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| Name | Position | Session | Party | County | District | Born/Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, Abraham | 1815-1818* | F | Chester, Delaware | 2 | 1760 - 1825 | |
| Bailey, Joseph | 1843-1851* | D | Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Montgomery, Perry | 1,4 | 1810 - 1885 | |
| Baker, Earl M | 1989-1994 | R | Chester, Montgomery | 19 | 1940 - | |
| Barnard, Isaac Dutton | 1820-1824 | DR | Chester, Delaware | 2,4 | 03/22/1791 - 02/18/1834 | |
| Bell, Clarence Deshong | 1961-2002 | R | Chester, Delaware | 9 | 02/04/1914 - 07/26/2002 | |
| Bell, Thomas S | 1837-1859* | D | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 2,3 | 1821 - 1862 | |
| Brightbill, David J. | Majority Caucus Secretary, Majority Floor Leader, Policy Committee Chair, Whip |
1983-2006 | R | Berks, Chester, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh | 48 | 11/03/1942 - |
| Brooke, Hugh Jones | 1849-1873* | W, R | Chester, Delaware | 4,5 | 12/27/1805 - 12/19/1876 | |
| Brooke, Nathaniel | 1839-1841* | W | Chester | 3 | ||
| Brower, Abraham | 1841-1843* | W | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 3 | 1787 - 1873 | |
| Brubaker, Michael W | 2007-2014 | R | Chester, Lancaster | 36 | 1958 - | |
| Chapman, William | 1795-1800* | F | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 0 | ||
| Clark, William Hannum | 1927-1936 | R | Chester | 19 | 10/25/1877 - 09/14/1950 | |
| Cochran, Samuel | 1817-1820* | F | Chester, Delaware | 2 | ||
| Cooper, Thomas Valentine | President Pro Tempore | 1873-1888* | R | Chester, Delaware | 5,9 | 01/16/1835 - 12/19/1909 |
| DINNIMAN, ANDREW E | 2005-2020 | D | Chester | 19 | 10/10/1944 - | |
| Erickson, Edwin B | Policy Committee Chair | 2001-2014 | R | Chester, Delaware | 26 | 05/18/1938 - 01/08/2019 |
| Evans, Henry S | 1851-1871* | W | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 3,4 | 1813 - 1872 | |
| Everhart, James Bowen | 1877-1882* | R | Chester | 19 | 07/26/1821 - 08/23/1888 | |
| Ewing, Maskell | 1813-1820* | F | Chester, Delaware | 2 | 1758 - 1825 | |
| Eyre, Thomas Lawrence | President Pro Tempore | 1919-1926 | R | Chester | 19 | 05/24/1862 - 09/27/1926 |
| Gemmill, John | 1811-1814* | DR | Chester, Delaware | 0 | 1774 - 1814 | |
| Gerlach, James W | 1995-2002 | R | Berks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery | 44 | 1955 - | |
| Gyger, John | 1913-1916 | R | Chester | 19 | 11/01/1846 - 04/29/1928 | |
| Harlan, Abram D. | 1885-1892 | R | Chester | 19 | 09/03/1833 - 06/11/1908 | |
| Harney, Thomas P | 1953-1960 | R | Chester | 19 | 1893 - 1960 | |
| Hiester, John | 1801-1806* | JR | Chester | 0 | 04/09/1745 - 10/15/1821 | |
| Huddleston, John T | 1841 | W | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 3 | ||
| Hunt, Joshua | 1827-1830* | F | Chester, Delaware | 4 | 1785 - 1857 | |
| Jackson, William | 1831-1834* | AM | Chester, Delaware | 4 | 1830 - 1834 | |
| James, Francis | 1835-1838* | AM | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 3,4 | 04/04/1799 - 01/04/1886 | |
| Jenks, Thomas | 1791-1796* | F | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 0 | 1738 - 1799 | |
