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| Name | Position | Session | Party | County | District | Born/Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Jr, Robert | 1883-1886 | R | Philadelphia | 6 | 1849 - 1906 | |
| Alexander, James B | 1873-1875* | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 1804 - 1888 | |
| Arlene, Herbert | 1967-1980 | D | Philadelphia | 3 | 1917 - 1989 | |
| Aron, Max | 1921-1936 | R | Philadelphia | 5 | 1885 - | |
| Baker, George N | 1833-1836* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1788 - 1859 | |
| Barclay, John | 1811-1814* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1750 - 1816 | |
| Becker, Elwood | 1891-1898 | R | Philadelphia | 2 | 1853 - 1903 | |
| Benner, Henry Lewis | 1845-1847* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1806 - 1862 | |
| Berkelbach, William H | 1901-1904 | R | Philadelphia | 5 | 1850 - | |
| Biddle, Charles | 1811-1814* | F | Philadelphia | 0 | 1745 - 1821 | |
| Biddle, Nicholas | 1813-1816* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1786 - 1844 | |
| Binder, William | 1809-1812* | DR | Philadelphia | 0 | 1768 - 1842 | |
| Bingham, William | Speaker | 1793-1796* | F | Philadelphia | 0 | 1752 - 1804 |
| Boyd, William | 1831-1834* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1772 - 1847 | |
| Breck, Samuel | 1831-1834* | NR | Philadelphia | 2 | 1771 - 1862 | |
| Bright, Michael | 1807-1808 | DR | Philadelphia | 0 | ||
| Brown, Charles | 1837-1839* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1797 - 1883 | |
| Brown, Charles Lincoln | 1897-1908* | R | Philadelphia | 5 | 1864 - | |
| Browne, Nathaniel Borrodaille | Speaker | 1855-1857* | D | Philadelphia | 0 | 1819 - 1875 |
| Burden, Jesse Reading | Speaker | 1827-1838* | D | Philadelphia | 0 | 1796 - 1875 |
| Byrne Jr, John F | 1967-1970 | D | Philadelphia | 6 | 1935 - | |
| Byrne Sr, John F | 1951-1952 | D | Philadelphia | 8 | ||
| Camiel, Peter J | 1953-1964 | D | Philadelphia | 3 | 1910 - 1991 | |
| Cianfrani, Henry J | 1967-1978 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1923 - 2002 | |
| Cochran, John | 1879-1882 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1841 - | |
| Connell, George C | 1861-1869* | R | Philadelphia | 1,4 | 1815 - 1871 | |
| Connelly, John | 1809-1810 | F | Philadelphia | 0 | 1755 - 1827 | |
| Cornman, Oliver Perry | 1845 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1820 - 1883 | |
| Crabb, William A | 1843-1855* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | ||
| Crispin, Benjamin | Speaker | 1841-1843* | D, BD | Philadelphia | 2 | 1792 - 1864 |
| Crouse, Jacob | 1875-1898* | R | Philadelphia | 8 | 1840 - | |
| Daix Jr, Augustus Felix | President Pro Tempore | 1913-1932 | R | Philadelphia | 7 | 1866 - 1932 |
| Davis, Elisha W | Speaker | 1827-1838* | R | Philadelphia | 0 | 1828 - 1887 |
| Dechert, Robert Porter | 1871 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1842 - 1894 | |
| Devlin, Charles P | 1889-1890 | D | Philadelphia | 3 | 1849 - 1930 | |
| DiSilvestro, Anthony | 1937-1966 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1904 - 1969 | |
| Donolow, Benjamin | 1955-1972 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1917 - 1972 | |
| Donovan, Cornelius M | 1861-1865* | D | Philadelphia | 1,3 | ||
| Dorsey, John | 1805-1808* | DR | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1755 - 1821 | |
| Dougherty, Charles F | 1973-1980 | R | Philadelphia | 5 | 1937 - | |
