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| Name | Position | Session | Party | County | District | Born/Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker, Clarence D | 1943-1948 | R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 17 | 1892 - 1947 | |
| Berntheizel, Cleon N | 1921-1924 | R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 17 | 1874 - 1936 | |
| Boughter, Amos R | 1861-1863* | R | Dauphin, Lebanon | 15 | 1824 - 1879 | |
| Brightbill, David J | Floor Leader, Whip |
1983-2006 | R | Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh | 48 | 1942 - |
| Champneys, Benjamin | 1843-1865* | D | Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 6,16,17 | 1800 - 1871 | |
| Coleman, G Dawson | 1867 | R | Dauphin, Lebanon | 16 | 1825 - 1878 | |
| Darlington, Edward C | 1851-1853* | W | Lancaster, Lebanon | 7 | 1819 - 1874 | |
| Diehm, G Graybill | 1949-1956 | R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 17 | 1880 - 1970 | |
| Ehrgood, Thomas Alexander | 1957-1964 | R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 17 | 1923 - 2007 | |
| Fleming, David | 1863-1865* | R | Dauphin, Lebanon | 15,16 | 1812 - 1890 | |
| Folmer, Michael J. | 2007-2019 | R | Dauphin, Lebanon, York | 48 | 1956 - | |
| Forster, John | 1813-1818* | F | Dauphin, Lebanon | 6 | 1777 - 1863 | |
| Freeman, William C | 1925-1932 | R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 17 | 1881 - | |
| Gekas, George W | 1977-1982 | R | Dauphin, Lebanon | 15 | 1930 - | |
| Gerberich, Daniel P | President Pro Tempore | 1905-1916 | R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 17 | 1854 - 1917 |
| Gobin, John Peter Shindel | President Pro Tempore | 1885-1898 | R | Lebanon | 17 | 1837 - 1910 |
| Haldeman, Horace Leander | 1915-1916 | R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 17 | 1847 - 1920 | |
| Harper, John | 1835-1838* | AM | Dauphin, Lebanon | 7,8 | 1791 - 1865 | |
| Harrison, John | 1823-1824 | NR | Dauphin, Lebanon | 8 | 1775 - 1827 | |
| Heilman, Jacob George | 1873-1875* | R | Dauphin, Lebanon | 12,17 | 1836 - 1890 | |
| Killinger, John | 1837-1839* | AM | Dauphin, Lebanon | 7 | 1797 - 1860 | |
| Killinger, John Weinland | 1855 | R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 7 | 1824 - 1896 | |
| Kinzer, Esaias | 1853-1855* | W | Lancaster, Lebanon | 7 | 1805 - 1861 | |
| Kline, Levi | 1841-1843* | R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 7 | 1811 - 1863 | |
| Konigmacher, Joseph | 1849 | W | Lancaster, Lebanon | 7 | 1805 - 1861 | |
| Lantz, Cyrus Ressley | 1881-1884 | R | Lebanon | 17 | 1842 - 1923 | |
| Lentz, William B | 1965-1976 | R | Dauphin, Lebanon | 15 | 1920 - 1977 | |
| Manbeck, Clarence F | 1969-1982 | W | Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon | 48 | 1908 - 1991 | |
| Meily, George F | 1877-1880* | R | Lebanon | 17 | 1833 - 1893 | |
| Mumma, David | 1867 | R | Dauphin, Lebanon | 16 | 1816 - 1893 | |
| Pierson, Henry J | 1933-1940 | R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 17 | 1872 - | |
| Risser, Harold W | 1947-1948 | R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 17 | 1896 - | |
| Ritscher, Adam | 1823-1826* | DR | Dauphin, Lebanon | 8 | 1767 - 1842 | |
| Rutherford, John Brisban | 1857-1859* | R | Dauphin, Lebanon | 15 | 1805 - 1892 | |
| Sanderson, John Philipp | 1845-1847* | W | Lancaster, Lebanon | 7 | 1818 - 1864 | |
| Sawyer, John | 1819-1822* | DR | Dauphin, Lebanon | 6 | 1772 - 1857 | |
| Seltzer, George | 1827-1830* | D | Dauphin, Lebanon | 8 | 1782 - 1840 | |
| Shuman, Jacob G | 1855-1857* | W, R | Lancaster, Lebanon | 7 | 1811 - 1858 | |
| Smith, A Herr | 1845-1847* | W | Lancaster, Lebanon | 7 | 1815 - 1894 | |
| Stoever, Jacob | 1831-1834* | D | Dauphin, Lebanon | 8 | 1787 - 1862 | |
| Weiss, Samuel | 1899-1904 | R | Lebanon | 17 | 1845 - |
*served non-consecutive terms