Pennsylvania Senate, District 10

Pennsylvania's 10th State Senate district
Senator	Steve Santarsiero D – Lower Makefield Township
Population (2021)	269,925

Pennsylvania State Senate District 10 includes parts of Bucks County. It is currently represented by Democrat Steve Santarsiero.

District profile

The district includes the following areas: ^[1]

• Bristol
• Bristol Township
• Buckingham Township
• Chalfont
• Doylestown
• Doylestown Township
• Falls Township
• Lower Makefield Township
• Morrisville
• New Britain
• New Britain Township
• New Hope
• Newtown
• Newtown Township
• Plumstead Township
• Solebury Township
• Tullytown
• Upper Makefield Township
• Yardley

Senators

Representative [2]	Party	Years	District home	Note
Henry Welles	Democratic-Republican	1815 – 1820
John McMeens	Republican	1819 – 1822
Redmond Conyngham	Federalist	1823 – 1824		Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1819 to 1822 [3]
Robert Moore	Democratic	1825 – 1828
Jacob Drumheller	Democratic	1827 – 1832
Uzal Hopkins	Democratic	1833 – 1836
Peter S. Michler	Whig	1837 – 1838		Pennsylvania State Senator for the 12th district from 1835 to 1836 [4]
Abraham Shortz	Democratic	1839 – 1840
John S. Gibbons	Democratic	1841 – 1842
William Harrison Dimmick	Democratic	1845 – 1846		U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1857 to 1861 [5]
Farris B. Streeter	Democratic	1847 – 1850		Solicitor of the United States Treasury from 1853 to 1858 [6]
Ephriam W. Hamlin	Democratic	1851 – 1854
James H. Walton	Democratic	1855 – 1858
Winthrop W. Ketcham	Republican	1859 – 1862		U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1875 to 1876. Pennsylvania State Representative in 1858 [7]
Howkin B. Beardslee	Democratic	1863 – 1866
Jasper Billings Stark	Democratic	1863 – 1864		Pennsylvania State Senator for the 12th district from 1865 to 1866 [8]
Charlton Burnett	Democratic	1867 – 1868		Pennsylvania State Senator for the 22nd district from 1877 to 1878 [9]
Albert Gallatin Brodhead	Democratic	1869 – 1870		Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1871 to 1872 [10]
Joseph Thomas	Republican	1879 – 1886
Charles Souders Vandegrift, Jr.	Democratic	1883 – 1886
George Ross	Democratic	1887 – 1894
Henry G. Moyer	Republican	1895 – 1898
Hampton W. Rice	Republican	1899 – 1902
Issac Webster Grim	Democratic	1903 – 1910
Clarence J. Buckman	Republican	1911 – 1938
Howard I. James	Republican	1939 – 1946
Edward B. Watson	Republican	1947 – 1958
Marvin V. Keller	Republican	1959 – 1970		Pennsylvania State Representative for the Bucks County district from 1949 to 1958 [11]
Edward L. Howard	Republican	1971 – 1986
James C. Greenwood	Republican	1987 – 1993		U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1993 to 2005. Pennsylvania State Representative for the 143rd district from 1981 to 1986 [12]
David W. Heckler	Republican	1993 – 1997		Pennsylvania State Representative for the 143rd district from 1987 to 1993 [13]
Joe Conti	Republican	1997 – 2006		Pennsylvania State Representative for the 143rd district from 1993 to 1996 [14]
Charles T. McIlhinney, Jr.	Republican	2007 – 2019		Pennsylvania State Representative for the 143rd district from 1997 to 2006 [15]
Steve Santarsiero	Democratic	2019–present		Pennsylvania State Representative for the 31st district from 2009 to 2017 [16]

Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Santarsiero (incumbent)	77,720	58.6
	Republican	Matthew McCullough	54,975	41.4
Total votes			132,695	100.0
	Democratic hold

PA Senate election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Santarsiero	67,438	52.5
	Republican	Marguerite Quinn	60,935	47.5
Total votes			128,373	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

PA Senate election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck McIlhinney (incumbent)	49,605	58.7
	Democratic	Stephen Cickay	34,967	41.3
Total votes			84,572	100.0
	Republican hold

PA Senate election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck McIlhinney (incumbent)	57,349	59.8
	Democratic	Cynthia Philo	38,509	40.2
Total votes			95,858	100.0
	Republican hold

References

1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State . Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. "Pennsylvania State Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
3. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Redmond Conyngham Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
4. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Peter S Michler Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
5. "DIMMICK, William Harrison, (1815-1861)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
6. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Farris B Street Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
7. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Winthrop W Ketcham Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
8. "Pennsylvania State Senator - Jasper Billings Stark Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
9. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charlton Burnett Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
10. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Albert Gallatin Brodhead Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
11. "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Marvin V. Keller Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
12. "Pennsylvania State Senate - James Charles Greenwood Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
13. "Pennsylvania State Senate - David W Heckler Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
14. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Joe Conti Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
15. Cox, Harold (November 3, 2004). "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - 1997-1998" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
16. "SESSION OF 2009 - 193D OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 1" (PDF). Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. January 6, 2009.

• Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.