Pennsylvania State Senate District 20 includes parts of Luzerne County and Wayne County and all of Pike County, Susquehanna County, and Wyoming County. It is currently represented by Republican Lisa Baker.

District profile The district includes the following areas:

Luzerne County

Ashley Courtdale Dallas Dallas Township Edwardsville Exeter Exeter Township Fairmount Township Forty Fort Franklin Township Hanover Township Harveys Lake Hunlock Township Jackson Township Kingston Kingston Township Lake Township Larksville Lehman Township Luzerne Nanticoke Newport Township Plymouth Plymouth Township Pringle Ross Township Sugar Notch Swoyersville Union Township Warrior Run West Wyoming

All of Pike County

All of Susquehanna County

Wayne County

Berlin Township Bethany Buckingham Township Clinton Township Damascus Township Dyberry Township Hawley Lebanon Township Manchester Township Mount Pleasant Township Oregon Township Palmyra Township Paupack Township Preston Township Scott Township Starrucca

All of Wyoming County

Senators Representative Party Years District home Note Joseph Shannon Democratic-Republican 1813 – 1816 Henry Hurst Democratic-Republican 1817 – 1820 Joshua Dickerson Republican 1817 – 1822 Jacob Herrington Democratic 1821 – 1822 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 23rd district from 1823 to 1824 Rees Bowen Hill Democratic 1823 – 1824 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district 1821 to 1822 Jonathan Knight Democratic 1825 – 1828 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district from 1855 to 1857 Isaac Leet Democratic 1833 – 1836 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1837 to 1838 John James Pearson Whig 1837 – 1840 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district from 1836 to 1837 William Stewart Washington 1841 – 1842 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1843 to 1844 William Bigler Jackson Democrat 1841 – 1846 12th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1852. U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1861. Augustus Drum Democratic 1849 – 1850 James Skinner Whig 1853 – 1854 Darwin Asahel Finney Whig 1855 – 1858 John Cresswell Jr. Democratic 1859 – 1860 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1853 to 1858 Louis Williams Hall Republican 1861 – 1862 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1865 to 1868 William Andrew Wallace Democratic 1863 – 1886 U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1881 George W. Householder Republican 1865 – 1866 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1863 to 1864 Alexander Stutzman Republican 1867 – 1868 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1863 to 1866 Hiram Findlay Democratic 1869 – 1870 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1871 to 1872 Edward Scull Republican 1871 – 1872 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th district from 1887 to 1889 and 20th district from 1889 to 1893 William McSherry Democratic 1873 – 1874 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1863 to 1864 and the 19th district from 1865 to 1866 William Henry Stanton Democratic 1875 – 1876 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th district from 1876 to 1877 George B. Seamons Republican 1877 – 1882 Louis Arthur Watres Republican 1883 – 1890 Fifth Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1895 Michael E. McDonald Democratic 1891 – 1894 James C. Vaughn Republican 1895 – 1902 Patrick F. Calpin Democratic 1903 – 1906 Edward F. James Republican 1907 – 1910 Asa Keeler Dewitt Democratic 1911 – 1926 Andrew J. Sordoni Republican 1927 – 1938 Robert M. Miller Republican 1939 – 1942 Adrian H. Jones Republican 1943 – 1946 T. Newell Wood Republican 1947 – 1978 Harold E. Flack Republican 1955 – 1966 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1942 to 1952 Frank J. O’Connell Republican 1979 – 1985 Pennsylvania State Representative for the Luzerne County district from 1967 to 1968 and the 120th district from 1969 to 1978 Charles Lemmond Republican 1985 – 2006 Seated November 20, 1985. Lisa Baker Republican 2007 – present

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