U.S. Senators from Pennsylvania, 1789-2022 (May be
incomplete!)
William
Maclay 1789-91
Robert
Morris 1789-95
Albert
Gallatin 1793-94
James
Ross 1794-1803
William
Bingham 1795-1801
John
Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg 1801
George
Logan 1801-07
Samuel
Maclay 1803-09
Andrew
Gregg 1807-13
Michael
Leib 1809-14
Abner
Lacock 1813-19
Jonathan
Roberts 1814-21
Walter
Lowrie 1819-25
William
Findlay 1821-27
William
Marks 1825-31
Isaac
D. Barnard 1827-31
William
Wilkins 1831-34
George
M. Dallas 1831-33
Samuel
McKean 1833-39
James
Buchanan 1834-45
Daniel
Sturgeon 1840-51
Simon
Cameron 1845-49
James
Cooper 1849-55
Richard
Brodhead 1851-57
William
Bigler 1856-61
Simon
Cameron 1857-61
Edgar
Cowan 1861-67
David
Wilmot 1861-63
Charles
R. Buckalew 1863-69
Simon
Cameron 1867-77
John
Scott 1869-75
William
A. Wallace 1875-81
J.
Donald Cameron 1877-97
John
I. Mitchell 1881-87
Matthew
S. Quay 1887-99
Boies
Penrose 1897-1921
Matthew
S. Quay 1901-04
Philander
C. Knox 1904-09
George
T. Oliver 1909-17
Philander
C. Knox 1917-21
William
E. Crow 1921-22
George
Wharton Pepper 1922-27
David
A. Reed 1922-35
William
S. Vare 1927-29
Joseph
R. Grundy 1929-30
James
J. Davis 1930-45
Joseph
F. Guffey 1935-47
Francis
J. Myers 1945-51
Edward
Martin 1947-59
James
H. Duff 1951-57
Joseph
S. Clark, Jr. 1957-69
Hugh
Scott 1959-77
Richard
S. Schweiker 1969-81
H.
John Heinz III 1977-91
Arlen
Specter 1981-2011
Harris
Wofford 1991-95
Rick
Santorum 1995-2007
Bob
Casey, Jr. 2007-
Pat
Toomey 2011-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1801 Jun 30:
John
Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, resigned.
1809 Jan 4:
Samuel
Maclay, resigned.
1814 Feb 14:
Michael
Leib, resigned.
1831 Dec 6:
Isaac
D. Barnard, resigned.
1834 Jun 30:
William
Wilkins, resigned.
1845:
George
Washington Woodward, defeated.
1845 Mar 5:
James
Buchanan, resigned.
1861 Mar 4:
Simon
Cameron, resigned.
1877 Mar 3:
Simon
Cameron, resigned.
1904 May 28:
Matthew
S. Quay, died in office.
1909 Mar 3:
Philander
C. Knox, resigned.
1914 Nov 3:
Boies
Penrose (Rep & Personal Liberty), elected;
Gifford
Pinchot (Roosevelt Progressive & Bull Moose & Washington),
defeated;
A.
Mitchell Palmer (Dem), defeated;
Frederick
W. Whiteside (Socialist), defeated;
Madison
F. Larkin (Prohibition), defeated;
A.
S. Landis (Industrial), defeated.
1916 Nov 7:
Philander
C. Knox (Rep & Roosevelt Progressive), elected;
Ellis
L. Orvis (Dem), defeated;
Charles
W. Ervin (Socialist), defeated;
Herbert
T. Ames (Prohibition), defeated;
Robert
C. Macauley (Single Tax), defeated;
William
H. Thomas (Industrial), defeated.
1920 Nov 2:
Boies
Penrose (Rep), elected;
John
A. Farrell (Dem), defeated;
Leah
Cobb Marion (Prohibition), defeated;
Birch
Wilson (Socialist), defeated;
Robert
J. Wheeler (Labor), defeated;
Joseph
E. Jennings (Single Tax), defeated.
1921 Oct 12:
Philander
C. Knox, died in office.
1921 Dec 31:
Boies
Penrose, died in office.
