# Pennsylvania Senate, District 2

Pennsylvania State Senate District 2 includes parts of Philadelphia County. It is currently represented by Democrat Christine M. Tartaglione.

## District profile

The district includes the following areas:
Philadelphia County:
* Ward 07
* Ward 19
* Ward 23
* Ward 25 [PART, Divisions 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24]
* Ward 33
* Ward 35 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 26 and 32]
* Ward 45
* Ward 53
* Ward 54
* Ward 55
* Ward 62

## Senators

| Representative | Party | Years | Note |
| Lindsay Coats | Federalist | 1795 – 1797 | |
| Maskell Ewing | Federalist | 1813 – 1819 | |
| Joel Barlow Sutherland | Democratic | 1815 – 1816 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1827 to 1833 |
| Abraham Bailey | Federalist | 1815 – 1817 | |
| Samuel Cochran | Federalist | 1817 – 1819 | |
| Daniel Groves | Democratic-Republican | 1821 – 1825 | |
| James Kelton Jr. | Federalist | 1821 – 1825 | |
| Stephen Duncan | Federalist | 1821 – 1829 | |
| Peter Hay | Old School Jefferson | 1827 – 1829 | |
| Samuel Breck | National Republican | 1831 – 1833 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1823 to 1825 |
| Joseph Taylor | Democratic | 1831 – 1833 | |
| George N. Baker | Democratic | 1833 – 1835 | |
| Francis Jacob Harper | Democratic | 1833 – 1835 | U.S. Representative-elect for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district in 1836 but died before taking office |
| James McConkey | Whig | 1837 – 1837 | |
| James Hanna | Whig | 1837 – 1838 | |
| Alexander M. Peltz | Democratic | 1837 – 1838 | |
| Charles Brown | Democratic | 1837 – 1839 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 1st district from 1841 to 1843. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd district from 1847-1849 |
| Michael Snyder | Democratic | 1837 – 1839 | |
| Samuel Stevenson | Democratic | 1837 – 1839 | |
| John Benton Sterigere | Buchanan Democratic | 1839 – 1845 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1827 to 1831 |
| Thomas McCully | Democratic | 1841 – 1842 | |
| Benjamin Crispin | Democratic | 1841 – 1843 | |
| James Enue Jr. | Democratic | 1843 – 1844 | |
| Edward A. Penniman | Democratic | 1843 – 1844 | |
| John Foulkrod | Democratic | 1843 – 1845 | |
| Oliver Perry Cornman | Democratic | 1845 – 1846 | |
| Henry Lewis Benner | Democratic | 1845 – 1847 | |
| William Franklin Small | Democratic | 1847 – 1848 | |
| Thomas H. Forsythe | Democratic | 1847 – 1851 | |
| Thomas Sargent Fernon | Democratic | 1849 – 1851 | |
| Peleg Bahrows Savery | Democratic | 1849 – 1851 | |
| Levi Foulkrod | Whig | 1853 – 1854 | |
| Samuel G. Hamilton | Native American | 1853 – 1854 | |
| William Goodwin | Democratic | 1853 – 1855 | |
| Henry Charles Pratt II | Republican | 1855 – 1856 | |
| Thomas S. Bell | Democratic | 1857 – 1859 | |
| Jacob S. Serrill | Republican | 1861 – 1862 | |
| Jacob Elwood Ridgway | Republican | 1865 – 1867 | |
| Alexander Wilson Henszey | Republican | 1869 – 1871 | |
| David A. Nagle | Democratic | 1875 – 1877 | |
| John Cochran | Democratic | 1879 – 1881 | |
| Joseph P. Kennedy | Democratic | 1881 – 1885 | |
| William McAleer | Democratic | 1887 – 1889 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1891 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1901 |
| Elwood Becker | Republican | 1891 – 1897 | |
| Israel Wilson Durham | Republican | 1897 – 1899 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 6th district from 1897 to 1898. President of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1909 |
| George W. Holzwarth | Republican | 1899 – 1900 | |
| Harry Gransback | Republican | 1901 – 1905 | |
| John Morin Scott | Republican | 1907 – 1909 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 6th district from 1899 to 1906 |
| Samuel W. Salus | Republican | 1911 – 1937 | |
| A. Evans Kephart | Republican | 1939 – 1953 | |
| Benjamin R. Donolow | Democratic | 1955 – 1972 | Senate minority leader from 1965 to 1970 |
| Francis J. Lynch | Democratic | 1973 – 1993 | Pennsylvania Representative for the 195th district from 1967 to 1973 |
| William G. Stinson | Democratic | 1993 – 1994 | Removed from office by order of the U.S. District Court on February 18, 1994 due to election fraud |
| Bruce Marks | Republican | 1994 | Seated April 28, 1994 |
| Christine M. Tartaglione | Democratic | 1995 – present | |