Share:
House Historical Biographies
Search Results
| Name | Position | Session | Party | County | District |
| ADAMS, RICHARD L. | 1957 - 1962* | R | Berks | ||
| AGNEW JR., WILLARD F. | Minority Floor Leader | 1955 - 1962 | R | Allegheny | |
| ANDERSON, JOHN HOPE | Majority Caucus Secretary, Minority Caucus Secretary |
1961 - 1982 | R | York | 94 |
| ANDERSON, SARAH A. | 1955 - 1972 | D | Philadelphia | 193 | |
| ANDREWS, HIRAM G. | Minority Floor Leader, Speaker |
1933 - 1962* | D, Ind | Cambria | |
| ARLENE, HERBERT | 1959 - 1966 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| ASHTON, WILLIAM H. | 1953 - 1968 | R | Chester | 156 | |
| AUKER, CHARLES A. | 1939 - 1964* | R | Blair | ||
| BACHMAN, WILLIAM T. | 1961 - 1970 | D | Luzerne | 116 | |
| BACKENSTOE, JOHN E. | 1961 - 1964 | R | Lehigh | ||
| BLAIR, STANLEY L. | 1949 - 1968 | R | Crawford, Erie | 5 | |
| BOIES, DAVID M. | 1937 - 1964 | D | Allegheny | ||
| BONNER, JOHN F. | 1955 - 1966* | D | Carbon | ||
| BOSSERT, W. MAX | 1961 - 1970 | R | Centre, Clinton | 76 | |
| BOWER, ADAM T. | Minority Caucus Chairman | 1939 - 1966 | R | Northumberland | |
| BOWMAN, JAMES S. | 1957 - 1964 | R | Dauphin | ||
| BRANCA, ERNEST O. | 1955 - 1966* | D | Philadelphia | ||
| BRENNINGER, FLOYD K. | 1955 - 1962 | R | Montgomery | ||
| BRETH, HARRIS G. | 1941 - 1962* | D | Clearfield | ||
| BUCHANAN, WILLIAM G. | 1953 - 1968* | R | Indiana | 62 | |
| BUSH, ALVIN C. | Majority Caucus Secretary, Minority Caucus Secretary |
1961 - 1994* | R | Lycoming | 84 |
| CAPANO, A. V. | 1947 - 1964* | D | Washington | ||
| CAPITOLO, VINCENT | 1959 - 1964 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| CAULEY, THOMAS H. | 1961 - 1962 | D | Allegheny | ||
| CIANFRANI, HENRY | 1953 - 1962 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| CIOFFI, DOMINICK E. | 1953 - 1968 | D | Lawrence | 9 | |
| CLARKE, JAMES F. | 1959 - 1968 | D | Allegheny | 22 | |
| COMER, HARRY R. J. | 1953 - 1974 | D | Philadelphia | 178 | |
| COOLEY, J. WOODROW | 1961 - 1964 | D | Fayette | ||
| CROSSIN, FRANK P. | Minority Policy Committee Chairman | 1959 - 1964 | D | Luzerne | |
| CURWOOD, WILLIAM B. | 1953 - 1966 | D | Luzerne | ||
| DAVIS, JAMES KEPLER | 1951 - 1966 | R | Forest | ||
| DENGLER, CLYDE R. | 1957 - 1966 | R | Delaware | ||
| DENNISON, SAMUEL B. | 1941 - 1962* | R | Jefferson | ||
| DONALDSON JR., LEE A. | Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader, Minority Policy Committee Chairman |
1955 - 1970 | R | Allegheny | 30 |
| DOUGHERTY, JAMES J. | Majority Whip, Minority Whip |
1949 - 1964 | D | Philadelphia | |
| DOUGHTEN, JOHN V. | 1961 - 1962 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| DOWN, RALPH J. | 1953 - 1964 | R | Mercer | ||
| EDWARDS, WILLIAM | 1957 - 1964 | R | Lackawanna | ||
| EILBERG, JOSHUA | Majority Floor Leader, Majority Whip, Minority Whip |
1955 - 1966 | D | Philadelphia | |
| ELVEY, HARRY M. | 1961 - 1966 | R | Fulton | ||
