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| Name | Position | Session | Party | County | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHTERMAN, LEO A. | Majority Floor Leader | 1935-1942 | D | Monroe | 0 |
| ALLMOND, WILLIAM A. | 1937-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| AUKER, CHARLES A. | 1939-1964* | R | Blair | 0 | |
| BAKER, JOHN J. | 1935-1946 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| BALTHASER, JACOB L. | 1937-1942 | D | Berks | 0 | |
| BARRETT, THOMAS E. | 1941-1948 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| BAUGHER, GEORGE L. | 1941-1942 | D | Adams | 0 | |
| BAXTER, THOMAS G. | 1941-1942 | R | Bradford | 0 | |
| BENTLEY, JOHN R. | 1941-1946 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| BENTZEL, FELIX S. | 1941-1948 | D | York | 0 | |
| BOIES, DAVID M. | 1937-1963 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| BONAWITZ, WILLIAM H. | 1941-1948 | R | Dauphin | 0 | |
| BONEY, JOHN L. | 1939-1946* | D | Luzerne | 0 | |
| BOORSE, HOWARD F. | 1939-1952 | R | Montgomery | 0 | |
| BOWER, ADAM T. | Minority Caucus Chairman | 1939-1966 | R | Northumberland | 0 |
| BRADLEY, JOSEPH P. | 1935-1944* | D | Northumberland | 0 | |
| BRETH, HARRIS G. | 1941-1962* | D | Clearfield | 0 | |
| BRETHERICK, ARTHUR P. | 1939-1944 | R | Delaware | 0 | |
| BROWN, HOMER S. | 1935-1950 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| BRUNNER JR., CHARLES H. | Majority Floor Leader, Majority Whip |
1939-1950 | R | Montgomery | 0 |
| BRUNNER, PAUL A. | 1941-1946 | D | Berks | 0 | |
| BURNS, JOHN M. | 1939-1946 | D | Fayette | 0 | |
| BURRIS, JOHN WILLIAM MILTON | 1939-1942 | D | Juniata | 0 | |
| CADWALADER, LAMBERT | 1937-1950 | R | Montgomery | 0 | |
| CHERVENAK JR., MICHAEL C. | 1933-1948 | D | Cambria | 0 | |
| CHUDOFF, EARL | 1941-1948 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| COCHRAN, HARRY | 1913-1956* | D | Fayette | 0 | |
| COHEN, MARSHALL M. | 1941-1942 | D | Lancaster | 0 | |
| COHEN, REUBEN E. | Minority Floor Leader | 1937-1946 | D | Philadelphia | 0 |
| COOK, HOMER S. | 1939-1948 | R | Erie | 0 | |
| COOPER, GEORGE W. | 1939-1960 | R | Allegheny | 0 | |
| CORDIER, ROBERT J. | 1931-1948* | R | Lackawanna | 0 | |
| CORRIGAN, JOHN PATRICK | 1937-1946 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| CROOP, ROY | 1941-1944 | D | Columbia | 0 | |
| CULLEN, FRANK J. | 1941-1946 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| D'ORTONA, PAUL | 1941-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| DALRYMPLE, DELBERT WILLIAM | 1939-1958* | R | Erie | 0 | |
| DENNISON, SAMUEL B. | 1941-1962* | R | Jefferson | 0 | |
| DIX, IRVING SIDNEY | 1939-1948 | R | Wayne | 0 | |
| DOLON, GEORGE W. | 1941-1942 | D | Carbon | 0 | |
| DUFFY JR., EDWARD | 1941-1952* | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| DiGENOVA, D. DANIEL | 1941-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| EARLY, D. MILLER | 1941-1942 | D | Northampton | 0 | |
| ECKELS, J. PERRY | 1937-1942 | R | Crawford | 0 | |
| ELDER, W. HENRY | 1941-1950 | R | Lycoming | 0 | |
| ELLIOTT, D. EDGAR | 1941-1944 | D | Clarion | 0 | |
| ELY, GLENN WASHINGTON | 1939-1944 | R | Susquehanna | 0 | |
| FALKENSTEIN, FRANCIS J. | 1935-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| FINESTONE, LEWIS J. | 1941-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| FINNERTY, JOHN J. | 1935-1946 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| FISHER, GEORGE W. | 1939-1942 | R | Huntingdon | 0 | |
| FISS, IRA T. | Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman, Minority Appropriations Committee Chairman, Speaker |
1937-1948 | R | Snyder | 0 |
| FLEMING, ROBERT D. | 1939-1950 | R | Allegheny | 0 | |
