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Pennsylvania's 6th
State Senate district
Senator
  Frank Farry
R–Langhorne
Population (2021)269,699

Pennsylvania State Senate District 6 includes parts of Bucks County. It is currently represented by Republican Frank Farry.

District profile

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The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators

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Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
John Forster Federalist 1813 – 1817
John Sawyer Democratic-Republican 1819 – 1821
Conrad Feger Federalist 1821 – 1823
William Audenreid Democratic-Republican 1825 – 1827
George Schall Jr. Democratic 1825 – 1827
John Kerlin Federalist 1825 – 1829
Daniel A. Bertolet Republican 1829 – 1831
Jacob Krebs Democratic 1829 – 1835 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1812 to 1813. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1826 to 1827.[3]
Paul Geiger Democratic 1831 – 1835
John Strohm Anti-Masonic 1837 – 1842 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1849[4]
James A. Caldwell Democratic 1837 – 1839
Thomas Evans Cochran Democratic 1839 – 1841
William Hiester Anti-Masonic 1841 – 1843 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1831 to 1837[5]
Henry Chapman Democratic 1843 – 1845 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1857 to 1859[6]
Benjamin Champneys Democratic 1843 – 1845 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1825 to 1826, 1828 to 1829 and 1863. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1846 to 1848. Pennsylvania Senator for the 16th district from 1863 to 1866 and the 17th district from 1865 to 1866[7]
Josiah Rich Whig 1847 – 1848
Benjamin Malone Whig 1849 – 1851
Howard K. Sager Democratic 1853 – 1854
Jonathan Ely Democratic 1855 – 1857
Benjamin Nunemacher Democratic 1859 – 1860
Oliver P. James Democratic 1865 – 1866
Richard J. Linderman Democratic 1867 – 1869
Jesse W. Knight Democratic 1871 – 1872 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 7th district from 1873 to 1874[8]
Aaron K. Dunkle Republican 1875 – 1877
Wiliam Elliott Republican 1879 – 1881
A. Wilson Norris Republican 1881 – 1882
Robert Adams Jr. Republican 1883 – 1885 United States Minister to Brazil from 1889 to 1890. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1893 to 1906.[9]
Boies Penrose Republican 1887 – 1889 U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921.[10] Political boss of the Pennsylvania Republican political machine.[11]
Israel Wilson Durham Republican 1897 – 1898 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 2nd district from 1899 to 1900. Political boss of Philadelphia's 7th ward. President and principal owner of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1909.[12]
John Morin Scott Republican 1899 – 1906 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 2nd district from 1907 to 1910[13]
Francis Salisbury McElhenny Republican 1907 – 1913
Owen Blair Jenkins Republican 1915 – 1917
George Woodward Republican 1919 – 1945
James Burd Hubley Federalist 1921 – 1923
John W. Lord Jr. Republican 1947 – 1951 Philadelphia City Councilman from 1952 to 1954. Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1954 to 1971. Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1971. Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1972.[14]
Martin Silvert Democratic 1951 – 1963
William John McLaughlin III Republican 1965 – 1966
John F. Byrne Jr. Democratic 1967 – 1970
Robert A. Rovner Republican 1971 – 1974
H. Craig Lewis Democratic 1975 – 1994
Tommy Tomlinson Republican 1995 – 2023
Frank Farry Republican 2023 – present

Recent election results

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PA Senate election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Farry 67,406 53.2
Democratic Ann Marie Mitchell 57,264 45.2
Libertarian Brandon Bentrim 1,961 1.6
Total votes 126,631 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tommy Tomlinson (incumbent) 54,382 50.03
Democratic Tina Davis 54,308 49.97
Total votes 108,690 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tommy Tomlinson (incumbent) 45,361 61.8
Democratic Kimberly Yeager-Rose 27,997 38.2
Total votes 73,358 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tommy Tomlinson (incumbent) 49,958 58.2
Democratic Bryan Allen 35,879 41.8
Total votes 85,837 100.0
Republican hold

References

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  1. ^ "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob Kreps". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Strohm Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - William Hiester - Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "CHAPMAN, Henry, (1804-1891)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Benjamin Champneys Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  8. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jesse W Knight Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  9. ^ "ADAMS, Robert, Jr., (1849-1906)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  10. ^ "PENROSE, Boies, (1860-1921)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  11. ^ Beers, Paul B. (November 1, 2010). Pennsylvania Politics Today and Yesterday: The Tolerable Accommodation. Penn State Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0271044989. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  12. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Israel Wilson Durham Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  13. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Morin Scott Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  14. ^ John Whitaker Lord Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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