Pennsylvania Senate, District 7 Explained

State:Pennsylvania
District:7
Chamber:Senate
Representative:Vincent Hughes
Party:Democratic
Residence:Philadelphia
Population:263,697
Population Year:2021

Pennsylvania State Senate District 7 includes parts of Montgomery County and Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Vincent Hughes.

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Montgomery County

Philadelphia County

Senators

Representative[2] PartyYearsDistrict homeNotes
George Weaver Democratic-Republican 1815  - 1818
Democratic-Republican 1819  - 1821U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1823 to 1827. Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1830.[3]
Matthew Henderson 1821  - 1825
John Hamilton 1825  - 1827
Frederick Hambright 1827  - 1828
John Robinson 1831  - 1834
Henry Hibshman 1831  - 1836
1835  - 1836Pennsylvania State Representative from 1832 to 1834. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 6th district from 1839 to 1842. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1845 to 1848.[4]
John Harper 1837  - 1838Pennsylvania State Senator for the 8th district from 1835 to 1836[5]
John Killinger 1837  - 1840
Levi Kline Republican1841  - 1844
John Philipp Sanderson 1845  - 1848
1845  - 1848U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1873 to 1885[6]
Joseph Konigmacher 1849  - 1850
Daniel Stine 1849  - 1850
Edward C. Darlington 1851  - 1854
Esaias Kinzer 1853  - 1856
Republican1855  - 1856Pennsylvania State Representative from 1850 to 1851. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 1871 to 1875. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district from 1877 to 1881.[7]
Jacob G. Shuman Whig and Republican1855  - 1858Shuman served as a Whig member of the Pennsylvania from 1855 to 1856 and as a Republican from 1857 to 1858[8]
Democratic1857  - 1858U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1853 to 1855[9]
Bernard Reilly Democratic1861  - 1864
George B. Schall Democratic1865  - 1866
Robert S. Brown Democratic1867  - 1870
Jesse W. Knight Democratic1873  - 1874Pennsylvania State Senator for the 6th district from 1871 to 1872[10]
Harman Yerkes Democratic1873  - 1875
Hiram Horter Republican1875  - 1876
Republican1877  - 1904President pro tempore of the Senate in 1887 and 1889[11]
John Parker Greenback Labor1879  - 1882
James P. McNichol Democratic1905  - 1906Pennsylvania State Senator for the 3rd district from 1907 to 1916[12]
Clarence WolfRepublican1909  - 1912
Augustus Felix Daix, Jr. Republican1913  - 1932
Samuel Nelson Houston Democratic1927  - 1932
Harry Shapiro Democratic and Republican1933  - 1944Shapiro served as a Republican from 1933 to 1936 then as a Democrat from 1937 to 1944[13]
Maxwell S. Rosenfeld Democratic1945  - 1952
Democratic1953  - 1967Democratic leader of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1959 to 1962. Judge of the U.S. District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1988. Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania from 1988 to 2005.[14]
Democratic1969  - 1988Pennsylvania State Representative for the Philadelphia County district from 1961 to 1968. Died on December 31, 1988[15]
Democratic1989  - 1994Pennsylvania State Representative for the 192 district from 1983 to 1988. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2016. Convicted on 23 counts of racketeering, fraud and other corruption charges on June 21, 2016.[16]
Democratic1994  - presentPennsylvania State Representative for the 190th district from 1987-1994[17]

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 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Philip S Markley Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 March 2019.
  4. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - John Strohm Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 March 2019.
  5. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - John Harper Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 March 2019.
  6. Web site: SMITH, Abraham Herr, (1815-1894) . www.bioguide.congress.gov . 4 October 2019.
  7. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - John Weinland Killinger Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 4 March 2019.
  8. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob G Shuman . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 March 2019.
  9. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Christian Markle Straub . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 March 2019.
  10. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Jesse W Knight Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 March 2019.
  11. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - John Cadwalader Grady Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 3 March 2019.
  12. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - James P McNichol Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 March 2019.
  13. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Harry Shapiro Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 March 2019.
  14. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles R Weiner Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 March 2019.
  15. Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania Senate - 1987-1988. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University . 2004 .
  16. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Chaka Fattah Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 1 March 2019.
  17. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Vincent J. Hughes . www.legis.state.pa.us . 4 October 2019.