Pennsylvania Senate, District 6

Pennsylvania State Senate District 6 includes parts of Bucks County. It is currently represented by Republican Frank Farry.

Pennsylvania's 6th
State Senate district

Senator
 Frank Farry
RLanghorne
Population (2021)269,699

District profile

The district includes the following areas:[1]

Senators

Representative[2]PartyYearsDistrict homeNote
John ForsterFederalist1813 – 1817
John SawyerDemocratic-Republican1819 – 1821
Conrad FegerFederalist1821 – 1823
William AudenreidDemocratic-Republican1825 – 1827
George Schall Jr.Democratic1825 – 1827
John KerlinFederalist1825 – 1829
Daniel A. BertoletRepublican1829 – 1831
Jacob KrebsDemocratic1829 – 1835Pennsylvania State Representative from 1812 to 1813. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1826 to 1827.[3]
Paul GeigerDemocratic1831 – 1835
John StrohmAnti-Masonic1837 – 1842U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1849[4]
James A. CaldwellDemocratic1837 – 1839
Thomas Evans CochranDemocratic1839 – 1841
William HiesterAnti-Masonic1841 – 1843U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1831 to 1837[5]
Henry ChapmanDemocratic1843 – 1845U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1857 to 1859[6]
Benjamin ChampneysDemocratic1843 – 1845Pennsylvania State Representative from 1825 to 1826, 1828 to 1829 and 1863. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1846 to 1848. Pennsylvania Senator for the 16th district from 1863 to 1866 and the 17th district from 1865 to 1866[7]
Josiah RichWhig1847 – 1848
Benjamin MaloneWhig1849 – 1851
Howard K. SagerDemocratic1853 – 1854
Jonathan ElyDemocratic1855 – 1857
Benjamin NunemacherDemocratic1859 – 1860
Oliver P. JamesDemocratic1865 – 1866
Richard J. LindermanDemocratic1867 – 1869
Jesse W. KnightDemocratic1871 – 1872Pennsylvania State Senator for the 7th district from 1873 to 1874[8]
Aaron K. DunkleRepublican1875 – 1877
Wiliam ElliottRepublican1879 – 1881
A. Wilson NorrisRepublican1881 – 1882
Robert Adams Jr.Republican1883 – 1885United States Minister to Brazil from 1889 to 1890. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1893 to 1906.[9]
Boies PenroseRepublican1887 – 1889U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921.[10] Political boss of the Pennsylvania Republican political machine.[11]
Israel Wilson DurhamRepublican1897 – 1898Pennsylvania State Senator for the 2nd district from 1899 to 1900. Political boss of Philadelphia's 7th ward. President and principal owner of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1909.[12]
John Morin ScottRepublican1899 – 1906Pennsylvania State Senator for the 2nd district from 1907 to 1910[13]
Francis Salisbury McElhennyRepublican1907 – 1913
Owen Blair JenkinsRepublican1915 – 1917
George WoodwardRepublican1919 – 1945
James Burd HubleyFederalist1921 – 1923
John W. Lord Jr.Republican1947 – 1951Philadelphia City Councilman from 1952 to 1954. Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1954 to 1971. Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1971. Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1972.[14]
Martin SilvertDemocratic1951 – 1963
William John McLaughlin IIIRepublican1965 – 1966
John F. Byrne Jr.Democratic1967 – 1970
Robert A. RovnerRepublican1971 – 1974
H. Craig LewisDemocratic1975 – 1994
Tommy TomlinsonRepublican1995 – 2023
Frank FarryRepublican2023 – present

Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanFrank Farry 67,406 53.2
DemocraticAnn Marie Mitchell57,26445.2
LibertarianBrandon Bentrim1,9611.6
Total votes126,631 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanTommy Tomlinson (incumbent) 54,382 50.03
DemocraticTina Davis54,30849.97
Total votes108,690 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanTommy Tomlinson (incumbent) 45,361 61.8
DemocraticKimberly Yeager-Rose27,99738.2
Total votes73,358 100.0
Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanTommy Tomlinson (incumbent) 49,958 58.2
DemocraticBryan Allen35,87941.8
Total votes85,837 100.0
Republican hold

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