Pennsylvania State Senate District 19 includes part of Chester County. It is currently represented by Democrat Carolyn Comitta.
District profile The district includes the following areas:
Coatesville Downingtown East Bradford Township East Caln Township East Fallowfield Township East Goshen Township East Nottingham Township Easttown Township Elk Township Highland Township Londonderry Township Lower Oxford Township Malvern Modena New London Township Newlin Township Oxford Penn Township South Coatesville Tredyffrin Township Upper Oxford Township Valley Township West Bradford Township West Chester West Fallowfield Township West Goshen Township West Marlborough Township West Nottingham Township West Whiteland Township Willistown Township
Senators Representative Party Years District home Note Samuel Power Republican 1815 – 1822 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1823 to 1828 John St. Clair Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1826 Daniel Sturgeon Jackson Democrat 1827 – 1830 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1818 to 1824. Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 1836 to 1840. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1840 to 1851. Solomon G. Krepps Democratic 1831 – 1832 John A. Sangston Democratic 1833 – 1838 Cornelius Darragh Whig 1837 – 1838 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1835 to 1836. 25th Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1849 to 1851. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1844 to 1847. William Alexander Purviance Anti-Masonic 1835 – 1839 Thomas S. Williams Whig 1839 – 1841 Charles Craven Sullivan Whig 1841 – 1844 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1845 to 1846 George Darsie Whig 1841 – 1842 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1843 to 1854 George Shannon Mullin Sr. Whig 1843 – 1844 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1841 to 1842 John Morrison Whig 1845 Alexander King Whig 1847 – 1850 John Hoge Democratic 1851 Thomas Hoge Democratic 1853 – 1856 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 26th district from 1863 to 1864 and the 28th district from 1865 to 1866. William Peter Schell Democratic 1857 – 1859 Glenni William Scofield Republican 1857 – 1858 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1849 to 1851. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 11th district from 1859 to 1860. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district from 1863 to 1873. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district from 1873 to 1875 Samuel S. Wharton Republican 1861 George W. Householder Republican 1863 – 1864 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1865 to 1866 Alexander Stutzman Republican 1863 – 1866 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1867 to 1868 William McSherry Democratic 1865 – 1866 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1863 to 1864 and the 20th district from 1873 to 1874. Calvin Mark Duncan Democratic 1865 – 1871 James Marion Weakley Republican 1871 – 1873 Robert L. McClellan Republican 1875 James Bowen Everhart Republican 1877 – 1892 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1883 to 1887 Abram D. Harlan Republican 1893 – 1904 Septimus Evans Nivin Democratic 1891 – 1892 William Preston Snyder Republican 1893 – 1904 Oscar E. Thomson Republican 1905 – 1912 John Gyger Republican 1913 – 1916 Thomas Lawrence Eyre Republican 1919 – 1926 William Hannum Clark Republican 1927 – 1936 George B. Scarlett Republican 1937 – 1952 Thomas P. Harney Republican 1953 – 1960 John H. Ware III Republican 1961 – 1970 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1970 to 1973 and Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1973 to 1975. John Stauffer Republican 1970 – 1988 Pennsylvania State Representative for the Chester County district from 1965 to 1968 and the 157th district from 1969 to 1970. Republican Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1977 to 1982. Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1985 to 1988. Earl M. Baker Republican 1989 – 1995 Resigned August 31, 1995 Robert J. Thompson Republican 1995 – 2006 Seated December 4, 1995.Died Jan 28, 2006 Andrew E. Dinniman Democratic 2006 – 2020 West Whiteland TownshipElected May 16, 2006 to fill vacancy.Carolyn ComittaDemocratic2021 – presentWest Chester
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