Pennsylvania Senate, District 5

Pennsylvania's 5th State Senate district
Senator	Jimmy Dillon D – Philadelphia
Population (2021)	267,205

Pennsylvania State Senate District 5 includes parts of Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Jimmy Dillon.

District profile

The district includes the following areas: ^[1]

Philadelphia County:

• Ward 41
• Ward 56
• Ward 57
• Ward 58
• Ward 63
• Ward 64
• Ward 65
• Ward 66

Senators

Representative [2]	Party	Years	District home	Note
Peter Frailey	Democratic-Republican	1811 – 1819
Charles Shoemaker, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	1813 – 1819
Marks John Biddle	Federalist	1815 – 1817
Ely Kitchin	Republican	1825 – 1826
William H. Rowland	Democratic	1827 – 1828
Mathias Morris	Anti-Jacksonian, Whig	1829 – 1831		U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1835 to 1939 [3]
John Miller	Democratic	1837 – 1839
Samuel Fegeley	Democratic	1841 – 1845
John Potteiger	Democratic	1847 – 1848
William Muhlenberg Hiester	Democratic	1853 – 1855
John Clarkson Evans	Democratic	1855 – 1857
Joseph Laubach	Democratic	1857 – 1858		Pennsylvania State Representative for the 9th district from 1855 to 1856 [4]
Jeremiah Schindel	Democratic	1859 – 1860
George W. Stein	Democratic	1861 – 1863
Wilmer Worthington	Republican	1863 – 1869
Horace Royer	Republican	1865 – 1867
Charles Henderson Stinson	Republican	1867 – 1869
Hugh Jones Brooke	Whig	1871 – 1872		Pennsylvania State Senator for the 4th district from 1849 to 1852 [5]
William B. Waddell	Republican	1873 – 1874
Thomas Valentine Cooper	Republican	1873 – 1874		Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County from 1870 to 1871, 1872 to 1873 and 1901 to 1909. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 9th district from 1875 to 1888. [6]
John Edgar Reyburn	Republican	1877 – 1883		Pennsylvania State Representative in 1871 and from 1874 to 1876. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th district from 1890 to 1897 and Pennsylvania's 2nd district from 1906 to 1907. [7]
Charles A. Porter	Republican	1891 – 1895
Charles Lincoln Brown	Republican	1897 – 1900		First two of four terms as Pennsylvania State Senator [8]
William H. Berkelbach	Republican	1901 – 1903
Charles Lincoln Brown	Republican	1905 – 1907		Second two of four terms as Pennsylvania State Senator [8]
Richard V. Farley	Democratic	1913 – 1915
David Martin	Republican	1917 – 1920		Pennsylvania State Senator for the 8th district from 1899 to 1902 [9]
Max Aron	Republican	1921 – 1935
Israel Stiefel	Democratic	1937 – 1963
Herbert J. McGlinchey	Democratic	1965 – 1972		U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th district from 1945 to 1947 [10]
Charles F. Dougherty	Republican	1973 – 1979		Resigned January 15, 1979. [11] U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th district from 1979 to 1983. [12]
James R. Lloyd, Jr.	Democratic	1979 – 1984		Elected April 23, 1979, to fill vacancy [13]
Frank A. Salvatore	Republican	1985 – 2000		Pennsylvania State Representative for the 170th district from 1973 to 1984. [14]
Michael J. Stack III	Democratic	2001 – 2015		33rd Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2019 [15]
John P. Sabatina Jr.	Democratic	2015 – 2021		Pennsylvania State Representative for the 174th district from 2006 to 2015 [16]
Jimmy Dillon	Democratic	2022 –

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 February 13, 2019.
3. "MORRIS, Mathias, (1787-1839)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
4. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Joseph Laubach Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
5. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Hugh Jones Brooke Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
6. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas Valentine Cooper Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
7. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John Edgar Reyburn Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
8. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles Lincoln Brown Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
9. "Pennsylvania State Senate - David Martin Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
10. "Pennsylvania State Senate – Herbert J McGlinchey Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us.
11. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1979-1980" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
12. "DOUGHERTY, Charles Francis, (1937 - )". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
13. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1979-1980" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
14. "Pennsylvania House of Representatives – FRANK A. SALVATORE Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
15. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Michael J Stack, III Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
16. "Pennsylvania State Senate - John P. Sabatina Jr". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

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