| ESHBACK, J. RUSSELL | 1959 - 1970 | R | Monroe, Pike, Wayne | 139 | |
| ESHLEMAN, EDWIN D. | Majority Whip, Minority Whip |
1955 - 1966 | R | Lancaster | |
| ESLER, JAMES A. | 1961 - 1964 | R | Allegheny | ||
| EWING, EDWIN C. | 1939 - 1964* | R | Allegheny | ||
| FARABAUGH, E. J. | 1953 - 1964 | D | Cambria | ||
| FETTEROLF JR., MORTON H. | Majority Whip | 1957 - 1964 | R | Montgomery | |
| FILO, JULES | Majority Caucus Secretary | 1949 - 1968 | D | Allegheny | 38 |
| FINEMAN, HERBERT | Majority Whip, Minority Floor Leader, Speaker |
1955 - 1978 | D | Philadelphia | 194 |
| FLYNN, MICHAEL RICHARD | 1953 - 1964 | D | Washington | ||
| FOERSTER, THOMAS J. | 1959 - 1968 | D | Allegheny | 17 | |
| FOOR, PERCY G. | 1961 - 1974 | R | Bedford, Fulton, Huntingdon | 78 | |
| FOX, DONALD W. | Majority Caucus Chairman, Minority Caucus Chairman |
1957 - 1974 | R | Lawrence, Mercer | 10 |
| FRASCELLA, THOMAS A. | 1955 - 1966 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| FRY, WALTER C. | 1961 - 1962 | D | Montgomery | ||
| FULMER, EUGENE M. | 1959 - 1970 | R | Centre, Clearfield | 77 | |
| GAILEY JR., JOHN R. | 1957 - 1968 | D | York | 95 | |
| GALLAGHER, JAMES J. A. | 1959 - 1986 | D | Bucks | 141 | |
| GELFAND, EUGENE | 1955 - 1974 | D | Philadelphia | 202 | |
| GEORGE, ARTHUR | 1949 - 1962* | R | Cumberland | ||
| GIBB, LAURENCE V. | 1955 - 1966 | R | Allegheny | ||
| GIBBONS, D. BARRY | 1961 - 1962 | R | Delaware | ||
| GOLDSTEIN, JOSEPH H. | 1959 - 1964 | R | Warren | ||
| GOLDSTEIN, MAURICE H. | 1955 - 1964 | R | Allegheny | ||
| GOODRICH, RAY C. | 1957 - 1966 | R | Potter | ||
| GRAMLICH, HARRY S. | 1953 - 1964 | R | Venango | ||
| GRAY, WILLIAM | 1959 - 1964 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| GREENLEE, JAMES W. | 1961 - 1964 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| GREMMINGER, JOHN E. | 1961 - 1966* | D | Delaware | ||
| GROSS, STANLEY H. | 1957 - 1964* | R | York | ||
| GUESMAN, ARTHUR O. | 1961 - 1962 | D | Allegheny | ||
| GUTHRIE, W. MACK | 1943 - 1962 | R | Armstrong | ||
| HAMILTON, ROBERT K. | Minority Policy Committee Chairman, Speaker |
1941 - 1972* | D | Beaver | 16 |
| HANKINS, FREEMAN | 1961 - 1968 | D | Philadelphia | 190 | |
| HARTLEY, GEORGE B. | 1961 - 1966 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| HAUDENSHIELD, GEORGE K. | 1959 - 1970 | R | Allegheny | 43 | |
| HEAVEY, CHARLES D. | 1955 - 1964 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| HEFFNER, GEORGE W. | 1957 - 1966 | R | Schuylkill | ||
| HELM, W. STUART | Minority Policy Committee Chairman, Speaker |
1941 - 1964 | R | Armstrong | |
| HENZEL, EVELYN GLAZIER | 1955 - 1962 | R | Montgomery | ||
| HOCKER, BLAINE C. | 1947 - 1966 | R | Dauphin | ||
| HOLL, EDWIN G. | 1961 - 1966 | R | Montgomery | ||
| HOLLIDAY, JOSEPH R. | 1957 - 1962 | R | Blair | ||
| HOLMAN JR., ALLAN W. | 1961 - 1970 | R | Cumberland, Juniata, Perry | 86 | |
