Pennsylvania Senate, District 15

American legislative district

Pennsylvania's 15th
State Senate district

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Senator| |  | John DiSanto
R-Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County

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Population (2021)| 260,164

Pennsylvania State Senate District 15 includes part of Dauphin County. It is currently represented by Republican John DiSanto.

## District profile

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The district includes the following areas:[1]

* Conewago Township
* Dauphin
* Derry Township
* East Hanover Township
* Harrisburg
* Highspire
* Hummelstown
* Londonderry Township
* Lower Paxton Township
* Lower Swatara Township
* Middle Paxton Township
* Middletown
* Paxtang
* Penbrook
* Royalton
* South Hanover Township
* Steelton
* Susquehanna Township
* Swatara Township
* West Hanover Township

## Senators

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Representative[2] | Party  | Years  | District home  | Note

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James Poe | Democratic-Republican | 1803 - 1818 |  |
Robert Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1819 - 1822 |  |
John Rea | Democratic-Republican | 1823 - 1824 |  |
James Dunlop | Federalist | 1823 - 1826 |  |
David Fullerton | Anti-Masonic | 1827 - 1838 |  | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th district from 1819 to 1820. Pennsylvania State Senator for the 14th district from 1839 to 1840[3]
Samuel M. Barclay | National Republican | 1837 - 1840 |  |
George Shannon Mullin, Sr. | Whig | 1841 - 1842 |  | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district from 1843 to 1844[4]
Henry C. Eyer | Democratic | 1845 - 1846 |  | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 8th district from 1843 to 1844[5]
Jacob Wagenseller | Whig | 1845 - 1848 |  |
Jonathan J. Cunningham | Whig | 1849 - 1850 |  |
Robert Allison McMurtrie | Whig | 1851 - 1852 |  |
Ner Middleswarth | Whig | 1853 - 1854 |  | Pennsylvania State Representative from 1815 to 1841. U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district from 1853 to 1855[6]
John Creswell, Jr. | Democratic | 1853 - 1858 |  | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 20th district from 1859 to 1860[7]
John Brisban Rutherford | Republican | 1857 - 1860 |  |
Amos R. Boughter | Republican | 1861 - 1864 |  |
David Fleming | Republican | 1863 - 1864 |  | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 16th district from 1865 to 1866[8]
David B. Montgomery | Democratic | 1865 - 1866 |  | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 13th district from 1863 to 1864[9]
George Duggan Jackson | Democratic | 1867 - 1868 |  | Pennsylvania State Senator for the 24th district from 1879 to 1880[10]
Thomas Chalfant | Democratic | 1873 - 1874 |  |
Andrew Jackson Herr | Republican | 1875 - 1880 |  |
Alexander F. Thompson | Republican | 1885 - 1892 |  |
Samuel John Milton McCarrell | Republican | 1893 - 1900 |  |
John E. Fox | Republican | 1901 - 1912 |  |
Edward Ensinger Beidleman | Republican | 1913 - 1918 |  | Pennsylvania State Representative for Dauphin County from 1905 to 1908. 12th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1919 to 1923[11]
Frank A. Smith | Republican | 1919 - 1924 |  |
William H. Earnest | Republican | 1925 - 1932 |  |
George Leffingwell Reed | Republican | 1933 - 1936 |  |
George Kunkel | Democratic | 1937 - 1940 |  |
M. Harvey Taylor | Republican | 1941 - 1964 |  |
William B. Lentz | Republican | 1965 - 1976 |  |
George W. Gekas | Republican | 1977 - 1982 |  | U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1983 to 2003[12]
John J. Shumaker | Republican | 1983 - 1995 |  | Seated April 11, 1983, to fill vacancy.[13]
Resigned August 31, 1995[14]
Jeffrey E. Piccola | Republican | 1995 - 2012 |  | Pennsylvania State Representative for the 104th district from 1977 to 1995.[15]
Rob Teplitz | Democratic | 2013 - 2017 | Susquehanna Township |
John DiSanto | Republican | 2017 - present |  |

## Recent election results

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PA Senate election, 2020 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | John DiSanto (incumbent)  | 70,041  | 51.7
| Democratic | George Scott  | 65,366  | 48.3
Total votes  | 135,407  | 100.0
| Republican hold
PA Senate election, 2016 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | John DiSanto | 62,774  | 51.7
| Democratic | Rob Teplitz (incumbent)  | 58,591  | 48.3
Total votes  | 121,365  | 100.0
| Republican gain from Democratic
PA Senate election, 2012 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Democratic | Rob Teplitz | 61,139  | 51.5
| Republican | John McNally  | 57,504  | 48.5
Total votes  | 118,643  | 100.0
| Democratic gain from Republican
PA Senate election, 2008 Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Jeffrey Piccola (incumbent)  | 63,829  | 52.0
| Democratic | Judy Hirsch  | 59,014  | 48.0
Total votes  | 122,843  | 100.0
| Republican hold

## References

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1. ^ "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Senate Historical Biographies". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
3. ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - David Fullerton Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
4. ^ "George Shannon Mullin, Sr". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
5. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Henry C Eyer Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
6. ^ "Ner B Middleswarth". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
7. ^ "John Creswell, Jr". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
8. ^ "David Fleming". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
9. ^ "David B Montgomery". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
10. ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - George Duggan Jackson Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
11. ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - Edward Ensinger Beidleman Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
12. ^ "GEKAS, George William, (1930 - )". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
13. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1983-1984" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
14. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
15. ^ "Pennsylvania House of Representatives - JEFFREY E. PICCOLA Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

* Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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