Pennsylvania Senate, District 9

Pennsylvania State Senate District 9 includes parts of Chester County and Delaware County. It is currently represented by Democrat John I. Kane.

Pennsylvania's 9th
State Senate district
Senator
  John I. Kane
D–Birmingham Township, Chester County
Population (2021)252,137

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Chester County

Delaware County

Senators
Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
Richard ThomasFederalist1791 – 1793U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1795 to 1801[3]
William RossDemocratic-Republican1811 – 1815
Charles FraserDemocratic-Republican1815 – 1819
Simon SnyderDemocratic-Republican1817 – 18193rd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1808 to 1817[4]
Robert WilletsDemocratic1819 – 1821
Redmond ConynghamFederalist1819 – 1823
Andrew AlbrightRepublican1821 – 1822
Lewis DewartDemocratic-Republican1821 – 1825
John RayJackson Democrat1827 – 1829
Samuel Jones PackerAnti-Mason1831 – 1833
Isaac SlenkerDemocratic1835 – 1837
Charles FraileyDemocratic1835 – 1841
Samuel Freeman HeadleyDemocratic1841 – 1842
Jefferson Kreider HeckmanDemocratic1843 – 1845
Jacob D. BoasWhig1847 – 1849
Conrad Schilp ShimerDemocratic1851 – 1852
William FryDemocratic1853 – 1854
Joseph LaubachDemocratic1855 – 1857
Elijah Reed MyerRepublican1859 – 1860Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1857 to 1858[5]
George LandonRepublican1859 – 1863
William J. TurrellRepublican1863 – 1865
William M. RandallDemocratic1865 – 1873
Thomas Valentine CooperRepublican1874 – 1889Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County from 1870 to 1871, 1872 to 1873 and 1901 to 1909. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 5th district from 1873 to 1874[6]
John Buchanan RobinsonRepublican1889 – 1892U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th district from 1891 to 1897[7]
Jesse Matlack BakerRepublican1893 – 1897Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County from 1889-1892[8]
William Cameron SproulRepublican1897 – 191927th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923[9]
Richard J. BaldwinRepublican1919 – 1920Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1917 to 1918[10]
Albert Dutton MacDadeRepublican1921 – 1929
John J. McClureRepublican1929 – 1937Found guilty and sentenced to 18 months in prison for vice and rum-running, conviction overturned on appeal[11]
Weldon Brinton HeyburnRepublican1937 – 1949
George WatkinsRepublican1949 – 1960U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1967. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1967 to 1970[12]
Clarence D. BellRepublican1961 – 2002Longest serving state senator in Pennsylvania history[13]
Dominic F. PileggiRepublican2002 – 2016Mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania from 1999 to 2002. Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate from 2007 to 2014[14]
Tom KillionRepublican2016 – 2020Pennsylvania State Representative for the 168th district from 2003 to 2016[15]
John I. KaneDemocratic2020 – present

Recent election results
PA Senate election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John I. Kane 80,198 51.9
Republican Tom Killion (incumbent) 74,173 48.1
Total votes 154,371 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican
PA Senate election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Killion (incumbent) 70,764 51.4
Democratic Martin Molloy 67,011 48.6
Total votes 137,775 100.0
Republican hold
9th Senatorial District special election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Killion 41,613 56.9
Democratic Martin Molloy 31,533 43.1
Total votes 73,146 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dominic F. Pileggi (incumbent) 73,003 55.4
Democratic Patricia Worrell 58,769 44.6
Total votes 131,772 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dominic F. Pileggi (incumbent) 77,440 58.1
Democratic John Linder 55,730 41.9
Total votes 133,170 100.0
Republican hold

References
  1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. "Pennsylvania State Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  3. "THOMAS, Richard, (1744-1832)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  4. "Governor Simon Snyder". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  5. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Elijah Reed Myer Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  6. "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Thomas Valentine Cooper". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  7. "ROBINSON, John Buchanan, (1846-1933)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  8. "Pennsylvania House of Representatives Jesse M. Baker". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  9. "Governor William Cameron Sproul". www.phmc.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  10. "Richard Jacobs Baldwin". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  11. Beers, Paul B. (November 1, 2010). Pennsylvania Politics Today and Yesterday: The Tolerable Accommodation. Penn State Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0271044989. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  12. "George Robert Watkins". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  13. "Clarence D. Bell - PA State Senator". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  14. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Dominic F Pileggi". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  15. "THOMAS H. KILLION". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
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