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Pennsylvania Senate, District 3 
Summary
Pennsylvania State Senate District 3 includes part of Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Sharif Street.
| Pennsylvania's 3rd State Senate district | |||
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| Population (2021) | 263,993 | ||
District profile edit
The district includes the following areas:[1]
- Ward 11
- Ward 13
- Ward 14
- Ward 15
- Ward 16
- Ward 20
- Ward 29
- Ward 32
- Ward 35 [PART, Divisions 09, 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31]
- Ward 37
- Ward 42
- Ward 43
- Ward 47
- Ward 49
- Ward 61
Senators edit
| Representative[2] | Party | Years | District home | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyrus Cadwallader | Federalist | 1817 – 1823 | ||
| Joel Keith Mann | Jackson Democrat | 1823 – 1825 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1831 to 1835[3] | |
| Benjamin Reiff | National Republican | 1827 – 1831 | ||
| John Matheys | Democratic | 1831 – 1833 | ||
| James Holdsworth Paull | Anti-Mason, Whig | 1835 – 1839 | ||
| Francis James | Anti-Mason | 1837 – 1839 | ||
| Henry Myers | Democratic | 1837 – 1839 | ||
| Thomas S. Bell | Democratic | 1837 – 1841 | ||
| Nathaniel Brooke | Whig | 1839 – 1841 | ||
| John Benton Sterigere | Whig | 1839 – 1843 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1827 to 1831[4] | |
| John T. Huddleston | Whig | 1841 – 1842 | ||
| Abraham Brower | Whig | 1841 – 1843 | ||
| George Richards | Whig | 1847 – 1848 | ||
| Joshua Y. Jones | Democratic | 1851 – 1853 | ||
| Benjamin Wick | Whig | 1853 – 1854 | ||
| Thomas Pope Knox | Democratic | 1855 – 1857 | ||
| John Thompson | Whig | 1859 – 1861 | ||
| John Christman Smith | Democratic | 1861 – 1863 | ||
| Cornelius M. Donovan | Democratic | 1865 – 1867 | ||
| David A. Nagle | Democratic | 1869 – 1875 | ||
| Henry S. Evans | Whig | 1871 – 1873 | ||
| John Lamon | Republican | 1873 – 1879 | ||
| James Gay Gordon | Democratic | 1881 – 1883 | ||
| Francis Augustus Osbourne | Republican | 1887 – 1901 | ||
| Charles P. Devlin | Democratic | 1889 – 1890 | ||
| William H. Keyser | Republican | 1901 – 1911 | ||
| James P. McNichol | Democratic | 1907 – 1915[5] | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 7th district from 1905 to 1906[6] | |
| William J. McNichol | Republican | 1919 – 1925 | ||
| William Cosgrove Hunsicker | Republican | 1927 – 1935 | ||
| Jerome H. Jaspan | Democratic | 1937 – 1947 | ||
| John R. Meade | Republican | 1949 – 1951 | ||
| Peter J. Camiel | Democratic | 1953 – 1964 | ||
| Louis C. Johanson | Democratic | 1965 – 1966 | Convicted for bribery and conspiracy as part of the Abscam sting operation.[7] Served three years in prison and fined $20,000.[8] | |
| Herbert Arlene | Democratic | 1967 – 1980 | First African-American to serve in the Pennsylvania Senate.[9] | |
| T. Milton Street | Republican | 1981 – 1984 | ||
| Roxanne Jones | Democratic | 1985 – 1996 | First African-American woman to serve in the Pennsylvania Senate.[10] | |
| Shirley M. Kitchen | Democratic | 1996 – 2017 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 181st district from 1987 to 1988[11] | |
| Sharif Street | Democratic | 2017 – present |
References edit
- ^ "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ "MANN, Joel Keith, (1780-1857)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ^ "Stephine to Sterlie". www.politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - James P McNichol Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ "James P. McNichol". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ^ Greenhouse, Linda (June 1, 1983). "Court Bars Abscam Appeals". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "Louis Carl Johanson". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ "Ex-Sen. Herbert Arlene". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 11, 1989. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
- ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives Shirley M. Kitchen Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.