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Pennsylvania's 8th
State Senate district
Senator
  Anthony Hardy Williams
D–Philadelphia
Population (2021)256,726

Pennsylvania State Senate District 8 includes parts of Delaware County and Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Anthony Hardy Williams.

District profile

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The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators

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Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
Henry Jarrett Democratic-Republican 1813 – 1816
Thomas Jones Rogers Democratic-Republican 1815 – 1818 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1818 to 1823 and for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1823 to 1824[3]
John Erwin Democratic-Republican 1817 – 1818
Joseph Fry, Jr. Democratic-Republican 1817 – 1820 Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1816 to 1817. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1827 to 1831[4]
Henry Winter Democratic-Republican 1819 – 1822 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 12th district from 1823 to 1826[5]
John Andrew Schulze Democratic-Republican 1821 – 1824 6th Governor of Pennsylvania[6]
John Harrison National Republican 1823 – 1824
Adam Ritscher Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1826
George Seltzer Democratic 1827 – 1830
Jacob Stoever Democratic 1831 – 1834
John Harper Anti-Masonic 1835 – 1836 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 7th district from 1837 to 1838[7]
David Rittenhouse Porter Democratic 1835 – 1837 Pennsylvania State Representative in 1819. 9th Governor of Pennsylvania[8]
Isaac Slenker Democratic 1837 – 1838
James Martin Bell Whig 1837 – 1839
Robert Plunket Maclay Whig 1839 – 1841
James Mathers Whig 1841 – 1842
Francis Wade Hughes Democratic 1843 – 1844 Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1853. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1853 to 1855[9]
Henry C. Eyer Democratic 1843 – 1844 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1845 to 1846[10]
George Rahn Democratic 1845 – 1846
William A. Overfield Jackson Democrat 1847 – 1848
Charles Frailey Democratic 1851 – 1852 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1835 to 1840[11]
David Taggart Whig 1855 – 1858 Speaker in 1857[12]
Thomas Craig, Jr. Democratic 1857 – 1860
Henry Spering Mott Republican 1861 – 1862
Hiester Clymer Democratic 1861 – 1866 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1873 to 1881[13]
Joseph Depuy Davis Democratic 1867 – 1874
Jacob Crouse Republican 1875 – 1876[14]
William Imlay Newell Republican 1877 – 1882
Benjamin F. Hughes Republican 1883 – 1886
Henry S. Taylor Republican 1887 – 1889 Died in office[15]
Jacob Crouse Republican 1889 – 1898[14]
David Martin Republican 1899 – 1902 Pennsylvania Senator for the 5th district from 1917 to 1920[16]
Horatio Balch Hackett Republican 1903 – 1905
Vivian Frank Gable Democratic 1905 – 1906
John T. Murphy Republican 1907 – 1910
James T. Nulty Fusion Democrat 1911 – 1914
William Wallace Smith Republican 1915 – 1918
George Gray Republican 1919 – 1922
Thaddeus Stevens Krause Republican 1923 – 1934
Walter S. Pytko Democratic 1935 – 1938
Louis H. Farrell Republican 1939 – 1950
John F. Byrne, Sr. Democratic 1951 – 1952
Francis P. McCusker Republican 1953 – 1954
William Vincent Mullin Democratic 1955 – 1966
Thomas McCreesh Democratic 1967 – 1974 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 4th senatorial district from 1959 to 1966[17]
Paul McKinney Democratic 1975 – 1982
Hardy Williams Democratic 1983 – 1998 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1971 to 1982[18]
Anthony Hardy Williams Democratic 1999 – present Pennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1989 to 1998. Democratic Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate since 2011[19]

References

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  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 March 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "ROGERS, Thomas Jones, (1781-1832)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Joseph Fry, Jr Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Winter Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Governor John Andrew Shulze". www.phmc.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  7. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Harper Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  8. ^ "Governor David Rittenhouse Porter". www.phmc.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  9. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Francis Wade Hughes Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  10. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry C Eyer Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  11. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles Frailey Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  12. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Taggart Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  13. ^ "CLYMER, Hiester (1827-1884)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob Crouse Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  15. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry S Taylor Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  16. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Martin Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  17. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas P McCreesh Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  18. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Hardy Williams Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  19. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Anthony Hardy Williams". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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