Pennsylvania Senate, District 5

Summary

Pennsylvania State Senate District 5 includes parts of Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Jimmy Dillon.

Pennsylvania's 5th
State Senate district

Senator
  Jimmy Dillon
DPhiladelphia
Population (2021)267,205

District profile edit

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Philadelphia County:

  • Ward 41
  • Ward 56
  • Ward 57
  • Ward 58
  • Ward 63
  • Ward 64
  • Ward 65
  • Ward 66

Senators edit

Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
Peter Frailey Democratic-Republican 1811 – 1819
Charles Shoemaker, Jr. Democratic-Republican 1813 – 1819
Marks John Biddle Federalist 1815 – 1817
Ely Kitchin Republican 1825 – 1826
William H. Rowland Democratic 1827 – 1828
Mathias Morris Republican 1829 – 1831 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1835 to 1939[3]
John Miller Democratic 1837 – 1839
Samuel Fegeley Democratic 1841 – 1845
John Potteiger Democratic 1847 – 1848
William Muhlenberg Hiester Democratic 1853 – 1855
John Clarkson Evans Democratic 1855 – 1857
Joseph Laubach Democratic 1857 – 1858 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 9th district from 1855 to 1856[4]
Jeremiah Schindel Democratic 1859 – 1860
George W. Stein Democratic 1861 – 1863
Wilmer Worthington Republican 1863 – 1869
Horace Royer Republican 1865 – 1867
Charles Henderson Stinson Republican 1867 – 1869
Hugh Jones Brooke Whig 1871 – 1872 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 4th district from 1849 to 1852[5]
William B. Waddell Republican 1873 – 1874
Thomas Valentine Cooper Republican 1873 – 1874 Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County from 1870 to 1871, 1872 to 1873 and 1901 to 1909. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1875 to 1888.[6]
John Edgar Reyburn Republican 1877 – 1883 Pennsylvania State Representative in 1871 and from 1874 to 1876. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th district from 1890 to 1897 and Pennsylvania's 2nd district from 1906 to 1907.[7]
Charles A. Porter Republican 1891 – 1895
Charles Lincoln Brown Republican 1897 – 1900 First two of four terms as Pennsylvania State Senator[8]
William H. Berkelbach Republican 1901 – 1903
Charles Lincoln Brown Republican 1905 – 1907 Second two of four terms as Pennsylvania State Senator[8]
Richard V. Farley Democratic 1913 – 1915
David Martin Republican 1917 – 1920 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 8th district from 1899 to 1902[9]
Max Aron Republican 1921 – 1935
Israel Stiefel Democratic 1937 – 1963
Herbert J. McGlinchey Democratic 1965 – 1972 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th district from 1945 to 1947[10]
Charles F. Dougherty Republican 1973 – 1979 Resigned January 15, 1979.[11] U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th district from 1979 to 1983.[12]
James R. Lloyd, Jr. Democratic 1979 – 1984 Elected April 23, 1979, to fill vacancy[13]
Frank A. Salvatore Republican 1985 – 2000 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 170th district from 1973 to 1984.[14]
Michael J. Stack III Democratic 2001 – 2015 33rd Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2019[15]
John P. Sabatina Jr. Democratic 2015 – 2021 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 174th district from 2006 to 2015[16]
Jimmy Dillon Democratic 2022 –

References edit

  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 February 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "MORRIS, Mathias, (1787-1839)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Joseph Laubach Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Hugh Jones Brooke Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  6. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas Valentine Cooper Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  7. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Edgar Reyburn Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles Lincoln Brown Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  9. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Martin Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  10. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate – Herbert J McGlinchey Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us.
  11. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1979-1980" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  12. ^ "DOUGHERTY, Charles Francis, (1937 - )". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  13. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1979-1980" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  14. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives – FRANK A. SALVATORE Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  15. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Michael J Stack, III Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  16. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John P. Sabatina Jr". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.