Pennsylvania Senate, District 6
| Pennsylvania's 6th State Senate district | |||
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| Population (2021) | 269,699 | ||
Pennsylvania State Senate District 6 includes parts of Bucks County. It is currently represented by Republican Frank Farry.
District profile
[edit]The district includes the following areas:[1]
Senators
[edit]| Representative[2] | Party | Years | District home | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Forster | Federalist | 1813 – 1817 | ||
| John Sawyer | Democratic-Republican | 1819 – 1821 | ||
| Conrad Feger | Federalist | 1821 – 1823 | ||
| William Audenreid | Democratic-Republican | 1825 – 1827 | ||
| George Schall Jr. | Democratic | 1825 – 1827 | ||
| John Kerlin | Federalist | 1825 – 1829 | ||
| Daniel A. Bertolet | Republican | 1829 – 1831 | ||
| Jacob Krebs | Democratic | 1829 – 1835 | Pennsylvania State Representative from 1812 to 1813. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1826 to 1827.[3] | |
| Paul Geiger | Democratic | 1831 – 1835 | ||
| John Strohm | Anti-Masonic | 1837 – 1842 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1849[4] | |
| James A. Caldwell | Democratic | 1837 – 1839 | ||
| Thomas Evans Cochran | Democratic | 1839 – 1841 | ||
| William Hiester | Anti-Masonic | 1841 – 1843 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1831 to 1837[5] | |
| Henry Chapman | Democratic | 1843 – 1845 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1857 to 1859[6] | |
| Benjamin Champneys | Democratic | 1843 – 1845 | Pennsylvania State Representative from 1825 to 1826, 1828 to 1829 and 1863. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1846 to 1848. Pennsylvania Senator for the 16th district from 1863 to 1866 and the 17th district from 1865 to 1866[7] | |
| Josiah Rich | Whig | 1847 – 1848 | ||
| Benjamin Malone | Whig | 1849 – 1851 | ||
| Howard K. Sager | Democratic | 1853 – 1854 | ||
| Jonathan Ely | Democratic | 1855 – 1857 | ||
| Benjamin Nunemacher | Democratic | 1859 – 1860 | ||
| Oliver P. James | Democratic | 1865 – 1866 | ||
| Richard J. Linderman | Democratic | 1867 – 1869 | ||
| Jesse W. Knight | Democratic | 1871 – 1872 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 7th district from 1873 to 1874[8] | |
| Aaron K. Dunkle | Republican | 1875 – 1877 | ||
| Wiliam Elliott | Republican | 1879 – 1881 | ||
| A. Wilson Norris | Republican | 1881 – 1882 | ||
| Robert Adams Jr. | Republican | 1883 – 1885 | United States Minister to Brazil from 1889 to 1890. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1893 to 1906.[9] | |
| Boies Penrose | Republican | 1887 – 1889 | U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921.[10] Political boss of the Pennsylvania Republican political machine.[11] | |
| Israel Wilson Durham | Republican | 1897 – 1898 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 2nd district from 1899 to 1900. Political boss of Philadelphia's 7th ward. President and principal owner of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1909.[12] | |
| John Morin Scott | Republican | 1899 – 1906 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 2nd district from 1907 to 1910[13] | |
| Francis Salisbury McElhenny | Republican | 1907 – 1913 | ||
| Owen Blair Jenkins | Republican | 1915 – 1917 | ||
| George Woodward | Republican | 1919 – 1945 | ||
| James Burd Hubley | Federalist | 1921 – 1923 | ||
| John W. Lord Jr. | Republican | 1947 – 1951 | Philadelphia City Councilman from 1952 to 1954. Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1954 to 1971. Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1971. Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1972.[14] | |
| Martin Silvert | Democratic | 1951 – 1963 | ||
| William John McLaughlin III | Republican | 1965 – 1966 | ||
| John F. Byrne Jr. | Democratic | 1967 – 1970 | ||
| Robert A. Rovner | Republican | 1971 – 1974 | ||
| H. Craig Lewis | Democratic | 1975 – 1994 | ||
| Tommy Tomlinson | Republican | 1995 – 2023 | ||
| Frank Farry | Republican | 2023 – present |
Recent election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Frank Farry | 67,406 | 53.2 | |
| Democratic | Ann Marie Mitchell | 57,264 | 45.2 | |
| Libertarian | Brandon Bentrim | 1,961 | 1.6 | |
| Total votes | 126,631 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tommy Tomlinson (incumbent) | 54,382 | 50.03 | |
| Democratic | Tina Davis | 54,308 | 49.97 | |
| Total votes | 108,690 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tommy Tomlinson (incumbent) | 45,361 | 61.8 | |
| Democratic | Kimberly Yeager-Rose | 27,997 | 38.2 | |
| Total votes | 73,358 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tommy Tomlinson (incumbent) | 49,958 | 58.2 | |
| Democratic | Bryan Allen | 35,879 | 41.8 | |
| Total votes | 85,837 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob Kreps". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Strohm Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - William Hiester - Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "CHAPMAN, Henry, (1804-1891)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Benjamin Champneys Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jesse W Knight Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "ADAMS, Robert, Jr., (1849-1906)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "PENROSE, Boies, (1860-1921)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ Beers, Paul B. (November 1, 2010). Pennsylvania Politics Today and Yesterday: The Tolerable Accommodation. Penn State Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0271044989. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Israel Wilson Durham Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Morin Scott Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ John Whitaker Lord Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
