U.S. Senators from Pennsylvania, 1789-2022(May beincomplete!)
WilliamMaclay 1789-91RobertMorris 1789-95AlbertGallatin 1793-94JamesRoss 1794-1803WilliamBingham 1795-1801JohnPeter Gabriel Muhlenberg 1801GeorgeLogan 1801-07SamuelMaclay 1803-09AndrewGregg 1807-13MichaelLeib 1809-14AbnerLacock 1813-19JonathanRoberts 1814-21WalterLowrie 1819-25WilliamFindlay 1821-27WilliamMarks 1825-31IsaacD. Barnard 1827-31WilliamWilkins 1831-34GeorgeM. Dallas 1831-33SamuelMcKean 1833-39JamesBuchanan 1834-45DanielSturgeon 1840-51SimonCameron 1845-49JamesCooper 1849-55RichardBrodhead 1851-57WilliamBigler 1856-61SimonCameron 1857-61EdgarCowan 1861-67DavidWilmot 1861-63CharlesR. Buckalew 1863-69SimonCameron 1867-77JohnScott 1869-75WilliamA. Wallace 1875-81J.Donald Cameron 1877-97JohnI. Mitchell 1881-87MatthewS. Quay 1887-99BoiesPenrose 1897-1921MatthewS. Quay 1901-04PhilanderC. Knox 1904-09GeorgeT. Oliver 1909-17PhilanderC. Knox 1917-21WilliamE. Crow 1921-22GeorgeWharton Pepper 1922-27DavidA. Reed 1922-35WilliamS. Vare 1927-29JosephR. Grundy 1929-30JamesJ. Davis 1930-45JosephF. Guffey 1935-47FrancisJ. Myers 1945-51EdwardMartin 1947-59JamesH. Duff 1951-57JosephS. Clark, Jr. 1957-69HughScott 1959-77RichardS. Schweiker 1969-81H.John Heinz III 1977-91ArlenSpecter 1981-2011HarrisWofford 1991-95RickSantorum 1995-2007BobCasey, Jr. 2007-PatToomey 2011- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1801 Jun 30:JohnPeter Gabriel Muhlenberg, resigned. 1809 Jan 4:SamuelMaclay, resigned. 1814 Feb 14:MichaelLeib, resigned. 1831 Dec 6:IsaacD. Barnard, resigned. 1834 Jun 30:WilliamWilkins, resigned. 1845:GeorgeW. Woodward, defeated. 1845 Mar 5:JamesBuchanan, resigned. 1861 Mar 4:SimonCameron, resigned. 1877 Mar 3:SimonCameron, resigned. 1904 May 28:MatthewS. Quay, died in office. 1909 Mar 3:PhilanderC. Knox, resigned. 1914 Nov 3:BoiesPenrose (Rep & Personal Liberty), elected;GiffordPinchot (Roosevelt Progressive & Bull Moose & Washington),defeated;A.Mitchell Palmer (Dem), defeated;FrederickW. Whiteside (Socialist), defeated;MadisonF. Larkin (Prohibition), defeated;A.S. Landis (Industrial), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:PhilanderC. Knox (Rep & Roosevelt Progressive), elected;EllisL. Orvis (Dem), defeated;CharlesW. Ervin (Socialist), defeated;HerbertT. Ames (Prohibition), defeated;RobertC. Macauley (Single Tax), defeated;WilliamH. Thomas (Industrial), defeated. 1920 Nov 2:BoiesPenrose (Rep), elected;JohnA. Farrell (Dem), defeated;LeahCobb Marion (Prohibition), defeated;BirchWilson (Socialist), defeated;RobertJ. Wheeler (Labor), defeated;JosephE. Jennings (Single Tax), defeated. 1921 Oct 12:PhilanderC. Knox, died in office. 1921 Dec 31:BoiesPenrose, died in office. 1922 Aug 2:WilliamE. Crow, died in office. 1922 Nov 7:GeorgeWharton Pepper (Rep), elected;FredB. Kerr (Dem), defeated;EarlW. Thompson (Progressive), defeated;WilliamJ. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;FrankG. Lewis (Prohibition), defeated;JamesA. Robinson (Single Tax), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:DavidA. Reed (Rep), elected;SamuelE. Shull (Dem), defeated;WilliamJ. Burke (Progressive), defeated;RachelC. Robinson (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesSehl (Socialist), defeated;CharlesJ. Schoales (Single Tax), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:DavidA. Reed (Rep), elected;RachelC. Robinson (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamJ. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;ThomasJ. Davis (Single Tax), defeated. 1926 May 18:WilliamB. Wilson (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1926 May 18:WilliamS. Vare (Rep), nominated;GeorgeWharton Pepper (Rep), defeated in primary;GiffordPinchot (Rep), defeated in primary. 1926 May 18:ElishaKent Kane (Prohibition), nominated;GiffordPinchot (Prohibition), defeated in primary. 1926 May 18:CoraM. Bixler (Socialist), nominated unopposed, but withdrew. 1926 Nov 2:WilliamS. Vare (Rep), elected;WilliamB. Wilson (Dem & Labor), defeated;ElishaKent Kane (Prohibition), defeated;GeorgeW. Snyder (Socialist), defeated;A.J. Carey (Workers), defeated;RobertC. Macauley (Commonwealth Land), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:DavidA. Reed (Rep), elected;WilliamN. McNair (Dem), defeated;WilliamJ. