Pennsylvania Senate, District 47

Pennsylvania's 47th State Senate district
Senator	Elder Vogel R–New Sewickley Township
Population (2021)	256,105

Pennsylvania State Senate District 47 includes parts of Beaver County, Butler County, and Lawrence County. It is currently represented by Republican Elder Vogel.

District profile

The district includes the following areas:^[1]

Beaver County:

• Aliquippa
• Ambridge
• Baden
• Beaver
• Beaver Falls
• Big Beaver
• Bridgewater
• Brighton Township
• Center Township
• Chippewa Township
• Conway
• Darlington
• Darlington Township
• Daugherty Township
• East Rochester
• Eastvale
• Economy
• Ellwood City (Beaver County portion)
• Fallston
• Franklin Township
• Freedom
• Georgetown
• Glasgow
• Greene Township
• Harmony Township
• Homewood
• Hookstown
• Hopewell Township
• Industry
• Koppel
• Marion Township
• Midland
• Monaca
• New Brighton
• New Galilee
• New Sewickley Township
• North Sewickley Township
• Ohioville
• Patterson Heights
• Patterson Township
• Potter Township
• Pulaski Township
• Raccoon Township
• Rochester
• Rochester Township
• Shippingport
• South Beaver Township
• South Heights
• Vanport Township
• West Mayfield
• White Township

Butler County:

• Adams Township
• Callery
• Cranberry Township
• Evans City
• Forward Township
• Harmony
• Jackson Township
• Lancaster Township
• Mars
• Middlesex Township
• Seven Fields
• Valencia
• Zelienople

Lawrence County:

• Ellport
• Ellwood City (Lawrence County portion)
• Enon Valley
• Little Beaver Township
• New Beaver
• Perry Township
• Wampum
• Wayne Township

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Ernest P. Kline	Democratic	1965 – 1971		Resigned January 5, 1971.[2]
John G. Good, Jr.	Republican	1971 – 1972		Seated June 21, 1971 to fill vacancy.[3]
James E. Ross	Democratic	1973 – 1990		Resigned February 28, 1990.[4]
Gerald J. LaValle	Democratic	1990 – 2008		Seated June 4, 1990.[5]
Elder Vogel, Jr.	Republican	2009 – present

References

1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1971-1972" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
3. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1971-1972" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
4. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1989-1990" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
5. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1989-1990" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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