Pennsylvania Senate, District 19

{{Short description|American legislative district}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox legislative district

|state= Pennsylvania

|district= 19

|chamber= Senate

|representative= Carolyn Comitta

|party= Democratic

|residence= West Chester

|population= 253,763

|population_year= 2021

}}

Pennsylvania State Senate District 19 includes part of Chester County. It is currently represented by Democrat Carolyn Comitta.

District profile

Senators

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! Representative{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/serRes.cfm?search&body=S&dist=19 |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=16 November 2019}}

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| Samuel Power

Republican1815 – 1822Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1823 to 1828{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Samuel Power Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=2465&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=24 November 2019}}
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| John St. Clair

Democratic-Republican1823 – 1826
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| Daniel Sturgeon

Jackson Democrat1827 – 1830Pennsylvania State Representative from 1818 to 1824. Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 1836 to 1840. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1840 to 1851.{{cite web |title=STURGEON, Daniel, (1789-1878) |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001046 |website=www.bioguide.congress.gov |accessdate=25 November 2019}}
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| Solomon G. Krepps

Democratic1831 – 1832
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| John A. Sangston

Democratic1833 – 1838
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| Cornelius Darragh

Whig1837 – 1838Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1835 to 1836. 25th Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1849 to 1851. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1844 to 1847.{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Cornelius Darragh Biograph |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4514&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=24 November 2019}}
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| William Alexander Purviance

Anti-Masonic1835 – 1839
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| Thomas S. Williams

Whig1839 – 1841
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| Charles Craven Sullivan

Whig1841 – 1844Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1845 to 1846{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles Craven Sullivan Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5565&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=24 November 2019}}
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| George Darsie

Whig1841 – 1842Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1843 to 1854{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - George Darsie Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4516&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=24 November 2019}}
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| George Shannon Mullin Sr.

Whig1843 – 1844Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1841 to 1842{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - George Shannon Mullin, Sr Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5272&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=24 November 2019}}
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| John Morrison

Whig1845
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| Alexander King

Whig1847 – 1850
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| John Hoge

Democratic1851
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| Thomas Hoge

Democratic1853 – 1856Pennsylvania State Senator for the 26th district from 1863 to 1864 and the 28th district from 1865 to 1866.{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas Hoge Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4758&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=24 November 2019}}
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| William Peter Schell

Democratic1857 – 1859
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| Glenni William Scofield

Republican1857 – 1858Pennsylvania State Representative from 1849 to 1851. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 11th district from 1859 to 1860. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district from 1863 to 1873. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district from 1873 to 1875{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Glenni William Scofield Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5427&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=24 March 2019}}
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| Samuel S. Wharton

Republican1861
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| George W. Householder

Republican1863 – 1864Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1865 to 1866{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - George W Householder Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4775&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=22 November 2019}}
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| Alexander Stutzman

Republican1863 – 1866Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1867 to 1868{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Alexander Stutzman Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5564&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=22 November 2019}}
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| William McSherry

Democratic1865 – 1866Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1863 to 1864 and the 20th district from 1873 to 1874.{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senator - William McSherry Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5212&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=22 November 2019}}
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| Calvin Mark Duncan

Democratic1865 – 1871
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| James Marion Weakley

Republican1871 – 1873
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| Robert L. McClellan

Republican1875
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| James Bowen Everhart

Republican1877 – 1892U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1883 to 1887{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - James Bowen Everhart Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4603&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=26 November 2019}}
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| Abram D. Harlan

Republican1893 – 1904
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| Septimus Evans Nivin

Democratic1891 – 1892
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| William Preston Snyder

Republican1893 – 1904
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| Oscar E. Thomson

Republican1905 – 1912
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| John Gyger

Republican1913 – 1916
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| Thomas Lawrence Eyre

Republican1919 – 1926
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| William Hannum Clark

Republican1927 – 1936
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| George B. Scarlett

Republican1937 – 1952
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| Thomas P. Harney

Republican1953 – 1960
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| John H. Ware III

Republican1961 – 1970U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1970 to 1973 and Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1973 to 1975.{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - John H Ware, III Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=2609&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=17 November 2019}}
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| John Stauffer

Republican1970 – 1988Pennsylvania State Representative for the Chester County district from 1965 to 1968 and the 157th district from 1969 to 1970. Republican Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1977 to 1982. Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1985 to 1988.{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - John Stauffer Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5530&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=16 November 2019}}
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| Earl M. Baker

Republican1989 – 1995Resigned August 31, 1995{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996| work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| publisher = Wilkes University | year =2004 | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/179S.pdf}}
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| Robert J. Thompson

Republican1995 – 2006Seated December 4, 1995.{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996| work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| publisher = Wilkes University | year =2004 | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/179S.pdf}}
Died Jan 28, 2006
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| Andrew E. Dinniman

Democratic2006 – 2020West Whiteland TownshipElected May 16, 2006 to fill vacancy.{{cite web | title = 2006 Special Election for the 19th Senatorial District | work = Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information | publisher = Pennsylvania Department of State | year = 2004 | url = http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=23&OfficeID=12 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081128114828/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=23&OfficeID=12 | archivedate = 2008-11-28 }}
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|Carolyn Comitta

|Democratic

|2021 – present

|West Chester

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References

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