| FLETCHER, WILLIAM A. | 1941-1942 | R | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| FLYNN, EDWARD M. | 1941-1944 | D | Sullivan | 0 | |
| FOOR, ALBERT F. | 1939-1948 | R | Bedford | 0 | |
| FRENCH, J. HOWARD | 1941-1942 | D | Mifflin | 0 | |
| GALLAGHER, JOSEPH C. | 1941-1942 | D | Luzerne | 0 | |
| GATES, HERBERT G. | 1935-1944* | R | Armstrong | 0 | |
| GERARD, ANTHONY J. | 1935-1942* | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| GILLAN, C. FRANK | 1939-1944 | R | Franklin | 0 | |
| GILLETTE, WILSON D. | 1931-1942 | R | Bradford | 0 | |
| GOODWIN, BERNARD H. | 1941-1944 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| GREENWOOD, RAY W. | 1941-1956 | R | Wyoming | 0 | |
| GROSS, PAUL H. | 1941-1944 | R | Cambria | 0 | |
| GRYSKEWICZ, WALTER GREY | 1941-1942 | D | Luzerne | 0 | |
| GYGER SR., FURMAN HOLME | 1927-1948* | R | Chester | 0 | |
| HABBYSHAW, WILLIAM E. | 1933-1942 | R | Dauphin | 0 | |
| HABERLEN, ROY C. | 1935-1946* | D | Westmoreland | 0 | |
| HAINES, KENNETH G. | 1939-1942 | R | Centre | 0 | |
| HALL, WRAYBURN B. | 1937-1954 | R | Potter | 0 | |
| HAMILTON, ROBERT K. | Minority Policy Committee Chairman, Speaker |
1941-1972* | D | Beaver | 0,16 |
| HARE JR., FRED P. | 1941-1946 | R | Somerset | 0 | |
| HARKINS, L. KENNETH | 1935-1942 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| HARMUTH, CHARLES | 1933-1942* | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| HARRIS, LEWIS | 1941-1950* | D | Fulton | 0 | |
| HEATHERINGTON, THOMAS J. | 1941-1950* | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| HELM, W. STUART | Minority Policy Committee Chairman, Speaker |
1941-1964 | R | Armstrong | 0 |
| HERING, JOHN B. | 1937-1946* | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| HERMAN, MAYER E. | 1941-1946 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| HERSCH, JOSEPH J. | Minority Whip | 1941-1954* | D | Philadelphia | 0 |
| HEWITT SR., EARL E. | 1933-1956* | R | Indiana | 0 | |
| HIRSCH, J. NOBLE | 1935-1942* | D | Schuylkill | 0 | |
| HOLLAND, ELMER J. | 1935-1942 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| HUNTER, WILLIAM M. | 1941-1944 | R | Delaware | 0 | |
| HUNTLEY JR., GEORGE W. | 1937-1946 | R | Cameron | 0 | |
| IMBRIE, WILBERT DEWITT | 1937-1944 | R | Butler | 0 | |
| JAMES, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | 1939-1946 | R | Delaware | 0 | |
| JEFFERSON, RALPH TENNYSON | 1941-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| JONES, GEORGE E. | 1939-1954* | R | Blair | 0 | |
| JONES, PRESLEY N. | 1941-1942 | D | Lawrence | 0 | |
| KEENAN, LAWRENCE P. | 1937-1942 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| KENEHAN JR., MARTIN FRANCIS | 1939-1942 | D | Lackawanna | 0 | |
| KILROY, ELMER | Speaker | 1935-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 |
| KLINE, G. EDGAR | 1937-1956 | R | Schuylkill | 0 | |
| KNOBLE, MATTHEW T. | 1939-1942 | R | Lackawanna | 0 | |
| KOLANKIEWICZ, LEON J. | 1941-1956* | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| KOMOROFSKI, THEODORE J. | 1941-1946* | D | Luzerne | 0 | |
| KRISE, CLARENCE G. | 1939-1950 | R | Clearfield | 0 | |
| LEE, EDWIN A. | 1939-1944 | R | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| LEE, THOMAS H. | 1941-1950 | R | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| LEISEY, AMOS M. | 1937-1956 | R | Chester | 0 | |
| LEONARD, LOUIS | 1941-1966* | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| LESKO, VALENTINE | 1941-1942 | D | Westmoreland | 0 | |
| LEVY, J. HAROLD | 1937-1946 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| LEYDIC, KENNETH L. | 1939-1944 | R | Allegheny | 0 | |
| LICHTENWALTER, FRANKLIN H. | Majority Floor Leader, Speaker |
