Pennsylvania Senate, District 20

Senators
Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
Joseph ShannonDemocratic-Republican1813 – 1816
Henry HurstDemocratic-Republican1817 – 1820
Joshua DickersonRepublican1817 – 1822
Jacob HerringtonDemocratic1821 – 1822Pennsylvania State Senator for the 23rd district from 1823 to 1824[3]
Rees Bowen HillDemocratic1823 – 1824Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district 1821 to 1822[4]
Jonathan KnightDemocratic1825 – 1828U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district from 1855 to 1857[5]
Isaac LeetDemocratic1833 – 1836Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1837 to 1838[6]
John James PearsonWhig1837 – 1840U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district from 1836 to 1837[7]
William StewartWashington1841 – 1842Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1843 to 1844[8]
William BiglerJackson Democrat1841 – 184612th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1852. U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1861.[9]
Augustus DrumDemocratic1849 – 1850
James SkinnerWhig1853 – 1854
Darwin Asahel FinneyWhig1855 – 1858
John Cresswell, Jr.Democratic1859 – 1860Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1853 to 1858[10]
Louis Williams HallRepublican1861 – 1862Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1865 to 1868[11]
William Andrew WallaceDemocratic1863 – 1886U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1881[12]
George W. HouseholderRepublican1865 – 1866Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1863 to 1864[13]
Alexander StutzmanRepublican1867 – 1868Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1863 to 1866[14]
Hiram FindlayDemocratic1869 – 1870Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1871 to 1872[15]
Edward ScullRepublican1871 – 1872U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th district from 1887 to 1889 and 20th district from 1889 to 1893[16]
William McSherryDemocratic1873 – 1874Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1863 to 1864 and the 19th district from 1865 to 1866[17]
William Henry StantonDemocratic1875 – 1876U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th district from 1876 to 1877[18]
George B. SeamonsRepublican1877 – 1882
Louis Arthur WatresRepublican1883 – 1890Fifth Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1895[19]
Michael E. McDonaldDemocratic1891 – 1894
James C. VaughnRepublican1895 – 1902
Patrick F. CalpinDemocratic1903 – 1906
Edward F. JamesRepublican1907 – 1910
Asa Keeler DewittDemocratic1911 – 1926
Andrew J. SordoniRepublican1927 – 1938
Robert M. MillerRepublican1939 – 1942
Adrian H. JonesRepublican1943 – 1946
T. Newell WoodRepublican1947 – 1978
Harold E. FlackRepublican1955 – 1966Pennsylvania State Representative from 1942 to 1952[20]
Frank J. O’ConnellRepublican1979 – 1985Pennsylvania State Representative for the Luzerne County district from 1967 to 1968 and the 120th district from 1969 to 1978[21]
Charles D. Lemmond, Jr.Republican1985 – 2006Seated November 20, 1985.[22]
Lisa BakerRepublican2007 – present

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 30 November 2019.
  3. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jacob Herrington Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  4. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Rees Bowen Hill Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  5. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Jonathan Knight Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  6. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Isaac Leet Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  7. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John James Pearson Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  8. "Pennsylvania State Senate - William Stewart Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  9. "Pennsylvania State Senate - William Bigler Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  10. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Cresswell, Jr Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  11. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Louis Williams Hall Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  12. "Pennsylvania State Senate - William Andrew Wallace Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  13. "Pennsylvania State Senate - George W. Householder Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  14. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Alexander Stutzman Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  15. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Hiram Findlay Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  16. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Edward Scull Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  17. "Pennsylvania State Senate - William McSherry Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  18. "Pennsylvania State Senate - William Henry Stanton Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  19. Lewis, William P. (April 1983). "The Life and Works of Col. L.A. Watres" (PDF). The Lackawanna Historical Society Bulletin. 16 (2). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  20. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Harold E Flack Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  21. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Frank O'Connell Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  22. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1985-1986" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.



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