Pennsylvania Senate, District 47
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Pennsylvania's 47th Senatorial district includes parts of Allegheny, Beaver, and Lawrence Counties.

Allegheny County
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Allegheny County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,223,348; making it the second most populous county in Pennsylvania, following Philadelphia County. The county seat is Pittsburgh...

  • Crescent Township
    Crescent Township, Pennsylvania
    Crescent Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 2,640 at the 2010 census....



Beaver County
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 181,412 people, 72,576 households, and 50,512 families residing in the county. The population density was 418 people per square mile . There were 77,765 housing units at an average density of 179 per square mile...

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  • Aliquippa
    Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
    Aliquippa is a city in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 9,438 at the 2010 census. Formerly a borough, it was formally named a city in 1987 by the Aliquippa Council.-History:...

  • Ambridge
    Ambridge, Pennsylvania
    Ambridge is a borough in Beaver County in Western Pennsylvania, incorporated in 1905 and named after the American Bridge Company. Ambridge is located 16 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, alongside the Ohio River. In 1910, 5,205 people lived in Ambridge; in 1920, 12,730 people lived there, and in...

  • Beaver
    Beaver, Pennsylvania
    Beaver is a borough in and the county seat of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, at the confluence of the Beaver and Ohio Rivers. As of the 2000 census, the borough population was 4,775, having dropped from 5,641 in 1940....

  • Beaver Falls
    Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
    Beaver Falls is a city in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,987 at the 2010 census. It is located 31 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, and on the Beaver River, six miles from its confluence with the Ohio River...

  • Big Beaver
    Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
    Big Beaver is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,186 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Big Beaver is located at ....

  • Bridgewater
    Bridgewater, Pennsylvania
    Bridgewater is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 739 at the 2000 census. It is best known as the home of the Bruster's Ice Cream chain. A few scenes in the 1986 movie Gung Ho were also shot in Bridgewater...

  • Brighton Township
    Brighton Township, Pennsylvania
    Brighton Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,024 at the 2000 census.-History:In late 2007, it was proposed that Beaver and Brighton Township combine. According to a report by the Governor's Center for Local Government Services, the two...

  • Center Township
    Center Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
    Center Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.Center Township is a rapidly growing community located approximately northwest of Pittsburgh...

  • Chippewa Township
    Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania
    Chippewa Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,021 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

  • Conway
    Conway, Pennsylvania
    Conway is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, on the Ohio River. At the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 2,290.- Geography :Conway is located at 40°39'48" North, 80°14'10" West ....

  • Darlington
    Darlington, Pennsylvania
    Darlington is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 299 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Darlington is located at ....

  • Darlington Township
    Darlington Township, Pennsylvania
    Darlington Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,974 at the 2000 census.-History:Darlington and South Beaver townships are connected by the Watts Mill Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-Geography:According to the...

  • Daugherty Township
    Daugherty Township, Pennsylvania
    Daugherty Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,441 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...

  • East Rochester
    East Rochester, Pennsylvania
    East Rochester is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The population was 623 at the 2000 census.-Geography:East Rochester is located at ....

  • Eastvale
    Eastvale, Pennsylvania
    Eastvale is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 293 at the 2000 census.-History:Originally known as "Fetterman," Eastvale was incorporated from parts of North Sewickley and Pulaski townships on July 1, 1892. The population was 256 at the 1900 census, the...

  • Economy
    Economy, Pennsylvania
    Economy is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 9,363 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Economy is located at ....

  • Fallston
    Fallston, Pennsylvania
    Fallston is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 307 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fallston is located at ....

  • Franklin Township
    Franklin Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
    Franklin Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,307 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...

  • Freedom
    Freedom, Pennsylvania
    Freedom is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Ohio River northwest of Pittsburgh. In the early years of the twentieth century, the chief industries were the production of oil, caskets, and monuments. In 1900, 1,783 people lived in Freedom; in 1910, 3,060 people...

  • Georgetown
    Georgetown, Pennsylvania
    This article is about Georgetown, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. See also: Georgetown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.Georgetown is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The population was 182 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1793 by Benoni Dawson...

  • Glasgow
    Glasgow, Pennsylvania
    Glasgow is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, U.S., along the Ohio River. The population was 63 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Glasgow is located at ....

  • Harmony Township
    Harmony Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
    Harmony Township is a township and census-designated place in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,373 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Harmony Township is located at ....

  • Homewood
    Homewood, Pennsylvania
    Homewood is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 147 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Homewood is located at ....

  • Hopewell Township
    Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
    Hopewell Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, and a suburb of Pittsburgh. The population was 13,254 at the 2000 census....

  • Koppel
    Koppel, Pennsylvania
    Koppel is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 856 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Koppel is located at ....

  • Marion Township
    Marion Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
    Marion Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 940 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 10.5 square miles , of which, 10.3 square miles of it is land and...

  • Midland
    Midland, Pennsylvania
    Midland is a borough located along the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2000 census, the borough population was 3,137.-Geography:Midland is located at ....

  • Monaca
    Monaca, Pennsylvania
    Monaca is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States along the Ohio River, northwest of Pittsburgh. Monaca was first incorporated as Phillipsburg in 1840, and had been known by that name since the 1820s. In 1892, the name of the borough was changed to Monaca in honor of the Native...

  • New Brighton
    New Brighton, Pennsylvania
    New Brighton is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Beaver River northwest of Pittsburgh. There are deposits of coal and clay in the vicinity. In the past, articles produced here included pottery, bricks, sewer pipe, glass, flour, twine, lead kegs,...

  • New Galilee
    New Galilee, Pennsylvania
    New Galilee is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 424 at the 2000 census.-Geography:New Galilee is located at ....

