Pennsylvania's 15th
State Senate district
Senator
  John DiSanto
R–Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County
Population (2021)260,164

Pennsylvania State Senate District 15 includes part of Dauphin County. It is currently represented by Republican John DiSanto.

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators

Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
James Poe Democratic-Republican 1803 – 1818
Robert Smith Democratic-Republican 1819 – 1822
John Rea Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1824
James Dunlop Federalist 1823 – 1826
David Fullerton Anti-Masonic 1827 – 1838 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th district from 1819 to 1820. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 14th district from 1839 to 1840[3]
Samuel M. Barclay National Republican 1837 – 1840
George Shannon Mullin, Sr. Whig 1841 – 1842 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1843 to 1844[4]
Henry C. Eyer Democratic 1845 – 1846 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 8th district from 1843 to 1844[5]
Jacob Wagenseller Whig 1845 – 1848
Jonathan J. Cunningham Whig 1849 – 1850
Robert Allison McMurtrie Whig 1851 – 1852
Ner Middleswarth Whig 1853 – 1854 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1815 to 1841. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 1853 to 1855[6]
John Creswell, Jr. Democratic 1853 – 1858 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1859 to 1860[7]
John Brisban Rutherford Republican 1857 – 1860
Amos R. Boughter Republican 1861 – 1864
David Fleming Republican 1863 – 1864 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district from 1865 to 1866[8]
David B. Montgomery Democratic 1865 – 1866 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1863 to 1864[9]
George Duggan Jackson Democratic 1867 – 1868 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1879 to 1880[10]
Thomas Chalfant Democratic 1873 – 1874
Andrew Jackson Herr Republican 1875 – 1880
Alexander F. Thompson Republican 1885 – 1892
Samuel John Milton McCarrell Republican 1893 – 1900
John E. Fox Republican 1901 – 1912
Edward Ensinger Beidleman Republican 1913 – 1918 Pennsylvania State Representative for Dauphin County from 1905 to 1908. 12th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923[11]
Frank A. Smith Republican 1919 – 1924
William H. Earnest Republican 1925 – 1932
George Leffingwell Reed Republican 1933 – 1936
George Kunkel Democratic 1937 – 1940
M. Harvey Taylor Republican 1941 – 1964
William B. Lentz Republican 1965 – 1976
George W. Gekas Republican 1977 – 1982 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1983 to 2003[12]
John J. Shumaker Republican 1983 – 1995 Seated April 11, 1983, to fill vacancy.[13]
Resigned August 31, 1995[14]
Jeffrey E. Piccola Republican 1995 – 2012 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 104th district from 1977 to 1995.[15]
Rob Teplitz Democratic 2013 – 2017 Susquehanna Township
John DiSanto Republican 2017 – present

Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John DiSanto (incumbent) 70,041 51.7
Democratic George Scott 65,366 48.3
Total votes 135,407 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John DiSanto 62,774 51.7
Democratic Rob Teplitz (incumbent) 58,591 48.3
Total votes 121,365 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic
PA Senate election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rob Teplitz 61,139 51.5
Republican John McNally 57,504 48.5
Total votes 118,643 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican
PA Senate election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeffrey Piccola (incumbent) 63,829 52.0
Democratic Judy Hirsch 59,014 48.0
Total votes 122,843 100.0
Republican hold

References

  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 June 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - David Fullerton Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "George Shannon Mullin, Sr". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry C Eyer Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "Ner B Middleswarth". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "John Creswell, Jr". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  8. ^ "David Fleming". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  9. ^ "David B Montgomery". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  10. ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - George Duggan Jackson Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  11. ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - Edward Ensinger Beidleman Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  12. ^ "GEKAS, George William, (1930 - )". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  13. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1983-1984" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  14. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  15. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - JEFFREY E. PICCOLA Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
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