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;ElishaKent Kane (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesKutz (Labor), defeated;W.J. White (Workers), defeated;WilliamH. Thomas (Industrial), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:JamesJ. Davis (Rep), elected;SedgwickKistler (Dem), defeated;WilliamJ. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;S.W. Bierer (Prohibition), defeated;EmmettP. Cush (Communist), defeated. 1932 Apr 26:LawrenceH. Rupp (Dem), nominated;LewisC. Cassidy (Dem), defeated in primary. 1932 Apr 26:JamesJ. Davis (Rep), nominated;SmedleyButler (Rep), defeated in primary;WilliamS. Adams (Rep), defeated in primary. 1932 Apr 26:WilliamJ. Van Essen (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1932 Nov 8:JamesJ. Davis (Rep & Liberal), elected;LawrenceH. Rupp (Dem), defeated;EdwinJ. Fithian (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamJ. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;HarryM. Wicks (Communist), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:JosephF. Guffey (Dem), elected;DavidA. Reed (Rep), defeated;JamesH. Maurer (Socialist), defeated;EdwinJ. Fithian (Prohibition), defeated;HarryM. Wicks (Communist), defeated;GeorgeW. Ohls (Industrial Labor), defeated. 1938:S.Davis Wilson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1938 Nov 8:JamesJ. Davis (Rep), elected;GeorgeH. Earle (Dem & Royal Oak), defeated;DavidH. H. Felix (Socialist), defeated;ForestS. Van Valin (Prohibition), defeated;ReginaldB. Naugle (Pathfinders), defeated;PatrickToohey (Communist), defeated. 1940:AlbertH. Ladner (Rep), defeated in primary. 1940 Nov 5:JosephF. Guffey (Dem), elected;JayCooke (Rep), defeated;DavidH. H. Felix (Socialist), defeated;H.B. Mansell (Prohibition), defeated;CarlReeve (Communist), defeated;FrankKnotek (Industrial Government), defeated. 1944 Nov 7:FrancisJ. Myers (Dem), elected;JamesJ. Davis (Rep), defeated;J.Henry Stump (Socialist), defeated;CharlesPalmer (Prohibition), defeated;FrankKnotek (Industrial Government), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:EdwardMartin (Rep), elected;JosephF. Guffey (Dem), defeated;DaleH. Learn (Prohibition), defeated;FrankKnotek (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1950:JohnC. Kunkel, defeated for nomination. 1952 Nov 4:EdwardMartin (Rep), elected;GuyK. Bard (Dem), defeated;IraS. Sassaman (Prohibition), defeated;WilliamJ. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;AnnaChester (Militant Workers), defeated;FrankKnotek (Industrial Government), defeated. 1956 Apr 24:JosephS. Clark, Jr. (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1956 Apr 24:JamesH. Duff (Rep), nominated;PaulE. Sanger (Rep), defeated in primary. 1956 Nov 6:JosephS. Clark, Jr. (Dem), elected;JamesH. Duff (Rep), defeated;GeorgeS. Taylor (Socialist Labor), defeated;HerbertLewin (Militant Workers), defeated. 1958 May 20:GeorgeM. Leader (Dem), nominated;ClarenceP. Bowers (Dem), defeated in primary. 1958 May 20:HughScott (Rep), nominated;WeldonB. Heyburn (Rep), defeated in primary;HarrisonA. Moyer (Rep), defeated in primary. 1958 Nov 4:HughScott (Rep), elected;GeorgeM. Leader (Dem), defeated;GeorgeS. Taylor (Socialist Labor), defeated;EthelPeterson (Workers), defeated. 1962 May 15:JosephS. Clark, Jr. (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1962 May 15:JamesE. Van Zandt (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1962 Nov 6:JosephS. Clark, Jr. (Dem), elected;JamesE. Van Zandt (Rep), defeated;ArlaA. Albaugh (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1964 Apr 28:GenevieveBlatt (Dem), nominated;MichaelA. Musmanno (Dem), defeated in primary;DavidB. Roberts (Dem), defeated in primary. 1964 Apr 28:HughScott (Rep), nominated;J.Henry MacFarland (Rep), defeated in primary. 