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Pennsylvania Senate, District 15
American legislative district
American legislative district
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| state | Pennsylvania |
| district | 15 |
| chamber | Senate |
| representative | Patty Kim |
| party | Democratic |
| residence | Harrisburg |
| population | 260,164 |
| population_year | 2021 |
Pennsylvania State Senate District 15 includes part of Dauphin County. It is currently represented by Democrat Patty Kim.
District profile
The district includes the following areas:
- Conewago Township
- Dauphin
- Derry Township
- East Hanover Township
- Harrisburg
- Highspire
- Hummelstown
- Londonderry Township
- Lower Paxton Township
- Lower Swatara Township
- Middle Paxton Township
- Middletown
- Paxtang
- Penbrook
- Royalton
- South Hanover Township
- Steelton
- Susquehanna Township
- Swatara Township
- West Hanover Township
Senators
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Poe | Democratic-Republican | 1803 – 1818 | ||
| Robert Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1819 – 1822 | ||
| John Rea | Democratic-Republican | 1823 – 1824 | ||
| James Dunlop | Federalist | 1823 – 1826 | ||
| David Fullerton | Anti-Masonic | 1827 – 1838 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th district from 1819 to 1820. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 14th district from 1839 to 1840 | |
| Samuel M. Barclay | National Republican | 1837 – 1840 | ||
| George Shannon Mullin, Sr. | Whig | 1841 – 1842 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1843 to 1844 | |
| Henry C. Eyer | Democratic | 1845 – 1846 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 8th district from 1843 to 1844 | |
| Jacob Wagenseller | Whig | 1845 – 1848 | ||
| Jonathan J. Cunningham | Whig | 1849 – 1850 | ||
| Robert Allison McMurtrie | Whig | 1851 – 1852 | ||
| Ner Middleswarth | Whig | 1853 – 1854 | Pennsylvania State Representative from 1815 to 1841. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 1853 to 1855 | |
| John Creswell, Jr. | Democratic | 1853 – 1858 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1859 to 1860 | |
| John Brisban Rutherford | Republican | 1857 – 1860 | Paxton | Former Calvary officer |
| Amos R. Boughter | Republican | 1861 – 1863 | Lebanon | Refused re-election to join the 43rd Pennsylvania Militia Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War |
| David Fleming | Republican | 1863 – 1864 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district from 1865 to 1866 | |
| David B. Montgomery | Democratic | 1865 – 1866 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1863 to 1864 | |
| George Duggan Jackson | Democratic | 1867 – 1868 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1879 to 1880 | |
| Thomas Chalfant | Democratic | 1873 – 1874 | ||
| Andrew Jackson Herr | Republican | 1875 – 1880 | ||
| Alexander F. Thompson | Republican | 1885 – 1892 | ||
| Samuel John Milton McCarrell | Republican | 1893 – 1900 | ||
| John E. Fox | Republican | 1901 – 1912 | ||
| Edward Ensinger Beidleman | Republican | 1913 – 1918 | Pennsylvania State Representative for Dauphin County from 1905 to 1908. 12th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923 | |
| Frank A. Smith | Republican | 1919 – 1924 | ||
| William H. Earnest | Republican | 1925 – 1932 | ||
| George Leffingwell Reed | Republican | 1933 – 1936 | ||
| George Kunkel | Democratic | 1937 – 1940 | ||
| M. Harvey Taylor | Republican | 1941 – 1964 | ||
| William B. Lentz | Republican | 1965 – 1976 | ||
| George W. Gekas | Republican | 1977 – 1982 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1983 to 2003 | |
| John J. Shumaker | Republican | 1983 – 1995 | Seated April 11, 1983, to fill vacancy. | |
| Resigned August 31, 1995 | ||||
| Jeffrey E. Piccola | Republican | 1995 – 2012 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 104th district from 1977 to 1995. | |
| Rob Teplitz | Democratic | 2013 – 2017 | Susquehanna Township | |
| John DiSanto | Republican | 2017 – 2024 | ||
| Patty Kim | Democratic | 2025 – present | Harrisburg |
Recent election results
References
References
- "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan". [[Pennsylvania Department of State]].
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies".
- "Pennsylvania Senate - David Fullerton Biography".
- "George Shannon Mullin, Sr".
- "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry C Eyer Biography".
- "Ner B Middleswarth".
- "John Creswell, Jr".
- "David Fleming".
- "David B Montgomery".
- "Pennsylvania Senate - George Duggan Jackson Biography".
- "Pennsylvania Senate - Edward Ensinger Beidleman Biography".
- "GEKAS, George William, (1930 - )".
- Cox, Harold. (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1983-1984". Wilkes University.
- Cox, Harold. (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996". Wilkes University.
- "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - JEFFREY E. PICCOLA Biography".
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