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U.S. Senators from Pennsylvania:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 1*
William Maclay (ANTI-ADMIN) James Ross (PRO-ADMIN,F) Samuel Maclay (R) Michael Leib (R) Jonathan Roberts (R) William Findlay (R,JR,J) Isaac D. Barnard (J) George M. Dallas (J) Samuel McKean (J,D) Daniel Sturgeon (D) Richard Brodhead (D) Simon Cameron (R) David Wilmot (R) Charles R. Buckalew (D) John Scott (R) William A. Wallace (D) John I. Mitchell (R) Matthew S. Quay (R) Philander C. Knox (R) George T. Oliver (R) Philander C. Knox (R) William E. Crow (R) David A. Reed (R) Joseph F. Guffey (D) Edward Martin (R) Hugh D. Scott, Jr. (R) H. John Heinz III (R) Harris Wofford (D) Rick Santorum (R) Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D)	1789-1791 1794-1803 1803-1809 1809-1814 1814-1821 1821-1827 1827-1831 1831-1833 1833-1839 1840-1851 1851-1857 1857-1861 1861-1863 1863-1869 1869-1875 1875-1881 1881-1887 1887-1899, 1901-1904 1904-1909 1909-1917 1917-1921 1921-1922 1922-1935 1935-1947 1947-1959 1959-1977 1977-1991 1991-1995 1995-2007 2007---

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 3*
Robert Morris (PRO-ADMIN) William Bingham (F) John Peter G. Muhlenberg (R) George Logan (R) Andrew Gregg (R) Abner Lacock (R) Walter Lowrie (R,CRR) William Marks (ADAMS,AJ) William Wilkins (J) James Buchanan (J,D) Simon Cameron (D) James Cooper (W) William Bigler (D) Edgar Cowan (R) Simon Cameron (R) James Donald Cameron (R) Boies Penrose (R) George Wharton Pepper (R) William S. Vare (R)* Joseph R. Grundy (R) James J. Davis (R) Francis J. Myers (D) James H. Duff (R) Joseph S. Clark(D) Richard S. Schweiker (R) Arlen Specter (R)	1789-1795 1795-1801 1801-1801 1801-1807 1807-1813 1813-1819 1819-1825 1825-1831 1831-1834 1834-1845 1845-1849 1849-1855 1856-1861 1861-1867 1867-1877 1877-1897 1897-1921 1922-1927 1927-1929 1929-1930 1930-1945 1945-1951 1951-1957 1957-1969 1969-1981 1981---

*Presented credentials but was eventually denied seat.

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Boies Penrose, Arlen Specter

Pennsylvania Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Senate President (U.S. Vice President): George M. Dallas President Pro Tempore: William Bingham, James Ross, Andrew Gregg Party Conference Chairmen: William Wallace, Hugh D. Scott, Rick Santorum Majority and Minority Leaders: Hugh D. Scott Party Whips: Francis J. Myers, Hugh D. Scott Party Senatorial Committee Chairman: H. John Heinz, III Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Judiciary: Arlen Specter Public Works: Edward Martin Veterans' Affairs: Arlen Specter
Pennsylvania Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps:
James Buchanan, Albert Gallatin.

Pennsylvania Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg by Blanche Nevin, located in Statuary Hall; Robert Fulton by Howard Roberts, located in Statuary Hall. Busts: Vice Presidents Collection: George M. Dallas by Henry J. Ellicott (Senate Chamber gallery). Frieze: Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1682, by Constantino Brumidi in the Rotunda. Paintings: Declaration of Independence, at the Independence Hall, Philadelphia, July 4, 1776, by John Trumbull, located in the Rotunda. Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States by Howard Chandler Christy, located in House wing, east stairway Reliefs: Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1682, by Nicholas Gevelot, in the Rotunda, above the North door.


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