1922 Aug 2:
William
E. Crow, died in office.
1922 Nov 7:
George
Wharton Pepper (Rep), elected;
Fred
B. Kerr (Dem), defeated;
Earl
W. Thompson (Progressive), defeated;
William
J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;
Frank
G. Lewis (Prohibition), defeated;
James
A. Robinson (Single Tax), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
David
A. Reed (Rep), elected;
Samuel
E. Shull (Dem), defeated;
William
J. Burke (Progressive), defeated;
Rachel
C. Robinson (Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
Sehl (Socialist), defeated;
Charles
J. Schoales (Single Tax), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
David
A. Reed (Rep), elected;
Rachel
C. Robinson (Prohibition), defeated;
William
J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;
Thomas
J. Davis (Single Tax), defeated.
1926 May 18:
William
B. Wilson (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1926 May 18:
William
S. Vare (Rep), nominated;
George
Wharton Pepper (Rep), defeated in primary;
Gifford
Pinchot (Rep), defeated in primary.
1926 May 18:
Elisha
Kent Kane (Prohibition), nominated;
Gifford
Pinchot (Prohibition), defeated in primary.
1926 May 18:
Cora
M. Bixler (Socialist), nominated unopposed, but withdrew.
1926 Nov 2:
William
S. Vare (Rep), elected;
William
B. Wilson (Dem & Labor), defeated;
Elisha
Kent Kane (Prohibition), defeated;
George
W. Snyder (Socialist), defeated;
A.
J. Carey (Workers), defeated;
Robert
C. Macauley (Commonwealth Land), defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
David
A. Reed (Rep), elected;
William
N. McNair (Dem), defeated;
William
J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;
Elisha
Kent Kane (Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
Kutz (Labor), defeated;
W.
J. White (Workers), defeated;
William
H. Thomas (Industrial), defeated.
1930 Nov 4:
James
J. Davis (Rep), elected;
Sedgwick
Kistler (Dem), defeated;
William
J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;
S.
W. Bierer (Prohibition), defeated;
Emmett
P. Cush (Communist), defeated.
1932 Apr 26:
Lawrence
H. Rupp (Dem), nominated;
Lewis
C. Cassidy (Dem), defeated in primary.
1932 Apr 26:
James
J. Davis (Rep), nominated;
Smedley
Butler (Rep), defeated in primary;
William
S. Adams (Rep), defeated in primary.
1932 Apr 26:
William
J. Van Essen (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
1932 Nov 8:
James
J. Davis (Rep & Liberal), elected;
Lawrence
H. Rupp (Dem), defeated;
Edwin
J. Fithian (Prohibition), defeated;
William
J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;
Harry
M. Wicks (Communist), defeated.
1934 Nov 6:
Joseph
F. Guffey (Dem), elected;
David
A. Reed (Rep), defeated;
James
H. Maurer (Socialist), defeated;
Edwin
J. Fithian (Prohibition), defeated;
Harry
M. Wicks (Communist), defeated;
George
W. Ohls (Industrial Labor), defeated.
1938:
S.
Davis Wilson (Dem), defeated in primary.
1938 Nov 8:
James
J. Davis (Rep), elected;
George
H. Earle (Dem & Royal Oak), defeated;
David
H. H. Felix (Socialist), defeated;
Forest
S. Van Valin (Prohibition), defeated;
Reginald
B. Naugle (Pathfinders), defeated;
Pat
Toohey (Communist), defeated.
1940:
Albert
H. Ladner (Rep), defeated in primary.
1940 Nov 5:
Joseph
F. Guffey (Dem), elected;
Jay
Cooke (Rep), defeated;
David
H. H. Felix (Socialist), defeated;
H.
B. Mansell (Prohibition), defeated;
Carl
Reeve (Communist), defeated;
Frank
Knotek (Industrial Government), defeated.
1944 Nov 7:
Francis
J. Myers (Dem), elected;
James
J. Davis (Rep), defeated;
J.
Henry Stump (Socialist), defeated;
Charles
Palmer (Prohibition), defeated;
Frank
Knotek (Industrial Government), defeated.
