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
Senator
  Anthony Hardy Williams
D–Philadelphia
Population (2021)256,726

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators
Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
Henry JarrettDemocratic-Republican1813 – 1816
Thomas Jones RogersDemocratic-Republican1815 – 1818U.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 ErwinDemocratic-Republican1817 – 1818
Joseph Fry, Jr.Democratic-Republican1817 – 1820Member 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 WinterDemocratic-Republican1819 – 1822Pennsylvania State Senator for the 12th district from 1823 to 1826[5]
John Andrew SchulzeDemocratic-Republican1821 – 18246th Governor of Pennsylvania[6]
John HarrisonNational Republican1823 – 1824
Adam RitscherDemocratic-Republican1823 – 1826
George SeltzerDemocratic1827 – 1830
Jacob StoeverDemocratic1831 – 1834
John HarperAnti-Masonic1835 – 1836Pennsylvania State Senator for the 7th district from 1837 to 1838[7]
David Rittenhouse PorterDemocratic1835 – 1837Pennsylvania State Representative in 1819. 9th Governor of Pennsylvania[8]
Isaac SlenkerDemocratic1837 – 1838
James Martin BellWhig1837 – 1839
Robert Plunket MaclayWhig1839 – 1841
James MathersWhig1841 – 1842
Francis Wade HughesDemocratic1843 – 1844Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1853. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1853 to 1855[9]
Henry C. EyerDemocratic1843 – 1844Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1845 to 1846[10]
George RahnDemocratic1845 – 1846
William A. OverfieldJackson Democrat1847 – 1848
Charles FraileyDemocratic1851 – 1852Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1835 to 1840[11]
David TaggartWhig1855 – 1858Speaker in 1857[12]
Thomas Craig, Jr.Democratic1857 – 1860
Henry Spering MottRepublican1861 – 1862
Hiester ClymerDemocratic1861 – 1866U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1873 to 1881[13]
Joseph Depuy DavisDemocratic1867 – 1874
Jacob CrouseRepublican1875 – 1876[14]
William Imlay NewellRepublican1877 – 1882
Benjamin F. HughesRepublican1883 – 1886
Henry S. TaylorRepublican1887 – 1889Died in office[15]
Jacob CrouseRepublican1889 – 1898[14]
David MartinRepublican1899 – 1902Pennsylvania Senator for the 5th district from 1917 to 1920[16]
Horatio Balch HackettRepublican1903 – 1905
Vivian Frank GableDemocratic1905 – 1906
John T. MurphyRepublican1907 – 1910
James T. NultyFusion Democrat1911 – 1914
William Wallace SmithRepublican1915 – 1918
George GrayRepublican1919 – 1922
Thaddeus Stevens KrauseRepublican1923 – 1934
Walter S. PytkoDemocratic1935 – 1938
Louis H. FarrellRepublican1939 – 1950
John F. Byrne, Sr.Democratic1951 – 1952
Francis P. McCuskerRepublican1953 – 1954
William Vincent MullinDemocratic1955 – 1966
Thomas McCreeshDemocratic1967 – 1974Pennsylvania State Senator for the 4th senatorial district from 1959 to 1966[17]
Paul McKinneyDemocratic1975 – 1982
Hardy WilliamsDemocratic1983 – 1998Pennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1971 to 1982[18]
Anthony Hardy WilliamsDemocratic1999 – presentPennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1989 to 1998. Democratic Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate since 2011[19]

References
  1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  3. "ROGERS, Thomas Jones, (1781-1832)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  4. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Joseph Fry, Jr Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  5. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Winter Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  6. "Governor John Andrew Shulze". www.phmc.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  7. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Harper Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  8. "Governor David Rittenhouse Porter". www.phmc.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  9. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Francis Wade Hughes Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  10. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry C Eyer Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  11. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles Frailey Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  12. "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Taggart Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  13. "CLYMER, Hiester (1827-1884)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  14. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob Crouse Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  15. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry S Taylor Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  16. "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Martin Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  17. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas P McCreesh Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  18. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Hardy Williams Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  19. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Anthony Hardy Williams". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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