| HORST, ENOS H. | 1955 - 1968 | R | Cumberland, Franklin | 89 | |
| IRVIS, K. LEROY | Majority Caucus Chairman, Majority Floor Leader, Minority Caucus Chairman, Minority Floor Leader, Minority Whip, Speaker |
1959 - 1988 | D | Allegheny | 19 |
| ISAACS, JOSEPH W. | 1955 - 1966 | R | Delaware | ||
| JENKINS, GEORGE E. | 1949 - 1962* | D | Allegheny | ||
| JIM, CHARLES J. | 1949 - 1962* | D | Westmoreland | ||
| JOHNSON, ALBERT W. | Majority Floor Leader, Majority Whip, Minority Floor Leader, Minority Whip |
1947 - 1964 | R | McKean | |
| JOHNSON, ROBERT P. | 1959 - 1964 | R | Montgomery | ||
| JONES, FRANCES R. | 1959 - 1966 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| KAMYK, WALTER T. | 1949 - 1964 | D | Allegheny | ||
| KEISER, RUSSEL C. | 1959 - 1962 | R | Dauphin | ||
| KELLY, WILLIAM J. | 1961 - 1964 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| KERNAGHAN, MAE W. | Majority Caucus Chairman, Minority Caucus Chairman |
1957 - 1970 | R | Delaware | 163 |
| KESSLER, HARRY A. | 1959 - 1966 | R | Montour | ||
| KING JR., THOMAS W. | 1961 - 1968* | R | Butler | 11 | |
| KISTLER, GUY A. | 1961 - 1976 | R | Cumberland | 87 | |
| KLEIN, H. BERYL | 1961 - 1966 | D | Beaver | ||
| KNECHT, WILLIAM K. | 1955 - 1962 | R | Schuylkill | ||
| KOOKER, MARGARETTE S. | 1955 - 1966 | R | Bucks | ||
| KORNICK, NICHOLAS | 1951 - 1966 | D | Fayette | ||
| KORNS, WILLIAM R. | 1957 - 1964 | R | Somerset | ||
| KRAMER, HARRY A. | 1961 - 1964 | D | Allegheny | ||
| LAMB, THOMAS F. | 1959 - 1966 | D | Allegheny | ||
| LAWSON, PAUL M. | 1959 - 1970 | D | Philadelphia | 191 | |
| LEE, AUSTIN M. | 1957 - 1964 | R | Philadelphia | ||
| LEE, KENNETH B. | Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader, Minority Policy Committee Chairman, Speaker |
1957 - 1974 | R | Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 111 |
| LEONARD, LOUIS | 1941 - 1966* | D | Allegheny | ||
| LIMPER, WILLIAM | 1949 - 1966 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| LIPPINCOTT II, EDWIN E. | 1953 - 1962 | R | Delaware | ||
| LONG, WILLIAM JAMES | 1961 - 1964 | D | Fayette | ||
| LONG, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 1961 - 1962 | D | Schuylkill | ||
| LUTTY, PAUL F. | 1951 - 1972 | D | Allegheny | 25 | |
| MAGEE JR., GEORGE C. | 1955 - 1964 | R | Crawford | ||
| MANBECK, CLARENCE F. | 1961 - 1966 | R | Lebanon | ||
| MARKLEY, MARIAN E. | Majority Caucus Secretary, Minority Caucus Secretary |
1951 - 1968 | R | Lehigh | 134 |
| MARSH, RALPH A. | 1957 - 1964* | R | Clearfield | ||
| MAXWELL, H. J. | 1941 - 1964* | D | Westmoreland | ||
| MAY, ARTHUR J. | 1961 - 1964 | R | Snyder | ||
| McCANDLESS, ALBERT L. | 1959 - 1964 | R | Butler | ||
| McCANN, STEPHEN | Majority Caucus Secretary, Majority Floor Leader, Minority Floor Leader |
1953 - 1962 | D | Greene | |
| McCORMACK, THOMAS J. | 1953 - 1962 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| McDEVITT, DANIEL F. | 1961 - 1964 | D | Berks | ||
