Pennsylvania State Senate District 5 includes parts of Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Jimmy Dillon.
| Pennsylvania's 5th State Senate district | |||
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| Population (2021) | 267,205 | ||
District profile
editThe district includes the following areas:[1]
- 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 | Anti-Jacksonian, Whig | 1829 – 1831 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1835 to 1839[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 – 2025 | ||
| Joe Picozzi | Republican | 2025 – |
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 13, 2019.
- ^ "MORRIS, Mathias, (1787-1839)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Joseph Laubach Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Hugh Jones Brooke Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas Valentine Cooper Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Edgar Reyburn Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ a b "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles Lincoln Brown Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Martin Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate – Herbert J McGlinchey Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us.
- ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1979-1980" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
- ^ "DOUGHERTY, Charles Francis, (1937 - )". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1979-1980" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
- ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives – FRANK A. SALVATORE Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Michael J Stack, III Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John P. Sabatina Jr". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.