Pennsylvania Senate, District 17 Explained

State:Pennsylvania
District:17
Chamber:Senate
Representative:Amanda Cappelletti
Party:Democratic
Residence:East Norriton Township
Population:258,156
Population Year:2021

Pennsylvania State Senate District 17 includes parts of Delaware County and Montgomery County. It is currently represented by Democrat Amanda Cappelletti.

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Delaware County

Montgomery County

Montgomery County(continued)

Senators

Representative[2] PartyYearsDistrict homeNote
1791  - 1792Pennsylvania State Representative from 1787 to 1790. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1797 to 1803, Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1803 to 1805 and Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1815 to 1820. 5th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1823.[3]
Presley Carr Lane 1807  - 1814Speaker of the Senate from 1807 to 1814[4]
1817  - 1824Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representative from 1814 to 1818 including as Speaker of the House from 1817 to 1818[5]
1821  - 1824Attorney General for Wisconsin from 1855 to 1856[6]
Christian Garber Democratic-Republican1823  - 1828
Thomas Jackson Democratic1829  - 1832
Democratic1835  - 1836U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district from 1839 to 1841[7]
Democratic1837  - 1838Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1833 to 1836. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1839 to 1841.[8]
Republican1837  - 1842 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1835 to 1836. Speaker of the Senate from 1841 to 1842. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district from 1845 to 1847.[9]
Walter Craig 1843  - 1844 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 23rd district from 1845 to 1846[10]
Adam Ebaugh Democratic1843  - 1845
Philip A. Smyser 1847
Henry Fulton Democratic1849  - 1850Pennsylvania State Senator for the 12th district from 1851 to 1852[11]
1851  - 185310th mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania[12]
William Henry Welsh Democratic1855  - 1859
Elijah Reed Myer Republican1857  - 1858 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1859 to 1860[13]
John M. Dunlap Republican1863  - 1865
Democratic1865  - 1866Pennsylvania State Representative from 1825 to 1826, 1828 to 1829 and 1863. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1846 to 1848. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 6th district from 1843 to 1844 and the 16th district from 1863 to 1864[14]
Republican1867  - 1868 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1848 to 1849. Chief justice of the territorial courts in Wyoming Territory from 1871 to 1879.[15]
Esaias Billingfelt Republican1867  - 1871
Andrew Hemphill Dill Democratic1871  - 1877
Jacob George Heilman Republican1873  - 1875
George F. Meily Republican1877  - 1880
Cyrus Ressley Lantz Republican1881  - 1884
Republican1885  - 18987th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania[16]
Samuel Weiss Republican1899  - 1904
Daniel P. Gerberich Republican1905  - 1916
Horace Leander Haldeman Republican1915  - 1916
Cleon N. Berntheizel Republican1921  - 1924
William C. Freeman Republican1925  - 1932
Henry J. Pierson Republican1933  - 1940
Clarence D. Becker Republican1943  - 1948
Harold W. Risser Republican1947  - 1948
G. Graybill Diehm Republican1949  - 1956
Thomas Alexander Ehrgood Republican1957  - 1964
Robert P. Johnson Republican1965  - 1966
Republican1967  - 1968Pennsylvania State Representative for the Montgomery County district from 1965 to 1966. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1969 to 1993[17]
Republican1969  - 2001Pennsylvania State Representative for the Montgomery County district from 1967 to 1968[18]
Democratic2001  - 2008Pennsylvania State Representative for the 149th district from 1997 to 2001[19]
Democratic2009  - 2020Pennsylvania State Representative for the 149th district from 2003 to 2008[20] [21]
Democratic2020  - present

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Final Reapportionment Plan . . 2022-11-11.
  2. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 November 2019.
  3. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Joseph Hiester Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 2 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Presley Carr Lane Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 2 November 2019.
  5. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - William Davidson Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 2 November 2019.
  6. Book: Hoyt . Albert Harrison . The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; Volume 23 1869 . 1869 . New England Historic Geanealogical Society . 218 . 9780788400704 . 3 November 2019.
  7. Web site: McCULLOCH, George, (1792-1861) . www.bioguide.congress.gov . 4 November 2019.
  8. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Issac Leet Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 2 November 2019.
  9. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - John Hoge Ewing Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 2 November 2019.
  10. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Walter Craig Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 2 November 2019.
  11. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry Fulton Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 November 2019.
  12. http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lancastercity/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=517065 Mayors of the City of Lancaster, PA
  13. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Elijah Reed Myer Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 November 2019.
  14. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Benjamin Champneys Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 12 October 2019.
  15. Web site: Colonel Joseph Washington Fisher . www.antietam.aotw.org . 8 November 2019.
  16. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - John Peter Shindel Gobin Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 8 November 2019.
  17. Web site: COUGHLIN, Robert Lawrence (1929-2001) . www.bioguide.congress.gov . 8 November 2019.
  18. Web site: Pennsylvania House of Representatives - RICHARD A. TILGHMAN Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 21 October 2019.
  19. Web site: Pennsylvania House of Representatives - CONSTANCE H. WILLIAMS Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 8 November 2019.
  20. Web site: Our Campaigns – PA State House 149- Special Election Race – Feb 12, 2002. February 8, 2017.
  21. Web site: 2002 Special Election for the 149th Legislative District . Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information . . 2004 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081128114933/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=133&OfficeID=13 . November 28, 2008 .

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