| McDONALD, JOHN J. | 1959 - 1962 | D | Schuylkill | ||
| McINROY, HARRY R. | 1951 - 1962 | R | Tioga | ||
| McKEEVER, LEO A. | 1955 - 1964 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| McLAUGHLIN, LEO J. | 1955 - 1964 | D | Allegheny | ||
| McNALLY, EDWARD W. | 1961 - 1968 | D | Cambria | 72 | |
| MEHOLCHICK, STANLEY A. | 1955 - 1972* | D | Luzerne | 117 | |
| MERRY, RALPH S. | 1957 - 1964 | R | Crawford | ||
| MIHM, MARTIN C. | 1937 - 1962 | D | Allegheny | ||
| MILLER, HAROLD G. | 1945 - 1962* | R | Blair | ||
| MILLS, CHARLES J. | 1945 - 1966 | D | Westmoreland | ||
| MONROE, SUSIE | 1949 - 1968 | D | Philadelphia | 196 | |
| MORLEY, WALTER H. | 1961 - 1966 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| MULDOWNEY, FRANCIS X. | 1951 - 1962 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| MULLEN, MARTIN P. | 1955 - 1982* | D | Philadelphia | 189 | |
| MUNLEY, MARION L. | Minority Caucus Secretary | 1947 - 1964 | D | Lackawanna | |
| MURPHY JR., AUSTIN J. | 1959 - 1970 | D | Washington | 48 | |
| MURRAY, JOHN J. | 1953 - 1964* | D | Allegheny | ||
| MUSTO, JAMES A. | 1949 - 1972 | D | Luzerne | 118 | |
| NEEDHAM, MICHAEL J. | 1947 - 1972* | D | Lackawanna | 113 | |
| O'DELL, FORD E. | 1957 - 1966 | R | Erie | ||
| O'DONNELL, JAMES P. | 1959 - 1972 | D | Philadelphia | 188 | |
| O'DONNELL, JAMES A. | 1959 - 1966 | D | Northampton | ||
| ODORISIO, ROCCO A. | 1959 - 1968 | R | Delaware | 167 | |
| OGILVIE, ROBERT S. | 1953 - 1966 | R | Dauphin | ||
| PARLANTE, ALFONSO | 1953 - 1966* | D | Philadelphia | ||
| PASHLEY, KATHRYN GRAHAM | 1955 - 1966 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| PERRY, PETER E. | 1959 - 1976 | D | Philadelphia | 203 | |
| PETROSKY, ANTHONY J. | Majority Caucus Chairman, Minority Floor Leader |
1941 - 1964 | D | Westmoreland | |
| PIPER, WILLIAM G. | 1957 - 1974* | R | Berks | 129 | |
| POLASKI, JULIAN | 1941 - 1964* | D | Erie | ||
| POLEN, J. DEAN | 1941 - 1966* | D | Washington | ||
| PRENDERGAST, JAMES F. | Majority Caucus Administrator, Majority Caucus Secretary, Majority Whip, Minority Caucus Chairman |
1959 - 1978 | D | Northampton | 136 |
| PRICE JR., HARRY W. | 1947 - 1962 | R | Mifflin | ||
| PURSLEY, LOUIS A. | 1955 - 1962 | R | Union | ||
| REIBMAN, JEANETTE F. | 1955 - 1966* | D | Northampton | ||
| REIDENBACH, WILLIAM J. | 1945 - 1962* | D | Lackawanna | ||
| RENWICK, WILLIAM F. | 1955 - 1978 | D | Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk | 75 | |
| RILEY, HAMPTON | 1959 - 1964 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| ROVANSEK, LOUIS | 1949 - 1962 | D | Cambria | ||
| ROYER, BAKER | 1935 - 1966 | R | Lancaster | ||
| RUBIN, ARTHUR | 1951 - 1968* | D, R | Philadelphia | 182 | |
| RUDISILL, HAROLD B. | 1955 - 1970 | D | York | 93 | |
| RUTHERFORD, EUGENE S. | 1961 - 1968* | R | Lancaster | 96 | |
| SAKULSKY, BARNET | 1959 - 1962 | D | Westmoreland | ||
