Pennsylvania State Senate District 11 includes parts of Berks County. It is currently represented by Democrat Judy Schwank.
District profile The district includes the following areas:
Adamstown (Berks County portion) Alsace Township Cumru Township Exeter Township Fleetwood Kenhorst Kutztown Laureldale Lower Alsace Township Lyons Maxatawny Township Mohnton Mount Penn Muhlenberg Township Oley Township Reading Richmond Township Ruscombmanor Township Shillington Sinking Spring Spring Township St. Lawrence West Reading Wyomissing
Senators Representative Party Years District home Note William Gilliland Democratic-Republican 1809 – 1820 James McSherry Federalist 1813 – 1816 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1807 to 1812, 1824 to 1830, 1834 and 1835. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1821 to 1823. Charles A. Barnitz Federalist 1815 – 1818 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1833 to 1835 Frederick Eichelberger Democratic-Republican 1819 – 1822 Jonah Brewster Republican 1821 – 1824 John Ryon, Jr. Democratic-Republican 1825 – 1830 Samuel McKean Democratic 1829 – 1830 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1815 to 1819. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1823 to 1829. U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1839 Reuben Wilber Jackson Democrat 1831 – 1834 Almon Heath Read Democratic 1833 – 1838 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1827 to 1832. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1842 to 1843. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1843 to 1844 Luther Kidder Democratic 1843 – 1844 Gordon Fowler Mason Democratic 1847 – 1848 Thomas Erskine Carson Whig 1851 – 1854 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1845 to 1848 John Wallace Guernsey Democratic 1851 – 1852 David Mellinger Whig 1853 – 1856 George W. Brewer Democratic 1857 – 1858 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1859 to 1860 Glenni William Scofield Republican 1859 – 1860 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1849 to 1851. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1857 to 1858. 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 Isaac Benson Republican 1859 – 1862 George Landon Republican 1863 – 1868 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1859 to 1862 William J. Turrell Republican 1865 – 1866 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1863 to 1864 Peter M. Osterhout Republican 1869 – 1870 Edwin Albright Democratic 1871 – 1876 Daniel Ermentrout Democratic 1875 – 1888 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 1st district from 1873 to 1874. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1881 to 1889. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1897 to 1899 Edward Hertz Shearer Democratic 1881 – 1884 Frank R. Brunner Democratic 1885 – 1888 Henry Dickinson Green Democratic 1889 – 1896 Pennsylvania State Representative for the Berks County district from 1883 to 1886. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1899 to 1903 Edwin M. Herbst Democratic 1901 – 1916 George Washington Sassaman Democratic 1917 – 1920 James E. Norton Republican 1921 – 1934 Frank W. Ruth Democratic 1935 – 1960 Gus Yatron Democratic 1961 – 1968 Pennsylvania State Representative for the Berks County district from 1957 to 1959. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1969 to 1993 Robert R. Gerhart, Jr. Democratic 1969 – 1972 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 126th district from 1967 to 1968 Michael O'Pake Democratic 1973 – 2010 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 126th district from 1969 to 1972. Democratic Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate from 2001 to 2010 Judy Schwank Democratic 2011 – present Ruscombmanor Member of the Berks County Board of Commissioners from 2000 to 2008
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