Pennsylvania State Senate District 5 includes parts of Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Republican Joe Picozzi.
District profile The district includes the following areas:
Philadelphia County: Ward 41 Ward 56 Ward 57 Ward 58 Ward 63 Ward 64 Ward 65 Ward 66
Senators Representative Party Years District home Note Peter Frailey Democratic-Republican1811 – 1819 Charles Shoemaker, Jr. Democratic-Republican1813 – 1819 Marks John Biddle Federalist1815 – 1817 Ely Kitchin Republican1825 – 1826 William H. Rowland Democratic1827 – 1828 Mathias Morris Anti-Jacksonian, Whig1829 – 1831 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1835 to 1839 John Miller Democratic1837 – 1839 Samuel Fegeley Democratic1841 – 1845 John Potteiger Democratic1847 – 1848 William Muhlenberg Hiester Democratic1853 – 1855 John Clarkson Evans Democratic1855 – 1857 Joseph Laubach Democratic1857 – 1858 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 9th district from 1855 to 1856 Jeremiah Schindel Democratic1859 – 1860 George W. Stein Democratic1861 – 1863 Wilmer Worthington Republican1863 – 1869 Horace Royer Republican1865 – 1867 Charles Henderson Stinson Republican1867 – 1869 Hugh Jones Brooke Whig1871 – 1872 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 4th district from 1849 to 1852 William B. Waddell Republican1873 – 1874 Thomas Valentine Cooper Republican1873 – 1874 Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County from 1870 to 1871, 1872 to 1873 and 1901 to 1909. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1875 to 1888. John Edgar Reyburn Republican1877 – 1883 Pennsylvania State Representative in 1871 and from 1874 to 1876. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th district from 1890 to 1897 and Pennsylvania's 2nd district from 1906 to 1907. Charles A. Porter Republican1891 – 1895 Charles Lincoln Brown Republican1897 – 1900 First two of four terms as Pennsylvania State Senator William H. Berkelbach Republican1901 – 1903 Charles Lincoln Brown Republican1905 – 1907 Second two of four terms as Pennsylvania State Senator Richard V. Farley Democratic1913 – 1915 David Martin Republican1917 – 1920 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 8th district from 1899 to 1902 Max Aron Republican1921 – 1935 Israel Stiefel Democratic1937 – 1963 Herbert J. McGlinchey Democratic1965 – 1972 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th district from 1945 to 1947 Charles F. Dougherty Republican1973 – 1979 Resigned January 15, 1979. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th district from 1979 to 1983. James R. Lloyd, Jr. Democratic1979 – 1984 Elected April 23, 1979, to fill vacancy Frank A. Salvatore Republican1985 – 2000 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 170th district from 1973 to 1984. Michael J. Stack III Democratic2001 – 2015 33rd Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2019 John P. Sabatina Jr. Democratic2015 – 2021 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 174th district from 2006 to 2015 Jimmy Dillon Democratic 2022 – 2025 Joe Picozzi Republican 2025 –
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