# Pennsylvania Senate, District 13

Pennsylvania State Senate District 13 includes parts of Berks County and Lancaster County. It is currently represented by Republican Scott Martin.

## District profile

The district includes the following areas:
Berks County
* Brecknock Township
* Caernarvon Township
* New Morgan
* Robeson Township
Lancaster County
* Bart Township
* Caernarvon Township
* Christiana
* Colerain Township
* Conestoga Township
* Drumore Township
* East Drumore Township
* East Earl Township
* East Lampeter Township
* Eden Township
* Fulton Township
* Lancaster
* Lancaster Township
* Leacock Township
* Little Britain Township
* Manor Township
* Martic Township
* Millersville
* Paradise Township
* Pequea Township
* Providence Township
* Quarryville
* Sadsbury Township
* Salisbury Township
* Strasburg
* Strasburg Township
* Terre Hill
* Upper Leacock Township
* West Lampeter Township

## Senators

| Representative | Party | Years | Note | Counties |
| Isaiah Graham | Republican | 1811–1818 | | Cumberland |
| Thomas Burnside | Jeffersonian Republican | 1811–1814 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th district from 1815 to 1816. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1851 | Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Tioga |
| Jacob Alter | Democratic-Republican | 1817–1820 | | Cumberland |
| Thomas Burnside | Jeffersonian Republican | 1823–1826 | Served as Speaker of the Senate during this second term in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district | Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter |
| Henry Petrikin | Jackson Democrat | 1825–1828 | First term in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district | Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter |
| Robert McClure | Democratic | 1827–1830 | | Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter |
| Joseph Biles Anthony | Republican | 1829–1832 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district from 1833 to 1837 | Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter |
| Henry Petrikin | Jackson Democrat | 1831–1834 | Second term in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district | Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter |
| Alexander Irvin | Democratic | 1835–1838 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district from 1847 to 1849 | Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter |
| Elihu Case | Whig | 1837–1840 | | Bradford, Susquehanna |
| Asa Dimock | Democratic | 1841–1844 | | Bradford, Susquehanna |
| William Sterling Ross | Improvement Democrat | 1845–1848 | | Columbia, Luzerne |
| Valentine Best | Democratic | 1847–1850 | | Columbia, Luzerne |
| Samuel Wherry | Democratic | 1855–1856 | | Cumberland, Perry |
| Charles Rollin Buckalew | Democratic | 1857–1858 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district from 1851 to 1854 and 1859 to 1860. U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1863 to 1869. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th district from 1887 to 1889 and the 17th district from 1889 to 1891. | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder |
| Henry Fetter | Democratic | 1857–1858 | | Cumberland, Perry |
| Reuben Keller | Democratic | 1859 | | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder |
| Reuben Keller | Democratic | 1860 | | Montour, Northumberland, Snyder |
| Franklin Bound | Republican | 1861–1862 | | Montour, Northumberland, Snyder |
| David B. Montgomery | Democratic | 1863–1864 | | Montour, Northumberland, Snyder |
| Warren Cowles | Republican | 1867–1868 | | Clinton, McKean, Potter, Tioga |
| Arthur G. Olmstead | Republican | 1869–1870 | | Clinton, McKean, Potter, Tioga |
| Albert Gallatin Brodhead | Democratic | 1871–1872 | | Luzerne, Monroe, Pike |
| Francis Dolan Collins | Democratic | 1871–1873 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1875 to 1879 | Luzerne, Monroe, Pike |
| George H. Rowland | Democratic | 1873–1875 | | Luzerne, Monroe, Pike |
| Amos H. Mylin | Republican | 1877–1883 | | Lancaster (part) |
| John Herr Landis | Republican | 1893–1895 | | Lancaster (part) |
| Milton Eby | Republican | 1897–1899 | | Lancaster (part) |
| Milton Heidelbaugh | Republican | 1901–1907 | | Lancaster (part) |
| John G. Homsher | Republican | 1909–1937 | | Lancaster (part) |
| Frederick L. Homsher | Republican | 1939–1949 | | Lancaster (part) |
| Edward J. Kessler | Republican | 1953–1961 | | Lancaster (part) |
| Richard A. Snyder | Republican | 1962–1964 | | Lancaster (part) |
| Richard A. Snyder | Republican | 1965–1966 | | Lancaster |
| Richard A. Snyder | Republican | 1967–1972 | | Lancaster (part) |
| Richard A. Snyder | Republican | 1973–1982 | | Chester (part), Lancaster (part) |
| Richard A. Snyder | Republican | 1983–1984 | | Lancaster (part) |
| Gibson E. Armstrong | Republican | 1985–1992 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 100th district from 1977 to 1984 | Lancaster (part) |
| Gibson E. Armstrong | Republican | 1993–2008 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 100th district from 1977 to 1984 | Lancaster (part), York (part) |
| Lloyd K. Smucker | Republican | 2009–2012 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district since 2017 | Lancaster (part), York (part) |
| Lloyd K. Smucker | Republican | 2013–2016 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district since 2017 | Lancaster (part) |
| Scott Martin | Republican | 2017–2022 | | Lancaster (part) |
| Scott Martin | Republican | 2023–present | | Berks (part), Lancaster (part) |

## Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2020 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Scott Martin (incumbent) | 73,371 | 55.6 |
| | Democratic | Janet Diaz | 58,524 | 44.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 131,895 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
PA Senate election, 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Scott Martin | 66,595 | 57.9 |
| | Democratic | Gregory Paulson | 48,476 | 42.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 115,071 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
PA Senate election, 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Lloyd Smucker (incumbent) | 64,153 | 55.7 |
| | Democratic | Tom O'Brien | 50,981 | 44.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 115,134 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
PA Senate election, 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Lloyd Smucker | 66,632 | 56.9 |
| | Democratic | Jose Urdaneta | 50,488 | 43.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 117,120 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |