Pennsylvania Senate, District 14

Pennsylvania State Senate District 14 includes parts of Lehigh County and Northampton County. It is currently represented by Democrat Nick Miller. Prior to the current reapportionment plan it was a Luzerne County seat that was moved to the Lehigh Valley to reflect long-term population shifts.

Pennsylvania's 14th
State Senate district
Senator
  Nick Miller
D–Allentown
Population (2021)267,292

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Lehigh County

Northampton County

Senators
Representative[2] Party Years Note
John TodDemocratic-Republican1815 – 1818Pennsylvania State Representative from 1810 to 1813. Speaker of the Senate from 1815 to 1816. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1821 to 1823 and Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1823 to 1824[3]
William PiperDemocratic-Republican1817 – 1820Pennsylvania State Senator for the 22nd district from 1821 to 1832. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1811 to 1813 and Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1813 to 1817[4]
David MannDemocratic-Republican1821 – 1822Pennsylvania State Senator for the 22nd district from 1823 to 1824[5]
William Andrew McIlvaneDemocratic-Republican1823 – 1826
Zephaniah HerbertDemocratic1823 – 1828
Henry LoganDemocratic1827 – 1830Pennsylvania State Representative from 1818 to 1819. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1835 to 1839[6]
Ezra BlytheDemocratic1829 – 1832
Henry SmyserDemocratic1831 – 1834
David MiddlecoffDemocratic1833 – 1836
James McConkeyAnti-Masonic1835 – 1836Pennsylvania State Senator for the 2nd district from 1837 to 1838[7]
Jacob CassatWhig1837 – 1838
David FullertonAnti-Masonic1839 – 1840U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th district from 1819 to 1820. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1827 to 1838[8]
Thomas C. MillerDemocratic1837 – 1840
William R. GorgasDemocratic1841 – 1844
James Xavier McLanahanDemocratic1841 – 1842Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1843 to 1844. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district from 1849 to 1853. Chair of the House Judiciary Committee from 1851 to 1853[9]
Jesse C. HortonDemocratic1845 – 1846Pennsylvania State Senator for the 12th district from 1843 to 1844[10]
Benjamin JordanWhig1845 – 1848
Robert Montgomery FrickWhig1849 – 1850
James W. QuiggleBuchanan Democrat1853 – 1856
Francis JordanWhig1855 – 1856
Andrew Gregg Jr.Republican1855 – 1862
Henry FetterDemocratic1859 – 1860Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1857 to 1858[11]
Erasmus Darwin CrawfordDemocratic1859 – 1862
George Hough BucherDemocratic1863 – 1864Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1865 to 1866[12]
John WallsDemocratic1865 – 1868
John B. BeckDemocratic1867 – 1870
Lafayette FitchRepublican1871 – 1874
Peter J. RoebuckRepublican1875 – 1888
Christian Shuman KauffmanRepublican1879 – 1882
John M. StehmanRepublican1883 – 1890
John S. HooverDemocratic1889 – 1890
Winfield S. SmithRepublican1891 – 1894
Christian Charles KauffmanRepublican1895 – 1896
Jeremiah Albert StoberRepublican1899 – 1906
George Franklin RowlandDemocratic1907 – 1908
Miles C. RowlandDemocratic1909 – 1910
Elmer WarnerRepublican1915 – 1918
Wallace James BarnesRepublican1919 – 1922
Jacob EysterDemocratic-Republican1921 – 1924
Harvey D. HuffmanDemocratic1923 – 1938
William D. PethickRepublican1931 – 1934
Montgomery F. CroweRepublican1939 – 1954
William Z. ScottRepublican1955 – 1965
Martin L. MurrayDemocratic1969 – 1980Pennsylvania State Representative for Luzerne County from 1945 to 1948. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1957 to 1964. President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1971 to 1980.[13]
Raphael J. MustoDemocratic1983 – 2010Pennsylvania State Representative for the 118th district from 1971 to 1980. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th district from 1980 to 1981[14]
John Yudichak Democratic 2011 – 2019 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 119th district from 1999 to 2010.[15] Changed party affiliation from Democrat to Independent and caucuses with the Republicans.
Independent 2019 – 2023
Nick MillerDemocratic2023 – present

Recent election results
PA Senate election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nick Miller 46,443 53.5
Republican Dean Browning 40,360 46.5
Total votes 86,803 100.0
Democratic gain from Independent
PA Senate election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yudichak (incumbent) 51,521 100.0
Total votes 51,521 100.0
Democratic hold
PA Senate election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yudichak (incumbent) 41,980 100.0
Total votes 41,980 100.0
Democratic hold
PA Senate election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Yudichak 37,466 55.6
Republican Stephen Urban 26,212 38.9
Libertarian Betsy Summers 3,748 5.5
Total votes 67,426 100.0
Democratic 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 May 27, 2019.
  3. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Tod Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  4. "Pennsylvania State Senate - William Piper Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  5. "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Mann Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  6. "Pennsylvania Senate - Henry Logan Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  7. "Pennsylvania State Senate - James McConkey Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  8. "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Fullerton Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  9. "Pennsylvania State Senate - James Xavier McLanahan". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  10. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jesse C Horton Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  11. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Fetter Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  12. "Pennsylvania State Senate - George Hough Bucher Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  13. "Pennsylvania Senate - Martin L Murray Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  14. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Raphael John Musto". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  15. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Senator John T. Yudichak". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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