Pennsylvania Senate, District 19

Pennsylvania State Senate District 19 includes part of Chester County. It is currently represented by Democrat Carolyn Comitta.

Pennsylvania's 19th
State Senate district

Senator
  Carolyn Comitta
DWest Chester
Population (2021)253,763

District profile

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The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators

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Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
Samuel Power Republican 1815 – 1822 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1823 to 1828[3]
John St. Clair Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1826
Daniel Sturgeon Jackson Democrat 1827 – 1830 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1818 to 1824. Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 1836 to 1840. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1840 to 1851.[4]
Solomon G. Krepps Democratic 1831 – 1832
John A. Sangston Democratic 1833 – 1838
Cornelius Darragh Whig 1837 – 1838 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1835 to 1836. 25th Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1849 to 1851. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1844 to 1847.[5]
William Alexander Purviance Anti-Masonic 1835 – 1839
Thomas S. Williams Whig 1839 – 1841
Charles Craven Sullivan Whig 1841 – 1844 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1845 to 1846[6]
George Darsie Whig 1841 – 1842 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1843 to 1854[7]
George Shannon Mullin Sr. Whig 1843 – 1844 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1841 to 1842[8]
John Morrison Whig 1845
Alexander King Whig 1847 – 1850
John Hoge Democratic 1851
Thomas Hoge Democratic 1853 – 1856 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 26th district from 1863 to 1864 and the 28th district from 1865 to 1866.[9]
William Peter Schell Democratic 1857 – 1859
Glenni William Scofield Republican 1857 – 1858 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1849 to 1851. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 11th district from 1859 to 1860. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district from 1863 to 1873. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district from 1873 to 1875[10]
Samuel S. Wharton Republican 1861
George W. Householder Republican 1863 – 1864 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1865 to 1866[11]
Alexander Stutzman Republican 1863 – 1866 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1867 to 1868[12]
William McSherry Democratic 1865 – 1866 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1863 to 1864 and the 20th district from 1873 to 1874.[13]
Calvin Mark Duncan Democratic 1865 – 1871
James Marion Weakley Republican 1871 – 1873
Robert L. McClellan Republican 1875
James Bowen Everhart Republican 1877 – 1892 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1883 to 1887[14]
Abram D. Harlan Republican 1893 – 1904
Septimus Evans Nivin Democratic 1891 – 1892
William Preston Snyder Republican 1893 – 1904
Oscar E. Thomson Republican 1905 – 1912
John Gyger Republican 1913 – 1916
Thomas Lawrence Eyre Republican 1919 – 1926
William Hannum Clark Republican 1927 – 1936
George B. Scarlett Republican 1937 – 1952
Thomas P. Harney Republican 1953 – 1960
John H. Ware III Republican 1961 – 1970 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1970 to 1973 and Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1973 to 1975.[15]
John Stauffer Republican 1970 – 1988 Pennsylvania State Representative for the Chester County district from 1965 to 1968 and the 157th district from 1969 to 1970. Republican Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1977 to 1982. Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1985 to 1988.[16]
Earl M. Baker Republican 1989 – 1995 Resigned August 31, 1995[17]
Robert J. Thompson Republican 1995 – 2006 Seated December 4, 1995.[18]
Died Jan 28, 2006
Andrew E. Dinniman Democratic 2006 – 2020 West Whiteland Township Elected May 16, 2006 to fill vacancy.[19]
Carolyn Comitta Democratic 2021 – present West Chester

References

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  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 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Samuel Power Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "STURGEON, Daniel, (1789-1878)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Cornelius Darragh Biograph". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles Craven Sullivan Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  7. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - George Darsie Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  8. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - George Shannon Mullin, Sr Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  9. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas Hoge Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  10. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Glenni William Scofield Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  11. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - George W Householder Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  12. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Alexander Stutzman Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  13. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senator - William McSherry Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  14. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - James Bowen Everhart Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  15. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John H Ware, III Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  16. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Stauffer Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  17. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  18. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  19. ^ "2006 Special Election for the 19th Senatorial District". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008.