Pennsylvania Senate, District 16

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Pennsylvania State Senate District 16 includes part of Lehigh County. It includes the following areas:[1]

Senators

Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
John Reed Democratic-Republican Party 1815 – 1820
Henry Allshouse Democratic-Republican Party 1819 – 1826
Alexander Mahon Democratic-Republican Party 1821 – 1828
Jesse Miller Democratic 1827 – 1832 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th district from 1833 to 1836
John C. Plumer Jackson Democrat Party 1839 – 1842
John Hill Democratic 1843 – 1844 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1845 to 1846[3]
William B. Anderson Democratic 1845
Robert Chambers Sterrett Democratic 1847 – 1850
Charles Rollin Buckalew Democratic 1851 – 1854 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1857 to 1858. First term as Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district with his second term from 1859 to 1860. Minister Resident for Ecuador from 1858 to 1861. U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1863 to 1869. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th district from 1887 to 1889 and the 17th district from 1889 to 1891.[4]
Bartram A. Schaffer Republican 1857 – 1859
George P. Steele Democratic 1857 – 1859
Robert A. Baldwin Republican 1859
William Hamilton Republican 1861
John Andrew Hiestand Republican 1861 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1852 to 1853 and 1856. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th district from 1885 to 1889.[5]
Benjamin Champneys Democratic 1863 – 1864 Pennsylvania 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 17th district from 1865 to 1866[6]
John M. Dunlap Republican 1863 – 1864 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1865 to 1866[7]
David Fleming Republican 1865 – 1866 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1863 to 1864[8]
G. Dawson Coleman Republican 1867
David Mumma Republican 1867
Charles Rollins Buckalew Democratic 1869 – 1870 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1857 to 1858. Second term as Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district having previously served from 1851 to 1854[9]
Butler B. Strang Republican 1871 – 1874 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1875 to 1876[10]
Evan Holben Democratic 1877 – 1882
Milton C. Henninger Democratic 1883 – 1894
Harry Gibson Stiles Democratic 1895 – 1902
Arthur Granville Dewalt Democratic 1903 – 1910 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th district from 1915 to 1921[11]
James A. Miller Democratic 1911 – 1914
Horace Walker Schantz Republican 1915 – 1930
Henry L. Snyder Democratic 1931 – 1934
George A. Rupp Democratic 1935 – 1938
Oscar Jacob Tallman Republican 1939 – 1950
Tilghman A. Freed Republican 1951 – 1954
John T. Van Sant Republican 1955 – 1970 Pennsylvania State Representative for the Lehigh County district from 1951 to 1954[12]
Henry C. Messinger Democratic 1971 – 1982
Guy Kratzer Republican 1983 – 1986
Roy C. Afflerbach Democratic 1987 – 1998 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 131st district from 1983 to 1986. 35th mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2006[13]
Charles W. Dent Republican 1997 – 2005 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 132nd district from 1991 to 1998. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 2005 to 2018[14]
Pat Browne Republican 2005 – present Pennsylvania State Representative for the 131st district from 1995 to 2005[15]

References

  1. ^ "Composite Listing of State Senate Districts" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  2. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Hill Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles Rollins Buckalew Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Andrew Hiestand Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Benjamin Champneys Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John M Dunlap Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Fleming Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles Rollins Buckalew Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Butler B Strang Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Arthur Granville Dewalt". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - JOHN T. VAN SANT Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Roy C Afflerbach Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles W Dent Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Patrick M. Browne (Republican)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2000-02-01.


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