Pennsylvania Senate, District 21

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Pennsylvania's 21st
State Senate district
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Senator
  Scott Hutchinson
R Oil City
Population (2021)258,167

Pennsylvania State Senate District 21 includes parts of Butler County and Erie County and all of Clarion County, Forest County, Venango County, and Warren County. It is currently represented by Republican Scott Hutchinson.

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District profile

The district includes the following areas: [1]

Butler County

All of Clarion County

Erie County

All of Forest county

All of Venango County

All of Warren County

Senators

Representative [2] PartyYearsDistrict homeNote
Samuel Power Republican 1823 1828Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1815 to 1822 [3]
Moses Sullivan Democratic 1825 1828Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1829 to 1832 [4]
William Hays Anti-Masonic 1831 1834
Cornelius Darragh Anti-Masonic 1835 1836Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1837 to 1838. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1844 to 1847. 25th Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1849 to 1851. [5]
Joseph M. Sterrett Whig 1837 1840
John Wilson Farrelly Whig 1841 1842Pennsylvania State Representative in 1837. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 26th district from 1843 to 1844. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district from 1847 to 1849. [6]
John Hill Democratic 1845 1846Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district from 1843 to 1844 [7]
Samuel Hill Democratic 1845 1848
Isaac Hugus Democratic 1849 1850
William Haslett Whig 1851 1852Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1849 to 1850 [8]
Archibald Robertson Republican 1851 1852
John C. Ferguson Whig 1853 1856
John R. Harris Republican 1857 1858Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1859 to 1860 [9]
Jonathan E. Meredith Republican 1861 1862
Henry Lloyd Wright Republican 1863 1874
Louis Williams Hall Republican 1865 1868Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1861 to 1862 [10]
Kirk Haines Whig 1865 1866
Samuel Townsend Shugert Democratic 1867 1868
Charles J. T. McIntyre Democratic 1867 1870
John Kincaid Robison Republican 1869 1870
Hiram Findlay Democratic 1871 1872Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1869 to 1870
Robert Bruce Petriken Democratic 1871 1872Pennsylvania State Senator for the 22nd district from 1873 to 1874 [11]
David McLean Crawford Democratic 1871 1872Pennsylvania State Senator for the 22nd district from 1873 to 1874 and the 31st district from 1877 to 1880 [12]
John A. Lemon Republican 1873 1874Pennsylvania State Senator for the 35th district from 1875 to 1896 [13]
Hubbard Bester Payne Republican 1875 1876
Elijah Catlin Wadhams Republican 1877 1880
Eckley Brinton Coxe Democratic 1881 1884
Morgan B. Williams Republican 1885 1888
William Henry Hines Democratic 1889 1892
Clarence W. Kline Republican 1893 1896
William J. Scott Republican 1897 1900
William Drury Republican 1901 1904
Sterling Ross Catlin Republican 1905 1920
Laning Harvey Republican 1929 1936
Leo C. Mundy Democratic 1939 1944
Peter M. Margie Democratic 1945 1948
Patrick J. Toole Democratic 1949 1954
William H. Davis Democratic 1955 1956
Titian James Coffey Republican 1959 1960Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1957 to 1958 [14]
Donald O. Oesterling Democratic 1965 1972 Butler
W. Thomas Andrews Republican 1973 1980 New Castle
Tim Shaffer Republican 1981 1996 Butler
Mary Jo White Republican 1997 2012 Franklin
Scott Hutchinson Republican 2012 Oil City

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References

  1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State . Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  3. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Samuel Power Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  4. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Moses Sullivan Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  5. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Cornelius Darragh Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  6. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Wilson Farrelly Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  7. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Hill Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  8. "Pennsylvania State Senate - William Haslett Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  9. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John R Harris Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  10. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Louis Williams Hall Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  11. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Biography Robert Bruce Petriken". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  12. "Pennsylvania State Senate - David McLean Crawford Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  13. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John A Lemon Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  14. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Titian James Coffey Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved January 12, 2020.