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The President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate (also known more commonly as the "President pro-tem") is a constitutionally-created office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . The incumbent holder of the office is Republican Kim Ward .
The position of President pro tempore replaced the abolished position of Speaker of the Senate in the Constitution of 1874.[ 1]
The office is filled through election by the full Senate membership, though its holder typically comes from the majority party. The President pro tempore is designated as second in the gubernatorial succession , behind the Lieutenant Governor .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
The President pro tempore presides over the Senate in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor and appoints committee chairpersons, votes on all bills, and is the leader of the Senate. In issues involving both chambers of the General Assembly , the President pro tempore confers with the Speaker of the House .[ 1]
List of presidents pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate [ edit ]
Name
Political party
County
Dates elected
George H. Cutler
Republican
Erie County
1875
Elisha W. Davis
Republican
Philadelphia County
1875,76
John Christopher Newmyer
Republican
Allegheny County
1876,77
Thomas Valentine Cooper
Republican
Delaware County
1877,78
Andrew Jackson Herr
Republican
Dauphin County
1878,79
John Lamon
Republican
Philadelphia County
1879
William Imlay Newell
Republican
Philadelphia County
1881
Hugh McNeil
Republican
Allegheny County
1881
John Edgar Reyburn
Republican
Philadelphia County
1883
Amos Herr Mylin
Republican
Lancaster County
1883,85
George Handy Smith
Republican
Philadelphia County
1885,87
John C. Grady
Republican
Philadelphia County
1887,89
Boies Penrose
Republican
Philadelphia County
1889,91
John Peter Shindel Gobin
Republican
Lebanon County
1891,93
Charles Wesley Thomas
Republican
Philadelphia County
1893,95
Samuel John Milton McCarrell
Republican
Dauphin County
1895,97
Daniel Spindler Walton
Republican
Greene County
1897
William Preston Snyder
Republican
Chester County
1899, 1901
John Morin Scott
Republican
Philadelphia County
1901,03
William Cameron Sproul
Republican
Delaware County
1903,05
Cyrus E. Woods
Republican
Westmoreland County
1905,07
Albert Everton Sisson
Republican
Erie County
1907,09
William E. Crow
Republican
Fayette County
1911
George M. Wertz
Republican
Cambria County
1911
Daniel P. Gerberich
Republican
Lebanon County
1913
Charles H. Kline
Republican
Allegheny County
1913,15
Edward E. Beidleman
Republican
Dauphin County
1915,17
Clarence Jay Buckman
Republican
Bucks County
1917,19
Frank E. Baldwin
Republican
Potter County
1919,21
Thomas Lawrence Eyre
Republican
Chester County
1921,23
John G. Homsher
Republican
Lancaster County
1923,25
Samuel W. Salus
Republican
Philadelphia County
1923,25
Horace W. Schantz
Republican
Lehigh County
1927,29
Augustus F. Daix Jr.
Republican
Philadelphia County
1929,31
James S. Boyd
Republican
Montgomery County
1931,33
Harry B. Scott
Republican
Centre County
1933
John G. Homsher
Republican
Lancaster County
1935
Harvey D. Huffman
Democratic
Monroe County
1937
John S. Rice
Democratic
Adams County
1938
Frederick T. Gelder
Republican
Susquehanna County
1939
Charles H. Ealy
Republican
Somerset County
1941,43
M. Harvey Taylor
Republican
Dauphin County
1945,47,49,51,53,55,57,59
Weldon Brinton Heyburn
Republican
Delaware County
1947
Anthony J. DiSilvestro
Democratic
Philadelphia County
1961
M. Harvey Taylor
Republican
Dauphin County
1963
James S. Berger
Republican
Potter County
1964 (acting), 1965
Stanley G. Stroup
Republican
Bedford County
1966 (acting)
Robert D. Fleming
Republican
Allegheny County
1967,69,70
Martin L. Murray
Democratic
Luzerne County
1971,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80
Henry G. Hager III
Republican
Lycoming County
1981,82,83,84
Robert C. Jubelirer
Republican
Blair County
1984,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92
Robert J. Mellow
Democratic
Lackawanna County
1992,93,94
Robert C. Jubelirer
Republican
Blair County
1994,95,96,97,97,99; 2000,01,02,03,04,05,06
Joseph B. Scarnati III
Republican
Jefferson County
2006,07,08,09,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19
Jacob Doyle Corman III
Republican
Centre County
2020,21
Kim Ward
Republican
Westmoreland County
2022 (interim), 23