Pennsylvania Senate, District 1

Pennsylvania State Senate District 1 is located in Philadelphia County and is represented by Larry Farnese (D). The district broadly encompasses Center City, South Philadelphia, and the lower parts of North Philadelphia, including the neighborhoods of Bella Vista, Chinatown, East Passyunk Crossing, Eastwick, Fairmount, Fishtown, Francisville, Girard Estate, Grays Ferry, Hawthorne, Logan Square, Lower Kensington, Northern Liberties, Old City, Packer Park, Pennsport, Point Breeze, Port Richmond, Queen Village, Rittenhouse Square, Society Hill, Washington West, and Whitman.[2]It is divided into these wards:[1]

Senators

Representative Party Years District home Note
Henry J. CianfraniDemocrat1967 – 1977Resigned on December 15, 1977[2]
Vincent J. FumoDemocrat1978 – 2008Seated to fill vacancy April 3, 1978[2]
Lawrence M. Farnese, Jr.Democrat2009 – presentElected November 4, 2008[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Composite Listing of State Senate Districts" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  2. 1 2 Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1977-1978" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  3. ↑ "2008 General Election Senator in the General Assembly". Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06.
  • Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.



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