Pennsylvania Senate, District 4

Pennsylvania State Senate District 4 includes parts of Montgomery County and Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Arthur L. Haywood III.

Pennsylvania's 4th
State Senate district
Senator
  Arthur L. Haywood III
D–Cheltenham Township
Population (2021)268,248

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators
Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
John HopkinsFederalist1813 – 1817
Charles SmithFederalist1815 – 1817
Jacob GroshFederalist1817 – 1821
Molton Cropper RogersDemocratic-Republican1819 – 1820
Edward ColemanFederalist1821 – 1823
Isaac Dutton BarnardDemocratic-Republican1821 – 1825U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1827 to 1831[3]
Joshua HuntFederalist1827 – 1829
William JacksonAnti-Masonic1831 – 1833
William Tennent RogersDemocratic1831 – 1839
George C. SmithAnti-Masonic1833 – 1835
Francis JamesAnti-Masonic1835 – 1836U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1839 to 1843[4]
Samuel A. SmithRepublican1841 – 1842U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1829 to 1833[5]
William WilliamsonWhig1847 – 1848
Hugh Jones BrookeWhig1849 – 1852Pennsylvania State Senator for the 5th district from 1871 to 1872[6]
Joseph BaileyDemocratic1851 – 1853U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th district from 1863 to 1865, U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 16th district from 1861 to 1863, Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 1854 to 1855, Pennsylvania State Senator for the 1st district in 1843, Pennsylvania State Representatives in 1840[7]
Henry S. EvansWhig1851 – 1854
James J. LewisWhig1855 – 1856
Mahlon YardleyRepublican1859 – 1861
William KinseyDemocratic1863 – 1864
George C. ConnellRepublican1865 – 1870
Henry Wolf GrayRepublican1871 – 1872
Alexander Kelly McClureRepublican1873 – 1874Pennsylvania State Representative from 1858 to 1859 and 1865 to 1866. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1861 to 1862[8]
Horatio Gates JonesRepublican1875 – 1881
John J. MacFarlaneRepublican1883 – 1889
C. Wesley ThomasRepublican1891 – 1897
J. Bayard HenryRepublican1899 – 1901
John T. HarrisonRepublican1903 – 1904
Jesse S. ShepardRepublican1903 – 1905
Ernest Leigh TustinRepublican1907 – 1909
John Oscar SheatzRepublican1913 – 1914
Edward W. PattonRepublican1915 – 1925
Bertram G. FrazierRepublican1929 – 1949
John J. McCreeshDemocratic1935 – 1958
Thomas McCreeshDemocratic1958 – 1968Moved to 8th senatorial district and served from 1969 to 1974[9]
Joseph J. ScanlonDemocratic1969 – 1970
Joseph F. SmithDemocratic1971 – 1980U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd district from 1981 to 1983[10]
Joseph M. RocksRepublican1981 – 1990Pennsylvania State Representative for the 199th district from 1979 to 1982[11]
Allyson Y. SchwartzDemocratic1991 – 2005Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district on November 2, 2004.[12]
LeAnna M. WashingtonDemocratic2005 – 2014Elected May 17, 2005 to fill vacancy; lost 2014 primary election, resigned after being charged with a felony for using campaign staff and state resources to plan a fundraiser.[13]
Arthur L. Haywood IIIDemocratic2015 – presentIncumbent

References
  1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. "Historical Biographies - PA State Senate". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  3. "BARNARD, Isaac Dutton, (1791-1834)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  4. "James". www.politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  5. "SMITH, Samuel A., (1795-1861)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  6. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Hugh Jones Brooke Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  7. "Joseph Bailey". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  8. "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - ALEXANDER KELLY McCLURE Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  9. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas P McCreesh Biography". ww.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  10. "SMITH, Joseph Francis, (1920-1999)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  11. "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - M. JOSEPH ROCKS Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  12. "2004 General Election - Representative in Congress". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on May 22, 2008.
  13. "2005 Special Election for the 4th Senatorial District". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on November 28, 2008.
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