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Pennsylvania Senate, District 8

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

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

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
Henry Jarrett Democratic-Republican 1813 – 1816
Thomas Jones Rogers Democratic-Republican 1815 – 1818 U.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 Erwin Democratic-Republican 1817 – 1818
Joseph Fry, Jr. Democratic-Republican 1817 – 1820 Member 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 Winter Democratic-Republican 1819 – 1822 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 12th district from 1823 to 1826[5]
John Andrew Schulze Democratic-Republican 1821 – 1824 6th Governor of Pennsylvania[6]
John Harrison National Republican 1823 – 1824
Adam Ritscher Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1826
George Seltzer Democratic 1827 – 1830
Jacob Stoever Democratic 1831 – 1834
John Harper Anti-Masonic 1835 – 1836 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 7th district from 1837 to 1838[7]
David Rittenhouse Porter Democratic 1835 – 1837 Pennsylvania State Representative in 1819. 9th Governor of Pennsylvania[8]
Isaac Slenker Democratic 1837 – 1838
James Martin Bell Whig 1837 – 1839
Robert Plunket Maclay Whig 1839 – 1841
James Mathers Whig 1841 – 1842
Francis Wade Hughes Democratic 1843 – 1844 Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1853. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1853 to 1855[9]
Henry C. Eyer Democratic 1843 – 1844 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1845 to 1846[10]
George Rahn Democratic 1845 – 1846
William A. Overfield Jackson Democrat 1847 – 1848
Charles Frailey Democratic 1851 – 1852 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1835 to 1840[11]
David Taggart Whig 1855 – 1858 Speaker in 1857[12]
Thomas Craig, Jr. Democratic 1857 – 1860
Henry Spering Mott Republican 1861 – 1862
Hiester Clymer Democratic 1861 – 1866 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1873 to 1881[13]
Joseph Depuy Davis Democratic 1867 – 1874
Jacob Crouse Republican 1875 – 1876[14]
William Imlay Newell Republican 1877 – 1882
Benjamin F. Hughes Republican 1883 – 1886
Henry S. Taylor Republican 1887 – 1889 Died in office[15]
Jacob Crouse Republican 1889 – 1898[14]
David Martin Republican 1899 – 1902 Pennsylvania Senator for the 5th district from 1917 to 1920[16]
Horatio Balch Hackett Republican 1903 – 1905
Vivian Frank Gable Democratic 1905 – 1906
John T. Murphy Republican 1907 – 1910
James T. Nulty Fusion Democrat 1911 – 1914
William Wallace Smith Republican 1915 – 1918
George Gray Republican 1919 – 1922
Thaddeus Stevens Krause Republican 1923 – 1934
Walter S. Pytko Democratic 1935 – 1938
Louis H. Farrell Republican 1939 – 1950
John F. Byrne, Sr. Democratic 1951 – 1952
Francis P. McCusker Republican 1953 – 1954
William Vincent Mullin Democratic 1955 – 1966
Thomas McCreesh Democratic 1967 – 1974 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 4th senatorial district from 1959 to 1966[17]
Paul McKinney Democratic 1975 – 1982
Hardy Williams Democratic 1983 – 1998 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1971 to 1982[18]
Anthony Hardy Williams Democratic 1999 – present Pennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1989 to 1998. Democratic Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate since 2011[19]

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 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. ^ a b "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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