# Pennsylvania Senate, District 20

Pennsylvania State Senate District 20 includes parts of Luzerne County and Wayne County and all of Pike County, Susquehanna County, and Wyoming County. It is currently represented by Republican Lisa Baker.

## District profile

The district includes the following areas:
Luzerne County
* Ashley
* Courtdale
* Dallas
* Dallas Township
* Edwardsville
* Exeter
* Exeter Township
* Fairmount Township
* Forty Fort
* Franklin Township
* Hanover Township
* Harveys Lake
* Hunlock Township
* Jackson Township
* Kingston
* Kingston Township
* Lake Township
* Larksville
* Lehman Township
* Luzerne
* Nanticoke
* Newport Township
* Plymouth
* Plymouth Township
* Pringle
* Ross Township
* Sugar Notch
* Swoyersville
* Union Township
* Warrior Run
* West Wyoming
All of Pike County
All of Susquehanna County
Wayne County
* Berlin Township
* Bethany
* Buckingham Township
* Clinton Township
* Damascus Township
* Dyberry Township
* Hawley
* Lebanon Township
* Manchester Township
* Mount Pleasant Township
* Oregon Township
* Palmyra Township
* Paupack Township
* Preston Township
* Scott Township
* Starrucca
All of Wyoming County

## Senators

| Representative | Party | Years | Note |
| Joseph Shannon | Democratic-Republican | 1813 – 1816 | |
| Henry Hurst | Democratic-Republican | 1817 – 1820 | |
| Joshua Dickerson | Republican | 1817 – 1822 | |
| Jacob Herrington | Democratic | 1821 – 1822 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 23rd district from 1823 to 1824 |
| Rees Bowen Hill | Democratic | 1823 – 1824 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district 1821 to 1822 |
| Jonathan Knight | Democratic | 1825 – 1828 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district from 1855 to 1857 |
| Isaac Leet | Democratic | 1833 – 1836 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1837 to 1838 |
| John James Pearson | Whig | 1837 – 1840 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district from 1836 to 1837 |
| William Stewart | Washington | 1841 – 1842 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1843 to 1844 |
| William Bigler | Jackson Democrat | 1841 – 1846 | 12th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1852. U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1861. |
| Augustus Drum | Democratic | 1849 – 1850 | |
| James Skinner | Whig | 1853 – 1854 | |
| Darwin Asahel Finney | Whig | 1855 – 1858 | |
| John Cresswell Jr. | Democratic | 1859 – 1860 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1853 to 1858 |
| Louis Williams Hall | Republican | 1861 – 1862 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1865 to 1868 |
| William Andrew Wallace | Democratic | 1863 – 1886 | U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1881 |
| George W. Householder | Republican | 1865 – 1866 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1863 to 1864 |
| Alexander Stutzman | Republican | 1867 – 1868 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1863 to 1866 |
| Hiram Findlay | Democratic | 1869 – 1870 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1871 to 1872 |
| Edward Scull | Republican | 1871 – 1872 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th district from 1887 to 1889 and 20th district from 1889 to 1893 |
| William McSherry | Democratic | 1873 – 1874 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1863 to 1864 and the 19th district from 1865 to 1866 |
| William Henry Stanton | Democratic | 1875 – 1876 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th district from 1876 to 1877 |
| George B. Seamons | Republican | 1877 – 1882 | |
| Louis Arthur Watres | Republican | 1883 – 1890 | Fifth Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1895 |
| Michael E. McDonald | Democratic | 1891 – 1894 | |
| James C. Vaughn | Republican | 1895 – 1902 | |
| Patrick F. Calpin | Democratic | 1903 – 1906 | |
| Edward F. James | Republican | 1907 – 1910 | |
| Asa Keeler Dewitt | Democratic | 1911 – 1926 | |
| Andrew J. Sordoni | Republican | 1927 – 1938 | |
| Robert M. Miller | Republican | 1939 – 1942 | |
| Adrian H. Jones | Republican | 1943 – 1946 | |
| T. Newell Wood | Republican | 1947 – 1978 | |
| Harold E. Flack | Republican | 1955 – 1966 | Pennsylvania State Representative from 1942 to 1952 |
| Frank J. O’Connell | Republican | 1979 – 1985 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the Luzerne County district from 1967 to 1968 and the 120th district from 1969 to 1978 |
| Charles Lemmond | Republican | 1985 – 2006 | Seated November 20, 1985. |
| Lisa Baker | Republican | 2007 – present | |