# Pennsylvania Senate, District 16

Pennsylvania State Senate District 16 includes parts of Bucks County and Lehigh County. It is currently represented by Republican Jarrett Coleman.

## District profile

The district includes the following areas:
Bucks County
* Bedminster Township
* Bridgeton Township
* Dublin
* Durham Township
* East Rockhill Township
* Haycock Township
* Hilltown Township
* Milford Township
* Nockamixon Township
* Perkasie
* Quakertown
* Richland Township
* Richlandtown
* Riegelsville
* Sellersville
* Silverdale
* Springfield Township
* Telford (Bucks County portion)
* Tinicum Township
* Trumbauersville
* West Rockhill Township
Lehigh County
* Alburtis
* Allentown (PART, Wards 13 and 18)
* Coopersburg
* Heidelberg Township
* Lower Macungie Township
* Lower Milford Township
* Lowhill Township
* Lynn Township
* Macungie
* North Whitehall Township
* Slatington
* South Whitehall Township (PART, Districts 03, 06 and 08)
* Upper Macungie Township
* Upper Milford Township
* Upper Saucon Township
* Washington Township
* Weisenberg Township

## Senators

| Representative | Party | Years | Note |
| John Reed | Democratic-Republican Party | 1815 – 1820 | |
| Henry Allshouse | Democratic-Republican Party | 1819 – 1826 | |
| Alexander Mahon | Democratic-Republican Party | 1821 – 1828 | |
| Jesse Miller | Democratic | 1827 – 1832 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th district from 1833 to 1836 |
| Charles B. Penrose | Whig | 1833 – 1837 | Was a Democratic-Republican from 1833 to 1835, and a Whig from 1835 to 1841 and a Republican in 1857. Served in the 14th district from 1837 to 1841. Served in the 1st district in 1857. Was Speaker of the Senate from 1838 to 1839 and again in 1841. |
| Samuel Leas Carpenter | Democratic | 1837 – 1839 | Served in the 18th district from 1835 to 1837 |
| John C. Plumer | Jackson Democrat Party | 1839 – 1842 | |
| John Hill | Democratic | 1843 – 1844 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 21st district from 1845 to 1846 |
| William B. Anderson | Democratic | 1845 | |
| Robert Chambers Sterrett | Democratic | 1847 – 1850 | |
| Charles Rollin Buckalew | Democratic | 1851 – 1854 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1857 to 1858. First term as Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district with his second term from 1859 to 1860. Minister Resident for Ecuador from 1858 to 1861. 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. |
| Bartram A. Schaffer | Republican | 1857 – 1859 | |
| George P. Steele | Democratic | 1857 – 1859 | |
| Robert A. Baldwin | Republican | 1859 | |
| William Hamilton | Republican | 1861 | |
| John Andrew Hiestand | Republican | 1861 | Pennsylvania State Representative from 1852 to 1853 and 1856. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 9th district from 1885 to 1889. |
| Benjamin Champneys | Democratic | 1863 – 1864 | Pennsylvania State Representative from 1825 to 1826, 1828 to 1829 and 1863. Pennsylvania Attorney General from 1846 to 1848. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 6th district from 1843 to 1844 and the 17th district from 1865 to 1866 |
| John M. Dunlap | Republican | 1863 – 1864 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 17th district from 1865 to 1866 |
| David Fleming | Republican | 1865 – 1866 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 15th district from 1863 to 1864 |
| G. Dawson Coleman | Republican | 1867 | |
| David Mumma | Republican | 1867 | |
| Charles Rollins Buckalew | Democratic | 1869 – 1870 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1857 to 1858. Second term as Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district having previously served from 1851 to 1854 |
| Butler B. Strang | Republican | 1871 – 1874 | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 25th district from 1875 to 1876 |
| Evan Holben | Democratic | 1877 – 1882 | |
| Milton C. Henninger | Democratic | 1883 – 1894 | |
| Harry Gibson Stiles | Democratic | 1895 – 1902 | |
| Arthur Granville Dewalt | Democratic | 1903 – 1910 | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 13th district from 1915 to 1921 |
| James A. Miller | Democratic | 1911 – 1914 | |
| Horace Walker Schantz | Republican | 1915 – 1930 | |
| Henry L. Snyder | Democratic | 1931 – 1934 | |
| George A. Rupp | Democratic | 1935 – 1938 | |
| Oscar Jacob Tallman | Republican | 1939 – 1950 | |
| Tilghman A. Freed | Republican | 1951 – 1954 | |
| John T. Van Sant | Republican | 1955 – 1970 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the Lehigh County district from 1951 to 1954 |
| Henry C. Messinger | Democratic | 1971 – 1982 | |
| Guy Kratzer | Republican | 1983 – 1986 | |
| Roy Afflerbach | Democratic | 1987 – 1998 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 131st district from 1983 to 1986. 35th mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2006 |
| Charles W. Dent | Republican | 1997 – 2005 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 132nd district from 1991 to 1998. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 2005 to 2018 |
| Pat Browne | Republican | 2005 – 2023 | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 131st district from 1995 to 2005 |
| Jarrett Coleman | Republican | 2023 – present | |

## Recent election results

PA Senate election, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jarrett Coleman | 68,344 | 54.2 |
| | Democratic | Mark Pinsley | 57,844 | 45.8 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 126,188 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
Republican primary, 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jarrett Coleman | 17,049 | 50.04% |
| | Republican | Pat Browne (incumbent) | 17,025 | 49.96% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,074 | 100.0% |
PA Senate election, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Pat Browne (incumbent) | 48,897 | 51.4 |
| | Democratic | Mark Pinsley | 46,200 | 48.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 95,097 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
PA Senate election, 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Pat Browne (incumbent) | 36,745 | 62.4 |
| | Democratic | Walter Felton | 22,146 | 37.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 58,891 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
PA Senate election, 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Pat Browne (incumbent) | 46,402 | 61.5 |
| | Democratic | Richard Orloski | 29,028 | 38.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 75,430 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |