Pennsylvania Senate, District 21
(Redirected from Pennsylvania's 21st Senatorial District)
| Pennsylvania's 21st State Senate district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Senator |
| ||
| Population (2021) | 258,167 | ||
Pennsylvania State Senate District 21 includes parts of Butler County and Erie County and all of Clarion County, Forest County, Venango County, and Warren County. It is currently represented by Republican Scott Hutchinson.
District profile
The district includes the following areas:[1]
- Allegheny Township
- Brady Township
- Bruin
- Buffalo Township
- Butler
- Butler Township
- Center Township
- Cherry Township
- Cherry Valley
- Chicora
- Clay Township
- Clearfield Township
- Clinton Township
- Concord Township
- Connoquenessing
- Connoquenessing Township
- Donegal Township
- East Butler
- Eau Claire
- Fairview
- Fairview Township
- Franklin Township
- Harrisville
- Jefferson Township
- Karns City
- Marion Township
- Mercer Township
- Muddy Creek Township
- Oakland Township
- Parker Township
- Penn Township
- Petrolia
- Portersville
- Prospect
- Saxonburg
- Slippery Rock
- Slippery Rock Township
- Summit Township
- Venango Township
- Washington Township
- West Liberty
- West Sunbury
- Winfield Township
- Worth Township
All of Clarion County
All of Forest county
All of Venango County
All of Warren County
Senators
| Representative[2] | Party | Years | District home | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Power | Republican | 1823 – 1828 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1815 to 1822[3] | |
| Moses Sullivan | Democratic | 1825 – 1828 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1829 to 1832[4] | |
| William Hays | Anti-Masonic | 1831 – 1834 | ||
| Cornelius Darragh | Anti-Masonic | 1835 – 1836 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1837 to 1838. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1844 to 1847. 25th Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1849 to 1851.[5] | |
| Joseph M. Sterrett | Whig | 1837 – 1840 | ||
| John Wilson Farrelly | Whig | 1841 – 1842 | Pennsylvania State Representative in 1837. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 26th district from 1843 to 1844. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district from 1847 to 1849.[6] | |
| John Hill | Democratic | 1845 – 1846 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district from 1843 to 1844[7] | |
| Samuel Hill | Democratic | 1845 – 1848 | ||
| Isaac Hugus | Democratic | 1849 – 1850 | ||
| William Haslett | Whig | 1851 – 1852 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1849 to 1850[8] | |
| Archibald Robertson | Republican | 1851 – 1852 | ||
| John C. Ferguson | Whig | 1853 – 1856 | ||
| John R. Harris | Republican | 1857 – 1858 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1859 to 1860[9] | |
| Jonathan E. Meredith | Republican | 1861 – 1862 | ||
| Henry Lloyd Wright | Republican | 1863 – 1874 | ||
| Louis Williams Hall | Republican | 1865 – 1868 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1861 to 1862[10] | |
| Kirk Haines | Whig | 1865 – 1866 | ||
| Samuel Townsend Shugert | Democratic | 1867 – 1868 | ||
| Charles J. T. McIntyre | Democratic | 1867 – 1870 | ||
| John Kincaid Robison | Republican | 1869 – 1870 | ||
| Hiram Findlay | Democratic | 1871 – 1872 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1869 to 1870 | |
| Robert Bruce Petriken | Democratic | 1871 – 1872 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 22nd district from 1873 to 1874[11] | |
| David McLean Crawford | Democratic | 1871 – 1872 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 22nd district from 1873 to 1874 and the 31st district from 1877 to 1880[12] | |
| John A. Lemon | Republican | 1873 – 1874 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 35th district from 1875 to 1896[13] | |
| Hubbard Bester Payne | Republican | 1875 – 1876 | ||
| Elijah Catlin Wadhams | Republican | 1877 – 1880 | ||
| Eckley Brinton Coxe | Democratic | 1881 – 1884 | ||
| Morgan B. Williams | Republican | 1885 – 1888 | ||
| William Henry Hines | Democratic | 1889 – 1892 | ||
| Clarence W. Kline | Republican | 1893 – 1896 | ||
| William J. Scott | Republican | 1897 – 1900 | ||
| William Drury | Republican | 1901 – 1904 | ||
| Sterling Ross Catlin | Republican | 1905 – 1920 | ||
| Laning Harvey | Republican | 1929 – 1936 | ||
| Leo C. Mundy | Democratic | 1939 – 1944 | ||
| Peter M. Margie | Democratic | 1945 – 1948 | ||
| Patrick J. Toole | Democratic | 1949 – 1954 | ||
| William H. Davis | Democratic | 1955 – 1956 | ||
| Titian James Coffey | Republican | 1959 – 1960 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1957 to 1958[14] | |
| Donald O. Oesterling | Democratic | 1965 – 1972 | Butler | |
| W. Thomas Andrews | Republican | 1973 – 1980 | New Castle | |
| Tim Shaffer | Republican | 1981 – 1996 | Butler | |
| Mary Jo White | Republican | 1997 – 2012 | Franklin | |
| Scott Hutchinson | Republican | 2012 – | Oil City |
References
- ^ "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Samuel Power Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Moses Sullivan Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Cornelius Darragh Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Wilson Farrelly Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Hill Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - William Haslett Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John R Harris Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Louis Williams Hall Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Biography Robert Bruce Petriken". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - David McLean Crawford Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John A Lemon Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Titian James Coffey Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
