Pennsylvania Senate, District 19

Pennsylvania State Senate District 19 includes part of Chester County. It is currently represented by Democrat Carolyn Comitta.

Pennsylvania's 19th
State Senate district
Senator
  Carolyn Comitta
D–West Chester
Population (2021)253,763

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators
Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
Samuel PowerRepublican1815 – 1822Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1823 to 1828[3]
John St. ClairDemocratic-Republican1823 – 1826
Daniel SturgeonJackson Democrat1827 – 1830Pennsylvania State Representative from 1818 to 1824. Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 1836 to 1840. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1840 to 1851.[4]
Solomon G. KreppsDemocratic1831 – 1832
John A. SangstonDemocratic1833 – 1838
Cornelius DarraghWhig1837 – 1838Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1835 to 1836. 25th Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1849 to 1851. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1844 to 1847.[5]
William Alexander PurvianceAnti-Masonic1835 – 1839
Thomas S. WilliamsWhig1839 – 1841
Charles Craven SullivanWhig1841 – 1844Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1845 to 1846[6]
George DarsieWhig1841 – 1842Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1843 to 1854[7]
George Shannon Mullin Sr.Whig1843 – 1844Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1841 to 1842[8]
John MorrisonWhig1845
Alexander KingWhig1847 – 1850
John HogeDemocratic1851
Thomas HogeDemocratic1853 – 1856Pennsylvania State Senator for the 26th district from 1863 to 1864 and the 28th district from 1865 to 1866.[9]
William Peter SchellDemocratic1857 – 1859
Glenni William ScofieldRepublican1857 – 1858Pennsylvania State Representative from 1849 to 1851. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 11th district from 1859 to 1860. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district from 1863 to 1873. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district from 1873 to 1875[10]
Samuel S. WhartonRepublican1861
George W. HouseholderRepublican1863 – 1864Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1865 to 1866[11]
Alexander StutzmanRepublican1863 – 1866Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1867 to 1868[12]
William McSherryDemocratic1865 – 1866Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1863 to 1864 and the 20th district from 1873 to 1874.[13]
Calvin Mark DuncanDemocratic1865 – 1871
James Marion WeakleyRepublican1871 – 1873
Robert L. McClellanRepublican1875
James Bowen EverhartRepublican1877 – 1892U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1883 to 1887[14]
Abram D. HarlanRepublican1893 – 1904
Septimus Evans NivinDemocratic1891 – 1892
William Preston SnyderRepublican1893 – 1904
Oscar E. ThomsonRepublican1905 – 1912
John GygerRepublican1913 – 1916
Thomas Lawrence EyreRepublican1919 – 1926
William Hannum ClarkRepublican1927 – 1936
George B. ScarlettRepublican1937 – 1952
Thomas P. HarneyRepublican1953 – 1960
John H. Ware IIIRepublican1961 – 1970U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1970 to 1973 and Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1973 to 1975.[15]
John StaufferRepublican1970 – 1988Pennsylvania State Representative for the Chester County district from 1965 to 1968 and the 157th district from 1969 to 1970. Republican Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1977 to 1982. Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1985 to 1988.[16]
Earl M. BakerRepublican1989 – 1995Resigned August 31, 1995[17]
Robert J. ThompsonRepublican1995 – 2006Seated December 4, 1995.[18]
Died Jan 28, 2006
Andrew E. DinnimanDemocratic2006 – 2020West Whiteland TownshipElected May 16, 2006 to fill vacancy.[19]
Carolyn Comitta Democratic 2021 – present West Chester

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 November 16, 2019.
  3. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Samuel Power Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  4. "STURGEON, Daniel, (1789-1878)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  5. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Cornelius Darragh Biograph". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  6. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles Craven Sullivan Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  7. "Pennsylvania State Senate - George Darsie Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  8. "Pennsylvania State Senate - George Shannon Mullin, Sr Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  9. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas Hoge Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  10. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Glenni William Scofield Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  11. "Pennsylvania State Senate - George W Householder Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  12. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Alexander Stutzman Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  13. "Pennsylvania State Senator - William McSherry Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  14. "Pennsylvania State Senate - James Bowen Everhart Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  15. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John H Ware, III Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  16. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Stauffer Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  17. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  18. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  19. "2006 Special Election for the 19th Senatorial District". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008.
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