Pennsylvania State Senate District 8 includes parts of Delaware County and Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Anthony Hardy Williams.
District profile The district includes the following areas:
Delaware County Collingdale Colwyn Darby Darby Township Folcroft Norwood Sharon Hill Tinicum Township Yeadon
Philadelphia County Ward 03 Ward 26 [PART, Divisions 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 22] Ward 27 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23] Ward 36 Ward 40 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51] Ward 46 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 21] Ward 48 Ward 51 Ward 60 [PART, Divisions 06, 07, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22]
Senators Representative Party Years District home Note Henry Jarrett Democratic-Republican 1813 – 1816 Thomas Jones Rogers Democratic-Republican 1815 – 1818 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1818 to 1823 and for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1823 to 1824 John Erwin Democratic-Republican 1817 – 1818 Joseph Fry, Jr. Democratic-Republican 1817 – 1820 Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1816 to 1817. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1827 to 1831 Henry Winter Democratic-Republican 1819 – 1822 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 12th district from 1823 to 1826 John Andrew Schulze Democratic-Republican 1821 – 1824 6th Governor of Pennsylvania John Harrison National Republican 1823 – 1824 Adam Ritscher Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1826 George Seltzer Democratic 1827 – 1830 Jacob Stoever Democratic 1831 – 1834 John Harper Anti-Masonic 1835 – 1836 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 7th district from 1837 to 1838 David Rittenhouse Porter Democratic 1835 – 1837 Pennsylvania State Representative in 1819. 9th Governor of Pennsylvania Isaac Slenker Democratic 1837 – 1838 James Martin Bell Whig 1837 – 1839 Robert Plunket Maclay Whig 1839 – 1841 James Mathers Whig 1841 – 1842 Francis Wade Hughes Democratic 1843 – 1844 Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1853. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1853 to 1855 Henry C. Eyer Democratic 1843 – 1844 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1845 to 1846 George Rahn Democratic 1845 – 1846 William A. Overfield Jackson Democrat 1847 – 1848 Charles Frailey Democratic 1851 – 1852 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1835 to 1840 David Taggart Whig 1855 – 1858 Speaker in 1857 Thomas Craig, Jr. Democratic 1857 – 1860 Henry Spering Mott Republican 1861 – 1862 Hiester Clymer Democratic 1861 – 1866 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1873 to 1881 Joseph Depuy Davis Democratic 1867 – 1874 Jacob Crouse Republican 1875 – 1876 William Imlay Newell Republican 1877 – 1882 Benjamin F. Hughes Republican 1883 – 1886 Henry S. Taylor Republican 1887 – 1889 Died in office Jacob Crouse Republican 1889 – 1898 David Martin Republican 1899 – 1902 Pennsylvania Senator for the 5th district from 1917 to 1920 Horatio Balch Hackett Republican 1903 – 1905 Vivian Frank Gable Democratic 1905 – 1906 John T. Murphy Republican 1907 – 1910 James T. Nulty Fusion Democrat 1911 – 1914 William Wallace Smith Republican 1915 – 1918 George Gray Republican 1919 – 1922 Thaddeus Stevens Krause Republican 1923 – 1934 Walter S. Pytko Democratic 1935 – 1938 Louis H. Farrell Republican 1939 – 1950 John F. Byrne, Sr. Democratic 1951 – 1952 Francis P. McCusker Republican 1953 – 1954 William Vincent Mullin Democratic 1955 – 1966 Thomas McCreesh Democratic 1967 – 1974 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 4th senatorial district from 1959 to 1966 Paul McKinney Democratic 1975 – 1982 Hardy Williams Democratic 1983 – 1998 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1971 to 1982 Anthony Hardy Williams Democratic 1999 – present Pennsylvania State Representative for the 191st district from 1989 to 1998. Democratic Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate since 2011
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