List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania

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The List of United States Senators from Pennsylvania lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018. The class 3 senators were last elected in November 2016.

class 1

Bob Casey
Pat Toomey

Pennsylvania has been a US state since December 12, 1787 and to date has had 30 class 1 senators in Congress , one of whom, Philander C. Knox, served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
William Maclay 1787-1791 independent July 20, 1737 - April 16, 1804
vacant
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin 1793-1794 Democratic Republican January 29, 1761 - August 12, 1849
James Ross 1794-1803 federalist July 12, 1762 - November 27, 1847
Samuel Maclay 1803-1809 Democratic Republican June 17, 1741 - October 5, 1811
Michael Leib 1809-1814 Democratic Republican January 8, 1760 - December 8, 1822
Jonathan Roberts 1814-1821 Democratic Republican August 16, 1771 - July 24, 1854
William Findlay 1821-1827 Democratic Republican June 20, 1768 - November 12, 1846
Isaac Dutton Barnard 1827-1831 Democratic Republican July 18, 1791 - February 28, 1834
George M. Dallas 1831-1833 democrat July 10, 1792 - December 31, 1864
Samuel McKean 1833-1839 democrat April 7, 1787 - December 14, 1841
Daniel Sturgeon 1840-1851 democrat October 27, 1789 - July 3, 1878
Richard Brodhead 1851-1857 democrat January 5, 1811 - September 16, 1863
Simon Cameron 1857-1861 republican March 8, 1799 - June 26, 1889
David Wilmot 1861-1863 republican January 20, 1814 - March 16, 1868
Charles Rollin Buckalew 1863-1869 democrat December 28, 1821 - May 19, 1899
John Scott 1869-1875 republican July 24, 1824 - November 29, 1896
William Andrew Wallace 1875-1881 democrat November 28, 1827 - May 22, 1896
John Inscho Mitchell 1881-1887 republican July 28, 1838 - August 20, 1907
Matthew Stanley Quay 1887-1899 republican September 30, 1833 - May 28, 1904
vacant
Matthew Stanley Quay 1901-1904 republican September 30, 1833 - May 28, 1904
Philander Chase Knox 1904-1909 republican May 6, 1853 - October 12, 1921
George Tenerife Oliver 1909-1917 republican January 26, 1848 - January 22, 1919
Philander Chase Knox 1917-1921 republican May 6, 1853 - October 12, 1921
William Evans Crow 1921-1922 republican March 10, 1870 - August 2, 1922
David Aiken Reed 1922-1935 republican December 21, 1880 - February 10, 1953
Joseph Frank Guffey 1935-1947 democrat December 29, 1870 - March 6, 1959
Edward Martin 1947-1959 republican September 18, 1879 - March 19, 1967
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. 1959-1977 republican November 11, 1900 - July 21, 1994
Henry John Heinz III 1977-1991 republican October 23, 1938 - April 4, 1991
Harris Llewellyn Wofford 1991-1995 democrat April 9, 1926 - January 21, 2019
Richard John Santorum 1995-2007 republican * May 10, 1958
Robert Patrick Casey Jr. since 2007 democrat * April 13, 1960

Class 3

Pennsylvania has 26 class 3 senators to date , one of whom, Simon Cameron, served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Robert Morris Jr. 1789-1795 federalist January 31, 1734 - May 8, 1806
William Bingham 1795-1801 federalist March 8, 1752 - February 7, 1804
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg 1801 Democratic Republican October 1, 1746 - October 1, 1807
George Logan 1801-1807 Democratic Republican September 9, 1753 - April 9, 1821
Andrew Gregg 1807-1813 Democratic Republican June 10, 1755 - May 20, 1835
Abner Lacock 1813-1819 Democratic Republican July 9, 1770 - April 12, 1837
Walter Lowrie 1819-1825 Democratic Republican December 10, 1784 - December 14, 1868
William Marks 1825-1831 National Republicans October 13, 1778 - April 10, 1858
William Wilkins 1831-1834 democrat December 20, 1779 - June 23, 1865
James Buchanan 1834-1845 democrat April 23, 1791 - June 1, 1868
Simon Cameron 1845-1849 democrat March 8, 1799 - June 26, 1889
James Cooper 1849-1855 Whig May 8, 1810 - March 28, 1863
William Bigler 1856-1861 democrat January 11, 1814 - August 9, 1880
Edgar Cowan 1861-1867 republican September 19, 1815 - August 31, 1885
Simon Cameron 1867-1877 republican March 8, 1799 - June 26, 1889
James Donald Cameron 1877-1897 republican May 14, 1833 - August 30, 1918
Boies Penrose 1897-1921 republican November 1, 1860 - December 31, 1921
George Wharton Pepper 1922-1927 republican March 16, 1867 - May 24, 1961
William Scott Vare 1927-1929 republican December 24, 1867 - August 7, 1934
Joseph Ridgway Grundy 1929-1930 republican January 13, 1863 - March 3, 1961
James John Davis 1930-1945 republican October 27, 1873 - November 22, 1947
Francis John Myers 1945–1951 democrat December 18, 1901 - July 5, 1956
James Henderson Duff 1951-1957 republican January 21, 1883 - December 20, 1969
Joseph Sill Clark Jr. 1957-1969 democrat October 21, 1901 - January 12, 1990
Richard Schultz Schweiker 1969-1981 republican June 1, 1926 - July 31, 2015
Arlen Specter 1981-2011 Republican
from 2009 Democrat 		February 12, 1930 - October 14, 2012
Patrick Joseph Toomey since 2011 republican * November 17, 1961

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