| State: | Pennsylvania |
| District: | 8 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Anthony Hardy Williams |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Philadelphia |
| Population: | 256,726 |
| Population Year: | 2021 |
Pennsylvania State Senate District 8 includes parts of Delaware County and Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Anthony Hardy Williams.
The district includes the following areas:[1]
| Representative[2] | Party | Years | District home | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Jarrett | 1813 - 1816 | ||||
| 1815 - 1818 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1818 to 1823 and for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1823 to 1824[3] | ||||
| John Erwin | 1817 - 1818 | ||||
| 1817 - 1820 | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1816 to 1817. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1827 to 1831[4] | ||||
| Henry Winter | 1819 - 1822 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 12th district from 1823 to 1826[5] | |||
| Democratic-Republican | 1821 - 1824 | 6th Governor of Pennsylvania[6] | |||
| John Harrison | 1823 - 1824 | ||||
| Adam Ritscher | 1823 - 1826 | ||||
| George Seltzer | Democratic | 1827 - 1830 | |||
| Jacob Stoever | Democratic | 1831 - 1834 | |||
| John Harper | 1835 - 1836 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 7th district from 1837 to 1838[7] | |||
| Democratic | 1835 - 1837 | Pennsylvania State Representative in 1819. 9th Governor of Pennsylvania[8] | |||
| Isaac Slenker | Democratic | 1837 - 1838 | |||
| James Martin Bell | Whig | 1837 - 1839 | |||
| Robert Plunket Maclay | Whig | 1839 - 1841 | |||
| James Mathers | Whig | 1841 - 1842 | |||
| Democratic | 1843 - 1844 | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1853. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1853 to 1855[9] | |||
| Henry C. Eyer | Democratic | 1843 - 1844 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1845 to 1846[10] | ||
| George Rahn | Democratic | 1845 - 1846 | |||
| William A. Overfield | 1847 - 1848 | ||||
| Charles Frailey | Democratic | 1851 - 1852 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1835 to 1840[11] | ||
| David Taggart | Whig | 1855 - 1858 | Speaker in 1857[12] | ||
| Thomas Craig, Jr. | Democratic | 1857 - 1860 | |||
| Henry Spering Mott | Republican | 1861 - 1862 | |||
| Democratic | 1861 - 1866 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1873 to 1881[13] | |||
| Joseph Depuy Davis | Democratic | 1867 - 1874 | |||
| Jacob Crouse | Republican | 1875 - 1876 | |||
| William Imlay Newell | Republican | 1877 - 1882 | |||
| Benjamin F. Hughes | Republican | 1883 - 1886 | |||
| Henry S. Taylor | Republican | 1887 - 1889 | Died in office[14] | ||
| Jacob Crouse | Republican | 1889 - 1898[15] | |||
| David Martin | Republican | 1899 - 1902 | Pennsylvania Senator for the 5th district from 1917 to 1920[16] | ||
| Horatio Balch Hackett | Republican | 1903 - 1905 | |||
| Vivian Frank Gable | Democratic | 1905 - 1906 | |||
| John T. Murphy | Republican | 1907 - 1910 | |||
| Fusion Democrat | 1911 - 1914 | ||||
| William Wallace Smith | Republican | 1915 - 1918 | |||
| George Gray | Republican | 1919 - 1922 | |||
| Thaddeus Stevens Krause | Republican | 1923 - 1934 | |||
| Democratic | 1935 - 1938 | ||||
| Louis H. Farrell | Republican | 1939 - 1950 | |||
| Democratic | 1951 - 1952 | ||||
| Francis P. McCusker | Republican | 1953 - 1954 | |||
| William Vincent Mullin | Democratic | 1955 - 1966 | |||
| Democratic | 1967 - 1974 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 4th senatorial district from 1959 to 1966[17] | |||
| Democratic | 1975 - 1982 | ||||
| Democratic | 1983 - 1998 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1971 to 1982[18] | |||
| Democratic | 1999 - present | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1989 to 1998. Democratic Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate since 2011[19] |