Pennsylvania Senate, District 8
Pennsylvania State Senate District 8 includes parts of Delaware County and Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Anthony Hardy Williams.
Pennsylvania's 8th State Senate district | |||
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Population (2021) | 256,726 |
District profile
The district includes the following areas:[1]
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Senators
Representative[2] | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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Henry Jarrett | Democratic-Republican | 1813 – 1816 | ||
Thomas Jones Rogers | Democratic-Republican | 1815 – 1818 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1818 to 1823 and for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1823 to 1824[3] | |
John Erwin | Democratic-Republican | 1817 – 1818 | ||
Joseph Fry, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 1817 – 1820 | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1816 to 1817. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1827 to 1831[4] | |
Henry Winter | Democratic-Republican | 1819 – 1822 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 12th district from 1823 to 1826[5] | |
John Andrew Schulze | Democratic-Republican | 1821 – 1824 | 6th Governor of Pennsylvania[6] | |
John Harrison | National Republican | 1823 – 1824 | ||
Adam Ritscher | Democratic-Republican | 1823 – 1826 | ||
George Seltzer | Democratic | 1827 – 1830 | ||
Jacob Stoever | Democratic | 1831 – 1834 | ||
John Harper | Anti-Masonic | 1835 – 1836 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 7th district from 1837 to 1838[7] | |
David Rittenhouse Porter | Democratic | 1835 – 1837 | Pennsylvania State Representative in 1819. 9th Governor of Pennsylvania[8] | |
Isaac Slenker | Democratic | 1837 – 1838 | ||
James Martin Bell | Whig | 1837 – 1839 | ||
Robert Plunket Maclay | Whig | 1839 – 1841 | ||
James Mathers | Whig | 1841 – 1842 | ||
Francis Wade Hughes | Democratic | 1843 – 1844 | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1853. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1853 to 1855[9] | |
Henry C. Eyer | Democratic | 1843 – 1844 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1845 to 1846[10] | |
George Rahn | Democratic | 1845 – 1846 | ||
William A. Overfield | Jackson Democrat | 1847 – 1848 | ||
Charles Frailey | Democratic | 1851 – 1852 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1835 to 1840[11] | |
David Taggart | Whig | 1855 – 1858 | Speaker in 1857[12] | |
Thomas Craig, Jr. | Democratic | 1857 – 1860 | ||
Henry Spering Mott | Republican | 1861 – 1862 | ||
Hiester Clymer | Democratic | 1861 – 1866 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1873 to 1881[13] | |
Joseph Depuy Davis | Democratic | 1867 – 1874 | ||
Jacob Crouse | Republican | 1875 – 1876[14] | ||
William Imlay Newell | Republican | 1877 – 1882 | ||
Benjamin F. Hughes | Republican | 1883 – 1886 | ||
Henry S. Taylor | Republican | 1887 – 1889 | Died in office[15] | |
Jacob Crouse | Republican | 1889 – 1898[14] | ||
David Martin | Republican | 1899 – 1902 | Pennsylvania Senator for the 5th district from 1917 to 1920[16] | |
Horatio Balch Hackett | Republican | 1903 – 1905 | ||
Vivian Frank Gable | Democratic | 1905 – 1906 | ||
John T. Murphy | Republican | 1907 – 1910 | ||
James T. Nulty | Fusion Democrat | 1911 – 1914 | ||
William Wallace Smith | Republican | 1915 – 1918 | ||
George Gray | Republican | 1919 – 1922 | ||
Thaddeus Stevens Krause | Republican | 1923 – 1934 | ||
Walter S. Pytko | Democratic | 1935 – 1938 | ||
Louis H. Farrell | Republican | 1939 – 1950 | ||
John F. Byrne, Sr. | Democratic | 1951 – 1952 | ||
Francis P. McCusker | Republican | 1953 – 1954 | ||
William Vincent Mullin | Democratic | 1955 – 1966 | ||
Thomas McCreesh | Democratic | 1967 – 1974 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 4th senatorial district from 1959 to 1966[17] | |
Paul McKinney | Democratic | 1975 – 1982 | ||
Hardy Williams | Democratic | 1983 – 1998 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1971 to 1982[18] | |
Anthony Hardy Williams | Democratic | 1999 – present | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1989 to 1998. Democratic Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate since 2011[19] |
References
- "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- "ROGERS, Thomas Jones, (1781-1832)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Joseph Fry, Jr Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Winter Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "Governor John Andrew Shulze". www.phmc.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Harper Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "Governor David Rittenhouse Porter". www.phmc.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Francis Wade Hughes Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry C Eyer Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles Frailey Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Taggart Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "CLYMER, Hiester (1827-1884)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob Crouse Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry S Taylor Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Martin Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas P McCreesh Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Hardy Williams Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Anthony Hardy Williams". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
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