Pennsylvania Senate, District 17

Pennsylvania State Senate District 17 includes parts of Delaware County and Montgomery County. It is currently represented by Democrat Amanda Cappelletti.

Pennsylvania's 17th
State Senate district
Senator
  Amanda Cappelletti
D–East Norriton Township
Population (2021)258,156

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators
Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
Joseph HiesterJeffersonian Republican1791 – 1792Pennsylvania State Representative from 1787 to 1790. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1797 to 1803, Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1803 to 1805 and Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1815 to 1820. 5th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1823.[3]
Presley Carr LaneIndependent Republican1807 – 1814Speaker of the Senate from 1807 to 1814[4]
William DavidsonIndependent Republican1817 – 1824Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representative from 1814 to 1818 including as Speaker of the House from 1817 to 1818[5]
William Rudolph SmithFederalist1821 – 1824Attorney General for Wisconsin from 1855 to 1856[6]
Christian GarberDemocratic-Republican1823 – 1828
Thomas JacksonDemocratic1829 – 1832
George McCullochDemocratic1835 – 1836U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district from 1839 to 1841[7]
Isaac LeetDemocratic1837 – 1838Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1833 to 1836. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1839 to 1841.[8]
John Hoge EwingRepublican1837 – 1842Pennsylvania State Representative from 1835 to 1836. Speaker of the Senate from 1841 to 1842. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district from 1845 to 1847.[9]
Walter CraigWhig1843 – 1844Pennsylvania State Senator for the 23rd district from 1845 to 1846[10]
Adam EbaughDemocratic1843 – 1845
Philip A. SmyserWhig1847
Henry FultonDemocratic1849 – 1850Pennsylvania State Senator for the 12th district from 1851 to 1852[11]
George SandersonWhig1851 – 185310th mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania[12]
William Henry WelshDemocratic1855 – 1859
Elijah Reed MyerRepublican1857 – 1858Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1859 to 1860[13]
John M. DunlapRepublican1863 – 1865
Benjamin ChampneysDemocratic1865 – 1866Pennsylvania State Representative from 1825 to 1826, 1828 to 1829 and 1863. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1846 to 1848. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 6th district from 1843 to 1844 and the 16th district from 1863 to 1864[14]
Joseph W. FisherRepublican1867 – 1868Pennsylvania State Representative from 1848 to 1849. Chief justice of the territorial courts in Wyoming Territory from 1871 to 1879.[15]
Esaias BillingfeltRepublican1867 – 1871
Andrew Hemphill DillDemocratic1871 – 1877
Jacob George HeilmanRepublican1873 – 1875
George F. MeilyRepublican1877 – 1880
Cyrus Ressley LantzRepublican1881 – 1884
John Peter Shindel GobinRepublican1885 – 18987th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania[16]
Samuel WeissRepublican1899 – 1904
Daniel P. GerberichRepublican1905 – 1916
Horace Leander HaldemanRepublican1915 – 1916
Cleon N. BerntheizelRepublican1921 – 1924
William C. FreemanRepublican1925 – 1932
Henry J. PiersonRepublican1933 – 1940
Clarence D. BeckerRepublican1943 – 1948
Harold W. RisserRepublican1947 – 1948
G. Graybill DiehmRepublican1949 – 1956
Thomas Alexander EhrgoodRepublican1957 – 1964
Robert P. JohnsonRepublican1965 – 1966
Robert Lawrence CoughlinRepublican1967 – 1968Pennsylvania State Representative for the Montgomery County district from 1965 to 1966. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1969 to 1993[17]
Richard A. TilghmanRepublican1969 – 2001Pennsylvania State Representative for the Montgomery County district from 1967 to 1968[18]
Constance H. WilliamsDemocratic2001 – 2008Pennsylvania State Representative for the 149th district from 1997 to 2001[19]
Daylin LeachDemocratic2009 – 2020Pennsylvania State Representative for the 149th district from 2003 to 2008[20][21]
Amanda CappellettiDemocratic2020 – present

Recent election results
PA Senate election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Amanda Cappelletti 104,273 65.8
Republican Ellen Fisher 54,066 34.2
Total votes 158,339 100.0
Democratic hold
Democratic primary, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Amanda Cappelletti 33,857 65.3%
Democratic Daylin Leach (incumbent) 17,950 34.7%
Total votes 51,807 100.0%
PA Senate election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daylin Leach (incumbent) 88,827 64.0
Republican Brian Gondek 50,010 36.0
Total votes 138,837 100.0
Democratic hold
PA Senate election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daylin Leach (incumbent) 78,508 63.2
Republican Charles Gehret 45,707 36.8
Total votes 124,215 100.0
Democratic hold
PA Senate election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daylin Leach 76,350 61.5
Republican Lance Rogers 47,873 38.5
Total votes 124,223 100.0
Democratic hold

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 November 1, 2019.
  3. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Joseph Hiester Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  4. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Presley Carr Lane Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  5. "Pennsylvania State Senate - William Davidson Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  6. Hoyt, Albert Harrison (1869). The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; Volume 23 1869. New England Historic Geanealogical Society. p. 218. ISBN 9780788400704. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  7. "McCULLOCH, George, (1792-1861)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  8. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Issac Leet Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  9. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Hoge Ewing Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  10. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Walter Craig Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  11. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Fulton Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  12. Mayors of the City of Lancaster, PA Archived August 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
  13. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Elijah Reed Myer Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  14. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Benjamin Champneys Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  15. "Colonel Joseph Washington Fisher". www.antietam.aotw.org. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  16. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Peter Shindel Gobin Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  17. "COUGHLIN, Robert Lawrence (1929-2001)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  18. "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - RICHARD A. TILGHMAN Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  19. "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - CONSTANCE H. WILLIAMS Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  20. "Our Campaigns – PA State House 149- Special Election Race – Feb 12, 2002". Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  21. "2002 Special Election for the 149th Legislative District". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008.
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