  • New Sewickley Township
    New Sewickley Township, Pennsylvania
    New Sewickley Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,076 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 32.7 square miles , all of it land.-History:New Sewickley Township is a part...

  • North Sewickley Township
    North Sewickley Township, Pennsylvania
    North Sewickley Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,120 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Ohioville
    Ohioville, Pennsylvania
    Ohioville is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,759 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ohioville is located at , in part along the Ohio River....

  • Patterson Heights
    Patterson Heights, Pennsylvania
    Patterson Heights is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 670 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Patterson Heights is located at ....

  • Patterson Township
    Patterson Township, Pennsylvania
    Patterson Township is a township and census-designated place in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,197 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Patterson Township is located at ....

  • Potter Township
    Potter Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
    Potter Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 580 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 6.7 square miles , of which, 6.1 square miles of it is land and 0.6 square...

  • Pulaski Township
    Pulaski Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
    Pulaski Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,674 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 0.8 square miles , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there...

  • Rochester
    Rochester, Pennsylvania
    Rochester is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located northwest of Pittsburgh, it is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 4,014 at the 2000 census....

  • Rochester Township
    Rochester Township, Pennsylvania
    Rochester Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 3,129.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 3.9 square miles , of which, 3.8 square miles of it is land and 0.1 square...

  • Shippingport
    Shippingport, Pennsylvania
    Shippingport is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The population was 237 at the 2000 census.-Nuclear power plant:...

  • South Beaver Township
    South Beaver Township, Pennsylvania
    South Beaver Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,974 at the 2000 census.-History:Darlington and South Beaver townships are connected by the Watts Mill Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the "Bridge in South...

  • South Heights
    South Heights, Pennsylvania
    South Heights is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The population was 542 at the 2000 census. South Heights was first known as Ethel's Landing, a docking point on the Ohio River. The name of the town was changed to Shannopin when the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad...

  • Vanport Township
    Vanport Township, Pennsylvania
    Vanport Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,451 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • West Mayfield
    West Mayfield, Pennsylvania
    West Mayfield is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,187 at the 2000 census.-Geography:West Mayfield is located at ....

  • White Township
    White Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
    White Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,434 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 0.7 square miles , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were...



Lawrence County
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. In 2010, its population was 91,108. The county was added to the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2003. The county seat is New Castle....

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  • Ellport
    Ellport, Pennsylvania
    Ellport is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,148 at the 2000 census.The name Ellport is due to its location between Ellwood City and Portersville.-History:...

  • Ellwood City
    Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
    Ellwood City is a borough in Beaver and Lawrence counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Ellwood City is 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh and some 8 miles south by southeast of New Castle...

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  • Enon Valley
    Enon Valley, Pennsylvania
    Enon Valley is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 387 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Enon Valley is located at ....

  • Little Beaver Township
    Little Beaver Township, Pennsylvania
    Little Beaver Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,310 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

  • Mahoning Township
    Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
    Mahoning Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,447 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 25.0 square miles , of which, 24.5 square miles of it is land and...

  • New Beaver
    New Beaver, Pennsylvania
    New Beaver is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,677 at the 2000 census.-Geography:New Beaver is located at ....

  • New Castle Township
    New Castle Township, Pennsylvania
    New Castle Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States located in the anthracite coal region. The population was 395 at the 2000 census.-History:...

  • North Beaver Township
    North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania
    North Beaver Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,022 at the 2000 census.The Slovene National Benefit Society applied to have their 500 acre recreation center in North Beaver Township designated as a separate municipality in 1977. The S.N.P.J...

  • Pulaski Township
    Pulaski Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
    Pulaski Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,658 at the 2000 census.- Geography :...

  • S.N.P.J.
    S.N.P.J., Pennsylvania
    S.N.P.J. is a borough located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. According to the 2010 U.S. census, the borough has a population of 19.S.N.P.J...

  • Shenango Township
    Shenango Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
    Shenango Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,633 at the 2000 census. Shenango Township is situated between the cities of New Castle, Pennsylvania , and Ellwood City, Pennsylvania .-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the...

  • South New Castle
    South New Castle, Pennsylvania
    South New Castle is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 808 at the 2000 census. South New Castle is primarily a residential neighborhood which lies south of the southern border of the city of New Castle, Pennsylvania...

  • Taylor Township
    Taylor Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
    Taylor Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,198 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 5.3 square miles , of which, 5.1 square miles of it is land and...

  • Union Township
    Union Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
    Union Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,103 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 9.7 square miles , of which, 9.6 square miles of it is land and...

  • Wampum
    Wampum, Pennsylvania
    Wampum is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 678 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wampum is located at ....

  • Wayne Township
    Wayne Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
    Wayne Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,328 at the 2000 census.-History:The township was linked to New Castle, Ellwood and Pittsburgh in 1908 by the Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway, an interurban trolley line...


Senators

Representative Party Years District home Note
Ernest P. Kline
Ernest P. Kline
Ernest P. "Ernie" Kline was a Democrat member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania....

 
Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

1965 – 1971 Resigned January 5, 1971.
John G. Good, Jr.  Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

1971 – 1972 Seated June 21, 1971 to fill vacancy.
James E. Ross
James E. Ross
James E. Ross is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1973 to 1990. He resigned on February 28, 1990.The James E. Ross Highway, a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission-operated portion of Interstate 376 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, is named for him.-References:...

 
Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

1973 – 1990 Resigned February 28, 1990.
Gerald J. LaValle  Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

1990 – 2008 Seated June 4, 1990.
Elder Vogel, Jr.  Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

2009 – present
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