The
Pennsylvania State Senate has been meeting since 1791. It is the
upper house of the
Pennsylvania General Assembly, the
Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the
State Capitol building in
Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such that half of the seats are contested at each election. Even numbered seats and odd numbered seats are contested in separate election years. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate becomes the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in the event of the sitting Lieutenant Governor's removal, resignation or death. In this case the President Pro Tempore and Lieutenant Governor would be the same person.