Pennsylvania State Senate District 22 includes parts of Lackawanna County and Luzerne County. It is currently represented by Democrat Marty Flynn.
District profile The district includes the following areas:
Lackawanna County
Benton Township Clarks Green Clarks Summit Dalton Dickson City Dunmore Glenburn Township Greenfield Township La Plume Township Moosic Newton Township North Abington Township Old Forge Ransom Township Scott Township Scranton South Abington Township Taylor Throop Waverly Township West Abington Township
Luzerne County
Avoca Dupont Duryea Hughestown Jenkins Township Laflin Laurel Run Pittston Pittston Township Plains Township West Pittston Wilkes-Barre City Wilkes-Barre Township Wyoming Yatesville
Popular culture This seat is the one represented by Robert Lipton and later competed for by Oscar Martinez on NBC's hit show The Office.
Senators Representative Party Years District home Note William Piper Democratic-Republican 1821 – 1832 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 14th district from 1817 to 1820. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1811 to 1813 and Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1813 to 1817 David Mann Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1824 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 14th district from 1821 to 1822 Chauncey Forward Democratic-Republican 1823 – 1826 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1820 to 1822. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1826 to 1831. Alexander Ogle Jackson Democrat 1827 – 1828 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1803-1804, 1807-1808, 1811 and 1817-1823. Major General in the Pennsylvania militia during the war of 1812. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1817 to 1819. Henry Humbert Fore Democratic 1833 – 1836 Samuel Hays Democratic 1839 – 1842 Pennsylvania State Representative in 1813, 1816, 1823 and 1825. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district from 1843 to 1845 Charles Alexander Black Democratic 1845 – 1848 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1843 to 1844 Maxwell McCaslin Democratic 1849 – 1852 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 23rd district from 1853 to 1854 James Carothers Whig 1851 – 1852 George Darsie Republican 1853 – 1854 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1841 to 1842 and the 24th district from 1843 to 1850 Jonas Roup McClintock Democratic 1853 – 1856 8th mayor of Pittsburgh from 1836 to 1839. Pennsylvania State Representative from 1850 to 1854 William Wilkins Democratic 1857 – 1858 Pennsylvania State Representative from 1819 to 1820. Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1824 to 1831. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1834. U.S. Minister to Russia from 1834 to 1835. U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1843 to 1844. 19th U.S. Secretary of War from 1844 to 1845. Jacob Turney Democratic 1857 – 1860 Elected President of the Senate in 1859. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1875 to 1879. Smith Fuller Republican 1861 – 1862 John Latta Democratic 1863 – 1864 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 23rd district from 1865 to 1866. Pennsylvania State Representative from 1872 to 1873. First Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1879. Thomas St. Clair Republican 1865 – 1866 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 37th district from 1877 to 1880 Robert Bruce Petriken Democratic 1873 – 1874 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1871 to 1872 David McLean Crawford Democratic 1873 – 1874 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1871 to 1872 and the 31st district from 1877 to 1880 Joseph S. Waream Democratic 1873 – 1876 Charlton Burnett Democratic 1877 – 1878 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 10th district from 1867 to 1868 Allen Craig Democratic 1879 – 1882 John D. Biddis Democratic 1883 – 1886 Joseph Horace Shull Democratic 1887 – 1890 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district from 1903 to 1905 William M. Rapsher Democratic 1891 – 1894 Lafayette Rowland Democratic 1895 – 1898 David S. Lee Democratic 1899 – 1902 Jacob Gilbert Zern Fusion Democrat 1903 – 1906 Edward Francis Blewitt Democratic 1907 – 1910 Maternal great-grandfather to Joe Biden Walter McNichols Republican 1911 – 1914 William M. Lynch Republican 1915 – 1918 Albert J. Davis Republican 1919 – 1930 John W. Howell Republican 1931 – 1938 Edward J. Coleman Democratic 1939 – 1946 Fraser P. Donlan Republican 1947 – 1950 Hugh J. McMenamin Democratic 1951 – 1962 Robert P. Casey Democratic 1963 – 1968 Auditor General of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1977. 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995. Father to Bob Casey Jr., Senator from Pennsylvania. Arthur A. Piasecki Republican 1969 – 1970 Robert J. Mellow Democratic 1971 – 2010 Minority floor leader from 1994 to 2010. President pro tempore from 1992 to 1994. Served 16 months in prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and filing a false tax return | Final charge dropped against former Pa. senator in pay-to-play turnpike scandal By The Associated Press | October 16, 2014 at 5:34 PM, updated October 16, 2014 at 5:38 PM | John P. Blake Democratic 2011 – 2021 Resigned to work for Congressman Matt Cartwright.Marty FlynnDemocratic2021 – presentScrantonIncumbent
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