1946 Nov 5:
Edward
Martin (Rep), elected;
Joseph
F. Guffey (Dem), defeated;
Dale
H. Learn (Prohibition), defeated;
Frank
Knotek (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1950:
John
C. Kunkel, defeated for nomination.
1952 Nov 4:
Edward
Martin (Rep), elected;
Guy
K. Bard (Dem), defeated;
Ira
S. Sassaman (Prohibition), defeated;
William
J. Van Essen (Socialist), defeated;
Anna
Chester (Militant Workers), defeated;
Frank
Knotek (Industrial Government), defeated.
1956 Apr 24:
Joseph
S. Clark, Jr. (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1956 Apr 24:
James
H. Duff (Rep), nominated;
Paul
E. Sanger (Rep), defeated in primary.
1956 Nov 6:
Joseph
S. Clark, Jr. (Dem), elected;
James
H. Duff (Rep), defeated;
George
S. Taylor (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Herbert
Lewin (Militant Workers), defeated.
1958 May 20:
George
M. Leader (Dem), nominated;
Clarence
P. Bowers (Dem), defeated in primary.
1958 May 20:
Hugh
Scott (Rep), nominated;
Weldon
B. Heyburn (Rep), defeated in primary;
Harrison
A. Moyer (Rep), defeated in primary.
1958 Nov 4:
Hugh
Scott (Rep), elected;
George
M. Leader (Dem), defeated;
George
S. Taylor (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Ethel
Peterson (Workers), defeated.
1962 May 15:
Joseph
S. Clark, Jr. (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1962 May 15:
James
E. Van Zandt (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1962 Nov 6:
Joseph
S. Clark, Jr. (Dem), elected;
James
E. Van Zandt (Rep), defeated;
Arla
A. Albaugh (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1964 Apr 28:
Genevieve
Blatt (Dem), nominated;
Michael
A. Musmanno (Dem), defeated in primary;
David
B. Roberts (Dem), defeated in primary.
1964 Apr 28:
Hugh
Scott (Rep), nominated;
J.
Henry MacFarland (Rep), defeated in primary.
1964 Nov 3:
Hugh
Scott (Rep), elected;
Genevieve
Blatt (Dem), defeated;
Morris
Chertov (Militant Workers), defeated;
George
S. Taylor (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1968 Nov 5:
Richard
S. Schweiker (Rep), elected;
Joseph
S. Clark, Jr. (Dem), defeated;
Frank
W. Gaydosh (Constitutional), defeated;
Benson
Perry (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Pearl
Chertov (Militant Workers), defeated.
1970 Nov 3:
Hugh
Scott (Rep), elected;
William
G. Sesler (Dem), defeated;
Frank
W. Gaydosh (Constitutional), defeated;
W.
Henry MacFarland (American Independent), defeated;
Herman
A. Johansen (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Robin
Maisel (Socialist Workers), defeated;
William
R. Mimms (Consumer), defeated.
1974 Nov 5:
Richard
S. Schweiker (Rep), elected;
Peter
F. Flaherty (Dem), defeated;
George
W. Shankey, Jr. (Constitutional), defeated.
1976 Nov 2:
H.
John Heinz III (Rep), elected;
William
J. Green (Dem), defeated;
Andrew
J. Watson (Constitutional), defeated;
Frederick
W. Stanton (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Bernard
Salera (Labor), defeated;
Frank
Kinces (Communist), defeated.
1980:
C.
DeLores Tucker (Dem), defeated in primary.
1980 Nov 4:
Arlen
Specter (Rep), elected;
Peter
F. Flaherty (Dem), defeated;
Linda
Mohrbacher (Socialist Workers), defeated;
David
K. Walter (Libertarian), defeated;
Lee
Frissell (Consumer), defeated;
Frank
Kinces (Communist), defeated.
1982 Nov 2:
H.
John Heinz III (Rep), elected;
Cyril
H. Wecht (Dem), defeated;
Barbara
I. Karkutt (Libertarian), defeated;
Kipp
M. Dawson (Socialist Workers), defeated;
Liane
Norman (Consumer), defeated.
