Pennsylvania's 5th
State Senate district
Senator
  Jimmy Dillon
D–Philadelphia
Population (2021)267,205

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

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Philadelphia County:

Senators

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

  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.
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