| SCARCELLI, VINCENT F. | 1955 - 1966 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| SCHAAF, PETER G. | 1959 - 1962 | D | Erie | ||
| SCHUSTER SR., EDWARD A. | 1943 - 1964 | D, R | Allegheny | ||
| SELTZER, H. JACK | Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman, Minority Appropriations Committee Chairman, Minority Floor Leader, Speaker |
1957 - 1980 | R | Lebanon | 101 |
| SHELTON, ULYSSES | 1961 - 1978 | D | Philadelphia | 181 | |
| SHERMAN, LOUIS | 1955 - 1972 | D | Philadelphia | 176 | |
| SHUPNIK, FRED J. | Minority Caucus Administrator | 1959 - 1982 | D | Luzerne | 119 |
| SIMMONS, JAMES C. | 1961 - 1964 | R | Allegheny | ||
| SLACK, C. TIMOTHY | 1961 - 1970 | R | Chester | 155 | |
| SNARE, ORVILLE E. | 1957 - 1970 | R | Blair, Huntingdon | 81 | |
| STANK, JOHN F. | Minority Whip | 1933 - 1964* | D | Northumberland | |
| STECKEL, WILLIAM A. | 1955 - 1970* | R | Lehigh | 134 | |
| STIMMEL, REGINALD P. | 1947 - 1962* | R | Lehigh | ||
| STITELER JR., W. JOHN | 1961 - 1962 | R | Somerset | ||
| STONE, CHARLES D. | 1953 - 1972 | D | Beaver | 15 | |
| STRAUSSER, ALBERT E. | 1953 - 1962 | R | Columbia | ||
| SULLIVAN, JOSEPH A. | 1959 - 1976 | D | Philadelphia | 177 | |
| SULLIVAN, THOMAS F. | 1961 - 1966 | D | Allegheny | ||
| TAYLOR, MARTIN J. | 1949 - 1964 | D | Philadelphia | ||
| THOMPSON, RONALD L. | 1941 - 1966* | R | Allegheny | ||
| TOMASCIK, JOSEPH G. | 1961 - 1962 | D | Luzerne | ||
| TOMPKINS, EDWIN W. | Minority Whip | 1947 - 1962 | D, R | Cameron | |
| TRUSIO, PAT C. | 1957 - 1974* | D | Fayette | 51 | |
| UJOBAI, JOSEPH P. | 1957 - 1964 | R | Chester | ||
| VARNER, VERN PAIGE | 1949 - 1962 | R | Clarion | ||
| VERONA, GUS P. | 1959 - 1964 | D | Northampton | ||
| WALL, ARTHUR J. | 1931 - 1966* | R | Wayne | ||
| WALSH, JOHN T. | 1953 - 1974 | D | Allegheny | 37 | |
| WARGO, JOSEPH G. | Majority Caucus Secretary, Minority Caucus Secretary |
1949 - 1984 | D | Lackawanna, Wayne | 115 |
| WEIDNER, LEROY A. | 1947 - 1964 | R | Berks | ||
| WELSH, JOHN J. | 1949 - 1968 | D | Philadelphia | 198 | |
| WESCOTT, HAROLD G. | 1945 - 1962 | R | Susquehanna | ||
| WHITTAKER, JOHN E. | 1957 - 1962 | R | Lycoming | ||
| WILLARD, JAMES E. | 1957 - 1966 | R | Mercer | ||
| WILLAREDT, HERMAN B. | 1953 - 1964 | R | Montgomery | ||
| WILLIAMS JR., ALAN D. | 1959 - 1966 | R | Bucks | ||
| WILLIAMS, EVAN S. | 1959 - 1968 | R | Bradford | 110 | |
| WILT, RAYMOND E. | 1951 - 1970 | R | Allegheny | 29 | |
| WOOD, NORMAN | Majority Caucus Chairman, Minority Caucus Chairman |
1923 - 1964 | R | Lancaster | |
| WORLEY, FRANCIS | 1943 - 1970* | R | Adams | 91 | |
| WYND, ELISABETH S. | 1961 - 1966 | R | Wyoming | ||
| WYND JR., JAMES | 1957 - 1962 | R | Wyoming | ||
| YETTER JR., VAN D. | 1955 - 1966* | D | Monroe | ||
| ZEMBER, GERALD S. | 1961 - 1962 | R | Berks | ||
| ZIMMERMAN, LESTER H. | 1957 - 1966 | R | Juniata |
*served non-consecutive terms