1986 Nov 4:
Arlen
Specter (Rep), elected;
Bob
Edgar (Dem), defeated;
Lance
S. Haver (Consumer), defeated.
1988 Nov 8:
H.
John Heinz III (Rep), elected;
Joseph
C. Vignola (Dem), defeated;
Darcy
G. Richardson (Consumer), defeated;
Henry
Haller (Libertarian), defeated;
Samuel
Cross (Populist), defeated;
Sam
Blancato (New Alliance), defeated.
1991 Apr 4:
H.
John Heinz III, died in office.
1991 May 8:
Harris
Wofford, appointed.
1991 Nov 5:
Harris
Wofford (Dem), elected;
Richard
L. Thornburgh (Rep), defeated.
1992 Apr 28:
Lynn
Yeakel (Dem), nominated;
Phillip
Valenti (Dem), defeated in primary.
1992 Nov 3:
Arlen
Specter (Rep), elected;
Lynn
Yeakel (Dem), defeated;
John
F. Perry III (Libertarian), defeated.
1994 Nov 8:
Rick
Santorum (Rep), elected;
Harris
Wofford (Dem), defeated;
Diane
Blough (Patriot), defeated;
Donald
C. Ernsberger (Libertarian), defeated.
1998 Nov 3:
Arlen
Specter (Rep), elected;
Bill
Lloyd (Dem), defeated;
Dean
Snyder (Constitutional), defeated;
Jack
Iannantuono (Libertarian), defeated.
2000 Apr 4:
Ronald
Klink (Dem), nominated;
Allyson
Y. Schwartz (Dem), defeated in primary;
Tom
Foley (Dem), defeated in primary;
Robert
A. Rovner (Dem), defeated in primary;
Murray
Levin (Dem), defeated in primary;
Philip
J. Berg (Dem), defeated in primary.
2000 Apr 4:
Rick
Santorum (Rep), nominated unopposed.
2000 Nov 7:
Rick
Santorum (Rep), elected;
Ronald
Klink (Dem), defeated;
John
J. Featherman (Libertarian), defeated;
Lester
B. Searer (Constitution), defeated;
Robert
E. Domske (Reform), defeated.
2004 Apr 27:
Joseph
M. Hoeffel (Dem), nominated unopposed.
2004 Apr 27:
Arlen
Specter (Rep), nominated;
Pat
Toomey (Rep), defeated in primary.
2004 Nov 2:
Arlen
Specter (Rep), elected;
Joseph
M. Hoeffel (Dem), defeated;
James
N. Clymer (Constitution), defeated;
Betsy
Summers (Libertarian), defeated.
2006 May 16:
Bob
Casey, Jr. (Dem), nominated;
Chuck
Pennacchio (Dem), defeated in primary;
Alan
Sandals (Dem), defeated in primary.
2006 May 16:
Rick
Santorum (Rep), nominated unopposed.
2006 Nov 7:
Bob
Casey, Jr. (Dem), elected;
Rick
Santorum (Rep), defeated.
2010 May 18:
Joe
Sestak (Dem), nominated;
Arlen
Specter (Dem), defeated in primary.
2010 May 18:
Pat
Toomey (Rep), nominated;
Peg
Luksik (Rep), defeated in primary.
2010 Nov 2:
Pat
Toomey (Rep), elected;
Joe
Sestak (Dem), defeated.
2012 Apr 24:
Bob
Casey, Jr. (Dem), nominated;
Joseph
John Vodvarka (Dem), defeated in primary.
2012 Apr 24:
Tom
Smith (Rep), nominated;
Sam
Rohrer (Rep), defeated in primary;
Steven
D. Welch (Rep), defeated in primary;
David
A. Christian (Rep), defeated in primary;
Marc
A. Scaringi (Rep), defeated in primary.
2012 Nov 6:
Bob
Casey, Jr. (Dem), elected;
Tom
Smith (Rep), defeated;
Rayburn
Douglas Smith (Libertarian), defeated.
2022:
Malcolm
Kenyatta (Dem), defeated in primary.
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