Pennsylvania Senate, District 15

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Pennsylvania State Senate District 15 includes parts of Dauphin County and all of Perry County. It includes the following areas:[1]

Senators[]

Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
James Poe Democratic-Republican 1803 – 1818
Robert Smith Democratic-Republican 1819 – 1822
John Rea Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1824
James Dunlop Federalist 1823 – 1826
David Fullerton Anti-Masonic 1827 – 1838 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th district from 1819 to 1820. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 14th district from 1839 to 1840[3]
Samuel M. Barclay National Republican 1837 – 1840
George Shannon Mullin, Sr. Whig 1841 – 1842 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1843 to 1844[4]
Henry C. Eyer Democratic 1845 – 1846 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 8th district from 1843 to 1844[5]
Jacob Wagenseller Whig 1845 – 1848
Jonathan J. Cunningham Whig 1849 – 1850
Robert Allison McMurtrie Whig 1851 – 1852
Ner Middleswarth Whig 1853 – 1854 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1815 to 1841. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 1853 to 1855[6]
John Creswell, Jr. Democratic 1853 – 1858 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1859 to 1860[7]
John Brisban Rutherford Republican 1857 – 1860
Amos R. Boughter Republican 1861 – 1864
David Fleming Republican 1863 – 1864 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district from 1865 to 1866[8]
David B. Montgomery Democratic 1865 – 1866 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1863 to 1864[9]
George Duggan Jackson Democratic 1867 – 1868 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1879 to 1880[10]
Thomas Chalfant Democratic 1873 – 1874
Andrew Jackson Herr Republican 1875 – 1880
Alexander F. Thompson Republican 1885 – 1892
Samuel John Milton McCarrell Republican 1893 – 1900
John E. Fox Republican 1901 – 1912
Edward Ensinger Beidleman Republican 1913 – 1918 Pennsylvania State Representative for Dauphin County from 1905 to 1908. 12th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923[11]
Frank A. Smith Republican 1919 – 1924
William H. Earnest Republican 1925 – 1932
George Leffingwell Reed Republican 1933 – 1936
George Kunkel Democratic 1937 – 1940
M. Harvey Taylor Republican 1941 – 1964
William B. Lentz Republican 1965 – 1976
George W. Gekas Republican 1977 – 1982 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1983 to 2003[12]
John J. Shumaker Republican 1983 – 1995 Seated April 11, 1983, to fill vacancy.[13]
Resigned August 31, 1995[14]
Jeffrey E. Piccola Republican 1995 – 2012 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 104th district from 1977 to 1995.[15]
Rob Teplitz Democratic 2013 – 2017 Susquehanna Township
John DiSanto Republican 2017 – present

References[]

  1. ^ "Composite Listing of State Senate Districts" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  2. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - David Fullerton Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  4. ^ "George Shannon Mullin, Sr". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry C Eyer Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Ner B Middleswarth". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  7. ^ "John Creswell, Jr". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. ^ "David Fleming". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  9. ^ "David B Montgomery". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - George Duggan Jackson Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - Edward Ensinger Beidleman Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  12. ^ "GEKAS, George William, (1930 - )". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  13. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1983-1984" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  14. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  15. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - JEFFREY E. PICCOLA Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 21 June 2019.


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