# Pennsylvania Senate, District 22

Pennsylvania State Senate District 22 includes parts of Lackawanna County and Luzerne County. It is currently represented by Democrat Marty Flynn.

## District profile

The district includes the following areas:
Lackawanna County
* Benton Township
* Clarks Green
* Clarks Summit
* Dalton
* Dickson City
* Dunmore
* Glenburn Township
* Greenfield Township
* La Plume Township
* Moosic
* Newton Township
* North Abington Township
* Old Forge
* Ransom Township
* Scott Township
* Scranton
* South Abington Township
* Taylor
* Throop
* Waverly Township
* West Abington Township
Luzerne County
* Avoca
* Dupont
* Duryea
* Hughestown
* Jenkins Township
* Laflin
* Laurel Run
* Pittston
* Pittston Township
* Plains Township
* West Pittston
* Wilkes-Barre City
* Wilkes-Barre Township
* Wyoming
* Yatesville

## Popular culture

This seat is the one represented by Robert Lipton and later competed for by Oscar Martinez on NBC's hit show The Office.

## Senators

| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
| William Piper | Democratic-Republican | 1821 – 1832 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 14th district from 1817 to 1820. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1811 to 1813 and Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1813 to 1817 |
| David Mann | Democratic-Republican | 1823 – 1824 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 14th district from 1821 to 1822 |
| Chauncey Forward | Democratic-Republican | 1823 – 1826 | | Pennsylvania State Representative from 1820 to 1822. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1826 to 1831. |
| Alexander Ogle | Jackson Democrat | 1827 – 1828 | | Pennsylvania State Representative from 1803-1804, 1807-1808, 1811 and 1817-1823. Major General in the Pennsylvania militia during the war of 1812. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1817 to 1819. |
| Henry Humbert Fore | Democratic | 1833 – 1836 | | |
| Samuel Hays | Democratic | 1839 – 1842 | | Pennsylvania State Representative in 1813, 1816, 1823 and 1825. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district from 1843 to 1845 |
| Charles Alexander Black | Democratic | 1845 – 1848 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 18th district from 1843 to 1844 |
| Maxwell McCaslin | Democratic | 1849 – 1852 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 23rd district from 1853 to 1854 |
| James Carothers | Whig | 1851 – 1852 | | |
| George Darsie | Republican | 1853 – 1854 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1841 to 1842 and the 24th district from 1843 to 1850 |
| Jonas Roup McClintock | Democratic | 1853 – 1856 | | 8th mayor of Pittsburgh from 1836 to 1839. Pennsylvania State Representative from 1850 to 1854 |
| William Wilkins | Democratic | 1857 – 1858 | | Pennsylvania State Representative from 1819 to 1820. Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1824 to 1831. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1834. U.S. Minister to Russia from 1834 to 1835. U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1843 to 1844. 19th U.S. Secretary of War from 1844 to 1845. |
| Jacob Turney | Democratic | 1857 – 1860 | | Elected President of the Senate in 1859. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1875 to 1879. |
| Smith Fuller | Republican | 1861 – 1862 | | |
| John Latta | Democratic | 1863 – 1864 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 23rd district from 1865 to 1866. Pennsylvania State Representative from 1872 to 1873. First Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1879. |
| Thomas St. Clair | Republican | 1865 – 1866 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 37th district from 1877 to 1880 |
| Robert Bruce Petriken | Democratic | 1873 – 1874 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1871 to 1872 |
| David McLean Crawford | Democratic | 1873 – 1874 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1871 to 1872 and the 31st district from 1877 to 1880 |
| Joseph S. Waream | Democratic | 1873 – 1876 | | |
| Charlton Burnett | Democratic | 1877 – 1878 | | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 10th district from 1867 to 1868 |
| Allen Craig | Democratic | 1879 – 1882 | | |
| John D. Biddis | Democratic | 1883 – 1886 | | |
| Joseph Horace Shull | Democratic | 1887 – 1890 | | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district from 1903 to 1905 |
| William M. Rapsher | Democratic | 1891 – 1894 | | |
| Lafayette Rowland | Democratic | 1895 – 1898 | | |
| David S. Lee | Democratic | 1899 – 1902 | | |
| Jacob Gilbert Zern | Fusion Democrat | 1903 – 1906 | | |
| Edward Francis Blewitt | Democratic | 1907 – 1910 | | Maternal great-grandfather to Joe Biden |
| Walter McNichols | Republican | 1911 – 1914 | | |
| William M. Lynch | Republican | 1915 – 1918 | | |
| Albert J. Davis | Republican | 1919 – 1930 | | |
| John W. Howell | Republican | 1931 – 1938 | | |
| Edward J. Coleman | Democratic | 1939 – 1946 | | |
| Fraser P. Donlan | Republican | 1947 – 1950 | | |
| Hugh J. McMenamin | Democratic | 1951 – 1962 | | |
| Robert P. Casey | Democratic | 1963 – 1968 | | Auditor General of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1977. 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995. Father to Bob Casey Jr., Senator from Pennsylvania. |
| Arthur A. Piasecki | Republican | 1969 – 1970 | | |
| Robert J. Mellow | Democratic | 1971 – 2010 | | Minority floor leader from 1994 to 2010. President pro tempore from 1992 to 1994. Served 16 months in prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and filing a false tax return |
| John P. Blake | Democratic | 2011 – 2021 | | Resigned to work for Congressman Matt Cartwright. |
| Marty Flynn | Democratic | 2021 – present | Scranton | Incumbent |