| KILLION, THOMAS H | 2015-2020 | R | Chester, Delaware | 9 | 06/19/1957 - | |
| Kelton Jr, James | 1821-1826* | F | Chester, Delaware | 2 | 1776 - 1844 | |
| Kerlin, John | 1825-1830* | F | Chester, Delaware | 6 | 1793 - 1847 | |
| Lewis, James J | 1855 | W | Chester, Delaware | 4 | 1803 - | |
| McClellan, Joseph | 1797-1800* | F | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 0 | 1746 - 1834 | |
| McClellan, Robert Lawrence | 1875-1876 | R | Chester | 19 | 10/20/1822 - 02/05/1889 | |
| McGarrigle, Thomas J | 2015-2018 | R | Chester, Delaware | 26 | 1959 - | |
| Myers, Henry | 1837-1839* | D | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 3 | ||
| Newbold, John | 1811-1814* | F | Chester, Delaware | 0 | 1772 - 1841 | |
| Nivin, Septimus Evans | 1891-1892 | D | Chester | 19 | 04/12/1842 - 12/22/1926 | |
| Paull, James Holdsworth | 1835-1838* | AM, W | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 3 | ||
| Pecora, Frank A | 1979-1994 | R, D | Allegheny, Berks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Westmoreland | 44 | 1930 - | |
| Pileggi, Dominic F. | Floor Leader | 2003-2016 | R | Chester, Delaware | 9 | 12/15/1957 - |
| Potts, Zebulon | 1793-1802* | F | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 0 | 1746 - 1801 | |
| Preston, Jonas | 1807-1812* | F | Chester, Delaware | 0 | 1764 - 1836 | |
| Rafferty Jr., John C. | 2003-2018 | R | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 44 | 1953 - | |
| Rodman, William | 1799-1804* | JR | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 1 | 1757 - 1824 | |
| Royer, Horace | 1865-1867* | R | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 5 | 11/21/1829 - 01/21/1878 | |
| Scarlett, George B | 1937-1952 | R | Chester | 19 | 1879 - 1952 | |
| Serrill, Jacob S | 1861 | R | Chester, Delaware | 2 | 10/07/1817 - 12/30/1900 | |
| Smith, George C | 1833-1836* | AM | Chester, Delaware | 4 | 1804 - 1882 | |
| Snyder, William Preston | President Pro Tempore | 1893-1904 | R | Chester | 19 | 10/07/1851 - 06/18/1920 |
| Stauffer, John | 1969-1988 | R | Chester, Montgomery | 19 | 1925 - | |
| Sterigere, John Benton | Speaker | 1839-1845* | BD | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 2,3 | 1793 - 1852 |
| Stinson, Charles Henderson | Speaker | 1867-1870 | R | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 5 | 06/28/1825 - 03/13/1899 |
| Thomas Jr., Richard | 1790-1794 | F | Chester | 9 | 12/30/1744 - 01/19/1832 | |
| Thompson, Robert J | 1995-2006 | R | Chester | 19 | 1937 - 2006 | |
| Thomson, Oscar E. | 1905-1912 | R | Chester | 19 | 11/14/1862 - 05/23/1932 | |
| Waddell, William Bell | 1872-1873 | R | Chester, Delaware | 5 | 09/21/1828 - 06/03/1897 | |
| Ware III, John H | 1961-1970 | R | Chester | 19 | 1908 - 1997 | |
| Wayne, Isaac | 1807-1810* | F | Chester, Delaware | 0 | 1772 - 1852 | |
| Wenger, Noah W | 1983-2006 | R | Chester, Lancaster | 36 | 1934 - | |
| Whelen, Dennis | 1795-1802* | F | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 1 | 1761 - 1819 | |
| Williamson, William | Speaker | 1847 | W | Chester, Delaware | 4 | 1794 - 1866 |
| Worthington, Wilmer | 1863-1869* | R | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 5 | 1804 - 1869 |
*served non-consecutive terms