1964 Nov 3:HughScott (Rep), elected;GenevieveBlatt (Dem), defeated;MorrisChertov (Militant Workers), defeated;GeorgeS. Taylor (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1968 Nov 5:RichardS. Schweiker (Rep), elected;JosephS. Clark, Jr. (Dem), defeated;FrankW. Gaydosh (Constitutional), defeated;BensonPerry (Socialist Labor), defeated;PearlChertov (Militant Workers), defeated. 1970 Nov 3:HughScott (Rep), elected;WilliamG. Sesler (Dem), defeated;FrankW. Gaydosh (Constitutional), defeated;W.Henry MacFarland (American Independent), defeated;HermanA. Johansen (Socialist Labor), defeated;RobinMaisel (Socialist Workers), defeated;WilliamR. Mimms (Consumer), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:RichardS. Schweiker (Rep), elected;PeterF. Flaherty (Dem), defeated;GeorgeW. Shankey, Jr. (Constitutional), defeated. 1976 Nov 2:H.John Heinz III (Rep), elected;WilliamJ. Green III (Dem), defeated;AndrewJ. Watson (Constitutional), defeated;FrederickW. Stanton (Socialist Workers), defeated;BernardSalera (Labor), defeated;FrankKinces (Communist), defeated. 1980:C.DeLores Tucker (Dem), defeated in primary. 1980 Nov 4:ArlenSpecter (Rep), elected;PeterF. Flaherty (Dem), defeated;LindaMohrbacher (Socialist Workers), defeated;DavidK. Walter (Libertarian), defeated;LeeFrissell (Consumer), defeated;FrankKinces (Communist), defeated. 1982 Nov 2:H.John Heinz III (Rep), elected;CyrilH. Wecht (Dem), defeated;BarbaraI. Karkutt (Libertarian), defeated;KippM. Dawson (Socialist Workers), defeated;LianeNorman (Consumer), defeated. 1986 Nov 4:ArlenSpecter (Rep), elected;BobEdgar (Dem), defeated;LanceS. Haver (Consumer), defeated. 1988 Nov 8:H.John Heinz III (Rep), elected;JosephC. Vignola (Dem), defeated;DarcyG. Richardson (Consumer), defeated;HenryHaller (Libertarian), defeated;SamuelCross (Populist), defeated;SamBlancato (New Alliance), defeated. 1991 Apr 4:H.John Heinz III, died in office. 1991 May 8:HarrisWofford, appointed. 1991 Nov 5:HarrisWofford (Dem), elected;RichardL. Thornburgh (Rep), defeated. 1992 Apr 28:LynnYeakel (Dem), nominated;PhillipValenti (Dem), defeated in primary. 1992 Nov 3:ArlenSpecter (Rep), elected;LynnYeakel (Dem), defeated;JohnF. Perry III (Libertarian), defeated. 1994 Nov 8:RickSantorum (Rep), elected;HarrisWofford (Dem), defeated;DianeBlough (Patriot), defeated;DonaldC. Ernsberger (Libertarian), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:ArlenSpecter (Rep), elected;BillLloyd (Dem), defeated;DeanSnyder (Constitutional), defeated;JackIannantuono (Libertarian), defeated. 2000 Apr 4:RonaldKlink (Dem), nominated;AllysonY. Schwartz (Dem), defeated in primary;TomFoley (Dem), defeated in primary;RobertA. Rovner (Dem), defeated in primary;MurrayLevin (Dem), defeated in primary;PhilipJ. Berg (Dem), defeated in primary. 2000 Apr 4:RickSantorum (Rep), nominated unopposed. 2000 Nov 7:RickSantorum (Rep), elected;RonaldKlink (Dem), defeated;JohnJ. Featherman (Libertarian), defeated;LesterB. Searer (Constitution), defeated;RobertE. Domske (Reform), defeated. 2004 Apr 27:JosephM. Hoeffel (Dem), nominated unopposed. 2004 Apr 27:ArlenSpecter (Rep), nominated;PatToomey (Rep), defeated in primary. 2004 Nov 2:ArlenSpecter (Rep), elected;JosephM. Hoeffel (Dem), defeated;JamesN. Clymer (Constitution), defeated;ElizabethC. Summers (Libertarian), defeated. 2006 May 16:BobCasey, Jr. (Dem), nominated;ChuckPennacchio (Dem), defeated in primary;AlanSandals (Dem), defeated in primary. 2006 May 16:RickSantorum (Rep), nominated unopposed. 2006 Nov 7:BobCasey, Jr. (Dem), elected;RickSantorum (Rep), defeated. 2010 May 18:JoeSestak (Dem), nominated;ArlenSpecter (Dem), defeated in primary. 2010 May 18:PatToomey (Rep), nominated;PegLuksik (Rep), defeated in primary. 2010 Nov 2:PatToomey (Rep), elected;JoeSestak (Dem), defeated. 2012 Apr 24:BobCasey, Jr. (Dem), nominated;JosephJohn Vodvarka (Dem), defeated in primary. 2012 Apr 24:TomSmith (Rep), nominated;SamRohrer (Rep), defeated in primary;StevenD. Welch (Rep), defeated in primary;DavidA. Christian (Rep), defeated in primary;MarcA. Scaringi (Rep), defeated in primary. 2012 Nov 6:BobCasey, Jr. (Dem), elected;TomSmith (Rep), defeated;RayburnDouglas Smith (Libertarian), defeated. 2022:MalcolmKenyatta (Dem), defeated in primary. | |
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