Pennsylvania Senate, District 2 Explained

State:Pennsylvania
District:2
Chamber:Senate
Representative:Christine M. Tartaglione
Party:Democratic
Residence:Philadelphia
Population:260,277
Population Year:2021

Pennsylvania State Senate District 2 includes parts of Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Christine M. Tartaglione.

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Philadelphia County

Senators

Representative[2] PartyYearsDistrict homeNote
Lindsay Coats Federalist1795  - 1797
Maskell Ewing Federalist1813  - 1819
Democratic1815  - 1816U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1827 to 1833[3]
Abraham Bailey Federalist1815  - 1817
Samuel Cochran Federalist1817  - 1819
Daniel Groves Democratic-Republican1821  - 1825
James Kelton Jr. Federalist1821  - 1825
Stephen Duncan Federalist1821  - 1829
Peter Hay Old School Jefferson1827  - 1829
National Republican1831  - 1833U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1823 to 1825[4]
Joseph Taylor Democratic1831  - 1833
George N. Baker Democratic1833  - 1835
Democratic1833  - 1835U.S. Representative-elect for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district in 1836 but died before taking office[5]
James McConkey Whig1837  - 1837
James Hanna Whig1837  - 1838
Alexander M. Peltz Democratic1837  - 1838
Democratic1837  - 1839U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 1st district from 1841 to 1843. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd district from 1847-1849[6]
Michael Snyder Democratic1837  - 1839
Samuel Stevenson Democratic1837  - 1839
Buchanan Democratic1839  - 1845U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1827 to 1831[7]
Thomas McCully Democratic1841  - 1842
Benjamin Crispin Democratic1841  - 1843
James Enue Jr. Democratic1843  - 1844
Edward A. Penniman Democratic1843  - 1844
John Foulkrod Democratic1843  - 1845
Oliver Perry Cornman Democratic1845  - 1846
Henry Lewis Benner Democratic1845  - 1847
William Franklin Small Democratic1847  - 1848
Thomas H. Forsythe Democratic1847  - 1851
Thomas Sargent Fernon Democratic1849  - 1851
Peleg Bahrows Savery Democratic1849  - 1851
Levi Foulkrod Whig1853  - 1854
Samuel G. Hamilton Native American1853  - 1854
William Goodwin Democratic1853  - 1855
Henry Charles Pratt II Republican1855  - 1856
Democratic1857  - 1859
Jacob S. Serrill Republican1861  - 1862
Jacob Elwood Ridgway Republican1865  - 1867
Alexander Wilson Henszey Republican1869  - 1871
David A. Nagle Democratic1875  - 1877
John Cochran Democratic1879  - 1881
Joseph P. Kennedy Democratic1881  - 1885
Democratic1887  - 1889U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1891 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1901[8]
Elwood Becker Republican1891  - 1897
Republican1897  - 1899Pennsylvania State Senator for the 6th district from 1897 to 1898.[9] President of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1909[10]
George W. Holzwarth Republican1899  - 1900
Harry Gransback Republican1901  - 1905
John Morin Scott Republican1907  - 1909Pennsylvania State Senator for the 6th district from 1899 to 1906[11]
Republican1911  - 1937
A. Evans Kephart Republican1939  - 1953
Democratic1955  - 1972Senate minority leader from 1965 to 1970[12]
Democratic1973  - 1993Pennsylvania Representative for the 195th district from 1967 to 1973[13]
Democratic1993  - 1994Removed from office by order of the U.S. District Court on February 18, 1994[14] due to election fraud[15]
Bruce MarksRepublican1994 Seated April 28, 1994[16]
Democratic1995  - present

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Final Reapportionment Plan . . 2022-11-11.
  2. Web site: Senate Historical Biographies . www.legis.state.pa.us . 21 January 2019.
  3. Web site: SUTHERLAND, Joel Barlow (1792-1861) . www.bioguide.congress.gov . 29 September 2019.
  4. Web site: BRECK, Samuel, (1771-1862) . www.bioguide.congress.gov . 29 September 2019.
  5. Web site: HARPER, Francis Jacob, (1800-1837) . www.bioguide.congress.gov . 29 September 2019.
  6. Web site: BROWN, Charles, (1797-1883) . www.bioguide.congress.gov . 29 September 2019.
  7. Web site: STERIGERE, John Benton, (1793-1852) . www.bioguide.congress.gov . 29 September 2019.
  8. Web site: McALEER, William, (1838-1912) . www.bioguide.congress.gov . 29 September 2019.
  9. Web site: Israel Wilson Durham . www.legis.state.pa.us . 2 October 2019.
  10. Sporting Life Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 26, March 6, 1909, Philadelphia.
  11. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - John Morin Scott Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 18 February 2019.
  12. Web site: Benjamin Donolow . www.legis.state.pa.us . 2 October 2019.
  13. Web site: FRANCIS J. LYNCH . www.legis.state.pa.us . 2 October 2019.
  14. Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania Senate - 1993-1994. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University . 2004 .
  15. Web site: William G. Stinson . www.legis.state.pa.us . 2 October 2019.
  16. Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania Senate - 1993-1994. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University . 2004 .

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