Pennsylvania Senate, District 9

Pennsylvania's 9th
State Senate district
Senator
  John I. Kane
D–Birmingham Township, Chester County
Population (2021)252,137

Pennsylvania State Senate District 9 includes parts of Chester County and Delaware County. It is currently represented by Democrat John I. Kane.

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Chester County

Delaware County

Senators

Representative[2] Party Years District home Note
Richard Thomas Federalist 1791 – 1793 U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1795 to 1801[3]
William Ross Democratic-Republican 1811 – 1815
Charles Fraser Democratic-Republican 1815 – 1819
Simon Snyder Democratic-Republican 1817 – 1819 3rd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1808 to 1817[4]
Robert Willets Democratic 1819 – 1821
Redmond Conyngham Federalist 1819 – 1823
Andrew Albright Republican 1821 – 1822
Lewis Dewart Democratic-Republican 1821 – 1825
John Ray Jackson Democrat 1827 – 1829
Samuel Jones Packer Anti-Mason 1831 – 1833
Isaac Slenker Democratic 1835 – 1837
Charles Frailey Democratic 1835 – 1841
Samuel Freeman Headley Democratic 1841 – 1842
Jefferson Kreider Heckman Democratic 1843 – 1845
Jacob D. Boas Whig 1847 – 1849
Conrad Schilp Shimer Democratic 1851 – 1852
William Fry Democratic 1853 – 1854
Joseph Laubach Democratic 1855 – 1857
Elijah Reed Myer Republican 1859 – 1860 Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1857 to 1858[5]
George Landon Republican 1859 – 1863
William J. Turrell Republican 1863 – 1865
William M. Randall Democratic 1865 – 1873
Thomas Valentine Cooper Republican 1874 – 1889 Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County from 1870 to 1871, 1872 to 1873 and 1901 to 1909. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 5th district from 1873 to 1874[6]
John Buchanan Robinson Republican 1889 – 1892 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th district from 1891 to 1897[7]
Jesse Matlack Baker Republican 1893 – 1897 Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County from 1889-1892[8]
William Cameron Sproul Republican 1897 – 1919 27th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923[9]
Richard J. Baldwin Republican 1919 – 1920 Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1917 to 1918[10]
Albert Dutton MacDade Republican 1921 – 1929
John J. McClure Republican 1929 – 1937 Found guilty and sentenced to 18 months in prison for vice and rum-running, conviction overturned on appeal[11]
Weldon Brinton Heyburn Republican 1937 – 1949
George Watkins Republican 1949 – 1960 U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1967. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1967 to 1970[12]
Clarence D. Bell Republican 1961 – 2002 Longest serving state senator in Pennsylvania history[13]
Dominic F. Pileggi Republican 2002 – 2016 Mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania from 1999 to 2002. Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate from 2007 to 2014[14]
Tom Killion Republican 2016 – 2020 Pennsylvania State Representative for the 168th district from 2003 to 2016[15]
John I. Kane Democratic 2020 – present

Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John I. Kane 80,198 51.9
Republican Tom Killion (incumbent) 74,173 48.1
Total votes 154,371 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican
PA Senate election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Killion (incumbent) 70,764 51.4
Democratic Martin Molloy 67,011 48.6
Total votes 137,775 100.0
Republican hold
9th Senatorial District special election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Killion 41,613 56.9
Democratic Martin Molloy 31,533 43.1
Total votes 73,146 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dominic F. Pileggi (incumbent) 73,003 55.4
Democratic Patricia Worrell 58,769 44.6
Total votes 131,772 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dominic F. Pileggi (incumbent) 77,440 58.1
Democratic John Linder 55,730 41.9
Total votes 133,170 100.0
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 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "THOMAS, Richard, (1744-1832)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "Governor Simon Snyder". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Elijah Reed Myer Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Thomas Valentine Cooper". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  7. ^ "ROBINSON, John Buchanan, (1846-1933)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives Jesse M. Baker". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  9. ^ "Governor William Cameron Sproul". www.phmc.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  10. ^ "Richard Jacobs Baldwin". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  11. ^ Beers, Paul B. (November 1, 2010). Pennsylvania Politics Today and Yesterday: The Tolerable Accommodation. Penn State Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0271044989. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  12. ^ "George Robert Watkins". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  13. ^ "Clarence D. Bell - PA State Senator". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  14. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Dominic F Pileggi". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  15. ^ "THOMAS H. KILLION". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved December 19, 2018.