Pennsylvania State Senate District 16 includes parts of Bucks County and Lehigh County. It is currently represented by Republican Jarrett Coleman.
District profile The district includes the following areas:
Bucks County
Bedminster Township Bridgeton Township Dublin Durham Township East Rockhill Township Haycock Township Hilltown Township Milford Township Nockamixon Township Perkasie Quakertown Richland Township Richlandtown Riegelsville Sellersville Silverdale Springfield Township Telford (Bucks County portion) Tinicum Township Trumbauersville West Rockhill Township
Lehigh County
Alburtis Allentown (PART, Wards 13 and 18) Coopersburg Heidelberg Township Lower Macungie Township Lower Milford Township Lowhill Township Lynn Township Macungie North Whitehall Township Slatington South Whitehall Township (PART, Districts 03, 06 and 08) Upper Macungie Township Upper Milford Township Upper Saucon Township Washington Township Weisenberg Township
Senators Representative Party Years District home Note John Reed Democratic-Republican Party 1815 – 1820 Henry Allshouse Democratic-Republican Party 1819 – 1826 Alexander Mahon Democratic-Republican Party 1821 – 1828 Jesse Miller Democratic 1827 – 1832 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th district from 1833 to 1836 Charles B. Penrose Whig 1833 – 1837 Was a Democratic-Republican from 1833 to 1835, and a Whig from 1835 to 1841 and a Republican in 1857. Served in the 14th district from 1837 to 1841. Served in the 1st district in 1857. Was Speaker of the Senate from 1838 to 1839 and again in 1841. Samuel Leas Carpenter Democratic 1837 – 1839 Served in the 18th district from 1835 to 1837 John C. Plumer Jackson Democrat Party 1839 – 1842 John Hill Democratic 1843 – 1844 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1845 to 1846 William B. Anderson Democratic 1845 Robert Chambers Sterrett Democratic 1847 – 1850 Charles Rollin Buckalew Democratic 1851 – 1854 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1857 to 1858. First term as Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district with his second term from 1859 to 1860. Minister Resident for Ecuador from 1858 to 1861. U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1863 to 1869. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th district from 1887 to 1889 and the 17th district from 1889 to 1891. Bartram A. Schaffer Republican 1857 – 1859 George P. Steele Democratic 1857 – 1859 Robert A. Baldwin Republican 1859 William Hamilton Republican 1861 John Andrew Hiestand Republican 1861 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1852 to 1853 and 1856. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th district from 1885 to 1889. Benjamin Champneys Democratic 1863 – 1864 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1825 to 1826, 1828 to 1829 and 1863. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1846 to 1848. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 6th district from 1843 to 1844 and the 17th district from 1865 to 1866 John M. Dunlap Republican 1863 – 1864 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1865 to 1866 David Fleming Republican 1865 – 1866 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1863 to 1864 G. Dawson Coleman Republican 1867 David Mumma Republican 1867 Charles Rollins Buckalew Democratic 1869 – 1870 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1857 to 1858. Second term as Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district having previously served from 1851 to 1854 Butler B. Strang Republican 1871 – 1874 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1875 to 1876 Evan Holben Democratic 1877 – 1882 Milton C. Henninger Democratic 1883 – 1894 Harry Gibson Stiles Democratic 1895 – 1902 Arthur Granville Dewalt Democratic 1903 – 1910 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th district from 1915 to 1921 James A. Miller Democratic 1911 – 1914 Horace Walker Schantz Republican 1915 – 1930 Henry L. Snyder Democratic 1931 – 1934 George A. Rupp Democratic 1935 – 1938 Oscar Jacob Tallman Republican 1939 – 1950 Tilghman A. Freed Republican 1951 – 1954 Pennsylvania State Representative during the 1939, 1943, and 1945 terms. John T. Van Sant Republican 1955 – 1970 Allentown Pennsylvania State Representative for the Lehigh County district from 1951 to 1954 Henry C. Messinger Democratic 1971 – 1982 Allentown World War II veteran and professor at Cornell University, President of the Pennsylvania State Education Association (1962–1964). Guy Kratzer Republican 1983 – 1986 Allentown Evangelical pastor and Allentown City Councilman. Roy Afflerbach Democratic 1987 – 1998 Allentown Pennsylvania State Representative for the 131st district from 1983 to 1986. 35th mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2006 Charles W. Dent Republican 1997 – 2005 Allentown Pennsylvania State Representative for the 132nd district from 1991 to 1998. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 2005 to 2018 Pat Browne Republican 2005 – 2023 Allentown Pennsylvania State Representative for the 131st district from 1995 to 2005 Jarrett Coleman Republican 2023 – present Upper Macungie Commercial pilot elected to school board in 2021 due to opposition to COVID-19 lock-downs.
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