Pennsylvania's 8th
State Senate district
Senator
  Anthony Hardy Williams
D–Philadelphia
Population (2021)256,726

Pennsylvania State Senate District 8 includes parts of Delaware County and Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Anthony Hardy Williams.

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. 1 2 "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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