Pennsylvania State Senate District 6 includes parts of Bucks County. It is currently represented by Republican Frank Farry.
District profile The district includes the following areas:
Bensalem Township Hulmeville Ivyland Langhorne Langhorne Manor Lower Southampton Township Middletown Township Northampton Township Penndel Upper Southampton Township Warminster Township Warrington Township Warwick Township Wrightstown Township
Senators Representative Party Years District home Note John Forster Federalist 1813 – 1817 John Sawyer Democratic-Republican 1819 – 1821 Conrad Feger Federalist 1821 – 1823 James Burd Hubley Federalist 1823 – 1825 William Audenreid Democratic-Republican 1825 – 1827 George Schall Jr. Democratic 1825 – 1827 John Kerlin Federalist 1825 – 1829 Daniel A. Bertolet Republican 1829 – 1831 Jacob Krebs Democratic 1829 – 1835 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1812 to 1813. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1826 to 1827. Paul Geiger Democratic 1831 – 1835 John Strohm Anti-Masonic 1837 – 1842 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1849 James A. Caldwell Democratic 1837 – 1839 Thomas Evans Cochran Democratic 1839 – 1841 William Hiester Anti-Masonic 1841 – 1843 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1831 to 1837 Henry Chapman Democratic 1843 – 1845 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1857 to 1859 Benjamin Champneys Democratic 1843 – 1845 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1825 to 1826, 1828 to 1829 and 1863. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1846 to 1848. Pennsylvania Senator for the 16th district from 1863 to 1866 and the 17th district from 1865 to 1866 Josiah Rich Whig 1847 – 1848 Benjamin Malone Whig 1849 – 1851 Howard K. Sager Democratic 1853 – 1854 Jonathan Ely Democratic 1855 – 1857 Benjamin Nunemacher Democratic 1859 – 1860 Oliver P. James Democratic 1865 – 1866 Richard J. Linderman Democratic 1867 – 1869 Jesse W. Knight Democratic 1871 – 1872 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 7th district from 1873 to 1874 Aaron K. Dunkle Republican 1875 – 1877 Wiliam Elliott Republican 1879 – 1881 A. Wilson Norris Republican 1881 – 1882 Robert Adams Jr. Republican 1883 – 1885 United States Minister to Brazil from 1889 to 1890. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1893 to 1906. Boies Penrose Republican 1887 – 1889 U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921. Political boss of the Pennsylvania Republican political machine. Israel Wilson Durham Republican 1897 – 1898 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 2nd district from 1899 to 1900. Political boss of Philadelphia's 7th ward. President and principal owner of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1909. John Morin Scott Republican 1899 – 1906 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 2nd district from 1907 to 1910 Francis Salisbury McElhenny Republican 1907 – 1913 Owen Blair Jenkins Republican 1915 – 1917 George Woodward Republican 1919 – 1947 John W. Lord Jr. Republican 1947 – 1951 Philadelphia City Councilman from 1952 to 1954. Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1954 to 1971. Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1971. Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1972. Martin Silvert Democratic 1951 – 1963 William John McLaughlin III Republican 1965 – 1966 John F. Byrne Jr. Democratic 1967 – 1970 Robert A. Rovner Republican 1971 – 1974 H. Craig Lewis Democratic 1975 – 1994 Tommy Tomlinson Republican 1995 – 2023 Frank Farry Republican 2023 – present
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