1939-1948 | R | Lehigh | 0 |
| LONGO, JOSEPH A. | 1941-1946 | D | Northampton | 0 | |
| LOVETT, JAMES E. | Majority Whip, Minority Whip |
1933-1958 | D | Westmoreland | 0 |
| LYONS, THOMAS | 1937-1946 | R | Mercer | 0 | |
| MALLOY, JAMES JOHN | 1939-1942 | D | Luzerne | 0 | |
| MARKS, FRED | 1941-1942 | D | Berks | 0 | |
| MASON, J. WINSMORE | 1941-1942 | R | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| MAXWELL, H. J. | 1941-1964* | D | Westmoreland | 0 | |
| MELCHIORRE, CHARLES | 1933-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| MIHM, MARTIN C. | 1937-1962 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| MODELL, HERMAN M. | 1941-1946 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| MONKS, RAPHAEL I. | 1941-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| MOONEY, THOMAS P. | 1935-1948 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| MORAN, J. P. | 1935-1960* | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| MOUL, CLAYTON E. | 1935-1942* | D | York | 0 | |
| MUIR, WILLIAM WALLACE | 1935-1944 | R | Warren | 0 | |
| MUNLEY, ROBERT W. | 1939-1948 | D | Lackawanna | 0 | |
| MURRAY, HUGH J. | 1941-1944 | R | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| MacDONALD, THOMAS | 1941-1942 | R | Cumberland | 0 | |
| McCLANAGHAN, FRANCIS X. | 1941-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| McCLESTER, ALBERT B. | 1939-1946 | R | Butler | 0 | |
| McDERMOTT, JAMES J. | 1935-1942* | D | Lehigh | 0 | |
| McDOWELL, JACK J. | 1941-1946 | R | McKean | 0 | |
| McFALL, CHARLES | 1937-1942* | D | Northampton | 0 | |
| McGRATH, JOHN V. | 1941-1942 | D | Schuylkill | 0 | |
| McINTOSH, JOSEPH J. | 1941-1942 | D | Cumberland | 0 | |
| McKINNEY, JOHN HUDSON | 1917-1952* | R | Venango | 0 | |
| McLANAHAN, ROBERT J. | 1941-1946* | D | Beaver | 0 | |
| McLANE, JAMES J. | 1939-1942 | D | Luzerne | 0 | |
| McMILLEN, WILLIAM R. | 1941-1952 | R | Indiana | 0 | |
| McSURDY, ELMER | 1941-1944 | R | Schuylkill | 0 | |
| NAGEL, REUBEN A. | 1935-1950* | D | Beaver | 0 | |
| NUNEMACHER, WILLIAM B. | 1941-1942 | D | Clinton | 0 | |
| O'BRIEN, JOSEPH M. | 1937-1958* | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| O'CONNOR SR., ALBERT L. | 1933-1948* | D | Cambria | 0 | |
| O'DARE SR., JAMES J. | 1939-1950 | R | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| O'MULLEN, JOSEPH J. | 1941-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| O'NEILL, HARRY P. | 1929-1948 | R, D | Lackawanna | 0 | |
| OWENS, THOMAS A. | 1941-1946 | D | Cambria | 0 | |
| PETROSKY, ANTHONY J. | Majority Caucus Chairman, Minority Floor Leader |
1941-1964 | D | Westmoreland | 0 |
| PETTIT, FRANCIS EDWARD | 1941-1944 | D | Washington | 0 | |
| POLASKI, JULIAN | 1941-1964* | D | Erie | 0 | |
| POLEN, J. DEAN | 1941-1966* | D | Washington | 0 | |
| POWERS, JOHN LEWIS | 1933-1950 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| PROSEN, I. EDWARD | 1941-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| RANK, R. GUY | 1941-1942 | R | Chester | 0 | |
| RAUSCH, PAUL C. | 1941-1942 | D | Lehigh | 0 | |
| READINGER, ALBERT S. | Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader |
1937-1958 | D | Berks | 0 |
| REAGAN, CHARLES R. | 1939-1954 | R | Union | 0 | |
| REESE JR., DAVID P. | 1939-1948 | R | Dauphin | 0 | |
| REESE, RUSSELL E. | 1937-1952 | D | Washington | 0 | |
| REGAN, EDWARD M. | 1939-1946 | D | Lackawanna | 0 | |
| REYNOLDS, MAURICE L. | 1941-1950* | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| RHEA, EDWIN M. | 1941-1942 | R | Allegheny | 0 | |
| RILEY, RAYMOND L. | 1939-1952 | R | Lycoming | 0 | |
