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The 1842 Pennsylvania legislative session composition after elections: Democrats hold majorities in Senate (19) and House (62), with Whigs at 14 and 38 respectively, giving Democrats a 29-vote joint ballot majority. Lists senators and representatives by district with party affiliations.
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PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
SESSION 1842.
District 1. Philadelphia city—Henry S. Spackman, William A. Crabb*
2. County of Philadelphia—Benjamin Crispin, Edward A. Penniman, Thomas McCully.*
3. Montgomery, Chester and Delaware—Abraham Brower, John T. Huddleson, Joseph Baily.
4. Bucks—Samuel A. Smith.
5. Berks—Samuel Fegely
6. Lancaster and York—Thomas E. Cochran, William Heister, Benjamin Champneys.*
7. Dauphin and Lebanon—Leri Kline.*
8. Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, Perry and Union—James Mathers, Henry C. Ever.*
9. Columbia and Schuylkill—Samuel F. Headley.
10. Lehigh and Northampton—John S. Gibbons
11. Luzerne, Monroe, Wayne and Pike—Luther Kidder.
12. Lycoming, Centre, Clinton and Northumberland—Jesse C. Horton.*
13. Bradford and Susquehanna—Asa Dimock.
14. Franklin, Cumberland and Adams—James X. McLanahan, William Gorgas.
15. Bedford and Somerset—George Mullin.
16. Westmoreland—John Hill.*
17. Washington—Walter Craig.
18. Fayette and Greene—Charles A. Black.*
19. Allegheny and Butler—Charles C. Sullivan, George Darsie.
20. Beaver and Mercer—William Stewart.
21. Crawford and Erie—James Wilson Farrelly.
22. Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Venango and Warren—William P. Wilcox.*
23. Indiana, Armstrong, Clarion, Cambria, and Clearfield—William Bigler.
Democrats in Roman—Whigs in Italic—
new members are marked with a *
Remarks.—The Senators who held over from last year were Messrs. Crispin, Penniman, Smith, Fegely, Headley, Gibson, Kidder, Dimock, McLanahan, Gorgas, and Bigler, (democrats) 11. And Messrs. Spackman, Bower, Huddleson, Cochran, Hiester, Mathers, Mullin, Sullivan, Darsie, Stewart, (whigs) 10, and Farrelly of Crawford (conservative) 1. Total holding over, 11 democrats; 10 whigs; 1 conservative.
AT THE LATE ELECTION the democrats have carried McCully, Baily, (gain) Champneys, (gain) Eyer, (gain) Horton, Hill, Black, and Wilcox, 8, bringing the democratic strength to 19. The whigs have carried Crabb, Kline, and Craig, gaining none and losing three, which reduces their forces in the Senate to 13, exclusive of Farrelly.
Democrats. Whigs. Conservative.
Sum total,
19
13
1
House of Representatives.
Philadelphia county—A. L. Rumford, Joseph L. Hancock, Edward McGowan, Joseph Deal, Richard Bacon, Thomas Tustin, Francis Clinton, Jacob R. Kline.
Philadelphia city—Thomas C. Rockhill, Edward Joy Morris, Benjamin M. Hinchman, Chas. B. Trego, William E. Whitman, George Sharwood, John Rush.
Bucks—John Apple, Joseph Thomas, Scipio Titus.
Chester—Emmor Elton, Jesse C. Dickey, Robert Park, John Beidler
Lancaster—Daniel Balmer, Alexander H. Hood, Charles Carpenter, Andrew Thompson, Jacob Foreman, John Warfel
York—Samuel N. Bailey, M. W. McKennon, William S. Picking
Cumberland—James Kennedy, George Brindle.
Perry—Thomas O'Bryan.
Berks—John Potteiger, Joseph Bauchman, Samuel Moore, John Shenk.
Schuylkill—Abraham Heebner.
Northampton and Monroe—Joseph Kerr, Jefferson K. Heckman, Asa Packer.
Lehigh—George S. Eisenhard, George Frederick.
Wayne and Pike—George Bush.
Northumberland—Jacob Gearheart.
Mifflin, Juniata and Union—Thomas J. Postlethwait, David Glenn, Samuel Reber.
Columbia—Daniel Snyder,
Washington—Samuel Livingston, John Storer, William McDaniel
Westmoreland—Henry McBride, Joseph Russell.
Armstrong—Jacob Hill.
Indiana—John M. Ewen.
Jefferson, McKean and Warren—Not known.
Fayette—John H. Deford, John Morgan.
Bedford—Daniel Loy, John Spies
Franklin—Jacob Walter, Thomas Carson.
Montgomery—William B. Hahn, William Bean, Charles Kugler.
Dauphin—William Bell, Henry Balsbaugh
Lebanon—Daniel Stine.
Luzerne—Hendrick B. Wright, Moses Overfield.
Susquehanna—Franklin N. Avery.
Bradford—William Elwell.
Tioga and Potter—Daniel L. Sherwood.
Huntingdon—Jonathan McWilliams, Brice Blair.
Beaver—Mathew T. Kennedy, John Ferguson.
Mercer—Samuel Goodwin, Samuel Kerr.
Allegheny—William Karns, Neville B. Craig, Hiram Hultz, James E. Sheridan.
Butler—Joseph Cummins
Delaware—H. Jones Brooke
Somerset and Cambria—Tobias Musser, John Will.
Lycoming, Clearfield and Clinton—George R. Barrett, George F. Boal.
Greene—M. McCaslin.
Adams—John Marshall, Henry Myers.
Centre—George McCulloch.
Crawford—Morrow B. Lowry, James Porter Brawley
Erie—Stephen Skinner, Lyman Robinson.
Venango and Clarion—David B. Long.
Democrats in Roman—Whigs in Italic.
RECAPITULATION.
Democrats majority on joint ballot TWENTY NINE! Sufficient for "all useful purposes."
| Dem. | Fed. | |
| Senate, | 19 | 14 |
| House of Representatives, | 62 | 38 |
| 81 | 52 |
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Event Date
1842
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democrats majority on joint ballot: 29 (senate: 19 democrats, 13 whigs, 1 conservative; house: 62 democrats, 38 whigs).
Event Details
List of elected senators and representatives for the 1842 Pennsylvania legislative session by district, with party affiliations (Democrats in Roman, Whigs in Italic). Remarks on holdover senators and gains/losses from the late election.