Pennsylvania Senate, District 15

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

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

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators
Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
James PoeDemocratic-Republican1803 – 1818
Robert SmithDemocratic-Republican1819 – 1822
John ReaDemocratic-Republican1823 – 1824
James DunlopFederalist1823 – 1826
David FullertonAnti-Masonic1827 – 1838U.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. BarclayNational Republican1837 – 1840
George Shannon Mullin, Sr.Whig1841 – 1842Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1843 to 1844[4]
Henry C. EyerDemocratic1845 – 1846Pennsylvania State Senator for the 8th district from 1843 to 1844[5]
Jacob WagensellerWhig1845 – 1848
Jonathan J. CunninghamWhig1849 – 1850
Robert Allison McMurtrieWhig1851 – 1852
Ner MiddleswarthWhig1853 – 1854Pennsylvania State Representative from 1815 to 1841. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 1853 to 1855[6]
John Creswell, Jr.Democratic1853 – 1858Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1859 to 1860[7]
John Brisban RutherfordRepublican1857 – 1860
Amos R. BoughterRepublican1861 – 1864
David FlemingRepublican1863 – 1864Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district from 1865 to 1866[8]
David B. MontgomeryDemocratic1865 – 1866Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1863 to 1864[9]
George Duggan JacksonDemocratic1867 – 1868Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1879 to 1880[10]
Thomas ChalfantDemocratic1873 – 1874
Andrew Jackson HerrRepublican1875 – 1880
Alexander F. ThompsonRepublican1885 – 1892
Samuel John Milton McCarrellRepublican1893 – 1900
John E. FoxRepublican1901 – 1912
Edward Ensinger BeidlemanRepublican1913 – 1918Pennsylvania State Representative for Dauphin County from 1905 to 1908. 12th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923[11]
Frank A. SmithRepublican1919 – 1924
William H. EarnestRepublican1925 – 1932
George Leffingwell ReedRepublican1933 – 1936
George KunkelDemocratic1937 – 1940
M. Harvey TaylorRepublican1941 – 1964
William B. LentzRepublican1965 – 1976
George W. GekasRepublican1977 – 1982U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1983 to 2003[12]
John J. ShumakerRepublican1983 – 1995Seated April 11, 1983, to fill vacancy.[13]
Resigned August 31, 1995[14]
Jeffrey E. PiccolaRepublican1995 – 2012Pennsylvania State Representative for the 104th district from 1977 to 1995.[15]
Rob TeplitzDemocratic2013 – 2017Susquehanna Township
John DiSantoRepublican2017 – 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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