| ROONEY, JAMES RUSSELL | 1939-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| ROSE, SAMUEL | 1941-1952* | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| ROSE JR., WALTER E. | Majority Whip | 1939-1948* | R | Cambria | 0 |
| ROSENFELD, SAMUEL M. | 1939-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| ROYER, BAKER | 1935-1966 | R | Lancaster | 0 | |
| RUSH, ADIE S. | 1937-1942* | D, R | Delaware | 0 | |
| SARGE, H. DAVID | 1939-1944 | R | Lebanon | 0 | |
| SARRAF M.D., GEORGE J. | 1935-1956 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| SCANLON, JOSEPH A. | Minority Whip | 1935-1952 | D | Philadelphia | 0 |
| SCHWAB, EDWARD C. | 1939-1942 | D | Luzerne | 0 | |
| SERRILL M.D., WILLIAM W. | 1935-1948 | R | Forest | 0 | |
| SHAFFER, WILLIAM L. | 1941-1946* | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| SHAW, WILLIAM A. | 1935-1944 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| SHEPARD, MARSHALL L. | 1935-1942* | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| SHEPHERD, WILLIAM H. | 1941-1942 | R | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| SIMONS, R. ROSCOE | 1939-1944 | R | Mercer | 0 | |
| SKALE, JOSEPH | 1937-1966* | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| SNYDER, FRANK E. | 1919-1946* | R | Tioga | 0 | |
| SOLLENBERGER, D. RAYMOND | 1937-1952 | R | Blair | 0 | |
| SORG, HERBERT P. | Majority Floor Leader, Majority Whip, Speaker |
1941-1952 | R | Elk | 0 |
| STAMBAUGH, LLOYD D. | 1939-1942 | R | Perry | 0 | |
| STANK, JOHN F. | Minority Whip | 1933-1964* | D | Northumberland | 0 |
| STINE, RUSSELL S. | 1941-1942 | D | York | 0 | |
| STOCKHAM, THOMAS B. | 1935-1948 | R | Bucks | 0 | |
| TARR, BURTON E. | 1939-1942 | D | Fayette | 0 | |
| TATE, JAMES H. J. | 1941-1946 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| TAYLOR, RAY E. | 1939-1944 | R | Dauphin | 0 | |
| THOMPSON, EDWIN FLETCHER | 1937-1952* | D, R | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| THOMPSON, RONALD L. | 1941-1966* | R | Allegheny | 0 | |
| TROUT, HARRY E. | 1933-1948 | R | Lancaster | 0 | |
| TURNER, ELLWOOD JACKSON | Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader, Speaker |
1925-1948 | R | Delaware | 0 |
| VAN ALLSBURG, JOHN E. | 1935-1944 | R | Erie | 0 | |
| VERONA, DANIEL A. | 1941-1958 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| VINCENT, WALTER J. | 1941-1942 | D | Montour | 0 | |
| VOGT, JOSEPH H. | 1937-1942* | D | Pike | 0 | |
| VOLDOW, HARRY P. | 1941-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| VOORHEES, CHARLES E. | 1939-1942 | R | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| WAGNER, KENNETH H. | 1941-1950 | R | Somerset | 0 | |
| WATKINS, IVAN C. | 1937-1954 | R | Schuylkill | 0 | |
| WEINGARTNER, GEORGE T. | 1905-1942* | R | Lawrence | 0 | |
| WEISS, DAVID H. | 1937-1950 | D | Westmoreland | 0 | |
| WELSH, ELLWOOD B. | 1939-1946 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | |
| WELSH, MATTHEW J. | 1933-1942 | D | Fayette | 0 | |
| WILKINSON, DON E. | 1939-1942 | R | Luzerne | 0 | |
| WILLIAMS, CLARENCE O. | 1939-1958* | D | Washington | 0 | |
| WINNER, EDWIN | 1935-1944 | R | Montgomery | 0 | |
| WOLF, LLOYD LINDERMANN | 1941-1942 | D | Berks | 0 | |
| WOOD, LLOYD HOBART | 1939-1946 | R | Montgomery | 0 | |
| WOOD, NORMAN | Majority Caucus Chairman, Minority Caucus Chairman |
1923-1964 | R | Lancaster | 0 |
| WOODRING, CARLETON T. | 1941-1942 | D | Northampton | 0 | |
| WOODSIDE JR., ROBERT E. | Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader |
1933-1942 | R | Dauphin | 0 |
| WRIGHT, PERRY E. | 1941-1946 | D | Greene | 0 | |
| YEAKEL, WILSON L. | 1929-1954 | R | Bucks | 0 | |
| YESTER, WILLIAM J. | 1941-1952 | D | Allegheny | 0 | |
| YOUNG, EDWARD C. | 1941-1942 | D | Philadelphia | 0 |
*served non-consecutive terms