold F		1993-2004	R	Cumberland, Perry, York	31	1930 - 03/03/2014
Musto, Raphael John		1983-2010	D	Luzerne	14	1929 - 2014
O'Pake, Michael A		1973-2010	D	Berks, Montgomery	11	02/02/1940 - 12/27/2010
Peterson, John E		1985-1996	R	Clarion, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Venango	25	1938 -
Piccola, Jeffrey E.	Whip	1995-2012	R	Dauphin	15	1948 -
Porterfield, Eugene E		1989-1996	D	Indiana, Westmoreland	39	1946 -
Punt, Terry L.		1989-2008	R	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Perry, York	33	1949 - 2009
Rhoades, James J.		1981-2008	R	Cambria, Carbon, Monroe, Schuylkill	29	1941 - 2009
Robbins, Robert D.		1991-2014	R	Butler, Crawford, Lawrence, Mercer	50	1944 -
Salvatore, Frank A		1985-2000	R	Philadelphia	5	1922 - 2014
Schwartz, Allyson Y		1991-2004	D	Philadelphia	4	1948 -
Shaffer, Charles T		1981-1996	R	Butler, Clarion, Lawrence, Venango	21	1945 -
Stapleton, Patrick J		1969-2000	D	Armstrong, Clarion, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland	41	1924 - 2001
Stewart, William J		1987-1996	D	Cambria, Clearfield, Somerset	35	1950 -
Stout, J. Barry		1977-2010	D	Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Washington, Westmoreland	46	1936 - 2016
Thompson, Robert J		1995-2006	R	Chester	19	1937 - 2006
Tilghman, Richard A	Appropriations Committee Chair	1969-2002	R	Delaware, Montgomery	17	1920 - 2017
Uliana, Joseph M		1995-1998	R	Monroe, Northampton	18	1965 -
Wagner, Jack E.		1993-2004	D	Allegheny	42	1948 -
Wenger, Noah W		1983-2006	R	Chester, Lancaster	36	1934 -

*served non-consecutive terms