| Duncan, Stephen | 1821-1830* | F | Philadelphia | 2 | 1796 - 1860 | |
| Dunkle, Aaron K | 1875-1877* | R | Philadelphia | 6 | 1837 - 1890 | |
| Durham, Israel Wilson | 1897-1900 | R | Philadelphia | 2,6 | 1855 - 1909 | |
| Elliott, William | 1879-1882 | R | Philadelphia | 6 | 1816 - 1881 | |
| Emlen, George | 1823-1826* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1784 - 1850 | |
| Enue Jr, James | 1843 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1806 - 1853 | |
| FARNESE JR., LAWRENCE M | Minority Caucus Secretary | 2009-2020 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 06/01/1968 - |
| Farley, Richard V | 1913-1916 | D | Philadelphia | 5 | 1873 - 1941 | |
| Farrell, Louis H | 1939-1950 | R | Philadelphia | 8 | 1877 - 1953 | |
| Fattah, Chaka | 1989-1994 | D | Philadelphia | 7 | 1956 - | |
| Fernon, Thomas Sargent | 1849-1851* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1818 - 1896 | |
| Forsythe, Thomas H | 1847-1851* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1803 - 1871 | |
| Foulkrod, John | 1843-1845* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1792 - 1862 | |
| Foulkrod, Levi | 1853 | W | Philadelphia | 2 | 1811 - 1854 | |
| Fraley, Frederick | 1837-1839* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1804 - 1901 | |
| Frazier, Bertram G | 1929-1950* | R | Philadelphia | 4 | 1878 - 1963 | |
| Fumo, Vincent J | 1977-2008 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1943 - | |
| GRAY, WILLIAM | 1959-1964 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | ||
| Gable, Vivian Frank | 1905-1906 | D | Philadelphia | 8 | 1873 - 1937 | |
| Gamble, James | 1801-1806* | JR | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1753 - 1813 | |
| Gibbons, Charles L | Speaker | 1845-1847* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1814 - 1884 |
| Goodwin, William | 1853-1855* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | ||
| Gordan, James Gay | 1881-1884 | D | Philadelphia | 3 | 1855 - 1937 | |
| Grady, John Cadwalader | President Pro Tempore | 1877-1904* | R | Philadelphia | 7 | 1847 - 1916 |
| Gransback, Harry | 1901-1906 | R | Philadelphia | 2 | 1836 - 1918 | |
| Gratz, Jacob | 1841 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1788 - 1856 | |
| Gray, George | 1919-1922 | R | Philadelphia | 8 | 1874 - 1940 | |
| Gray, Henry Wolf | 1871 | R | Philadelphia | 4 | 1830 - 1907 | |
| Groves, Daniel | 1821-1826* | DR | Philadelphia | 2 | 1773 - 1846 | |
| Gurney, Francis | 1797-1802* | F | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1738 - 1815 | |
| Hackett, Horatio Balch | 1903-1906 | R | Philadelphia | 8 | 01/08/1844 - 07/12/1905 | |
| Hamilton, Samuel G | 1853 | NA | Philadelphia | 2 | 1830 - | |
| Hankins, Freeman | 1967-1988 | D | Philadelphia | 7 | 1918 - 1988 | |
| Hanna, James | 1837-1838 | W | Philadelphia | 2 | 1806 - 1888 | |
| Hare, Robert | Speaker | 1795-1800* | F | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1752 - 1811 |
| Harper, Francis Jacob | 1833-1836* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1800 - 1837 | |
| Harrison, John T | 1903-1904 | R | Philadelphia | 4 | 1848 - 1904 | |
| Hassinger, David S | 1831-1834* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1797 - 1867 | |
| Hay, Peter | 1827-1830* | OSJ | Philadelphia | 2 | 1786 - 1879 | |
| Henry, J Bayard | 1899-1902 | R | Philadelphia | 4 | 1857 - 1926 | |
| Henszey, Alexander Wilson | 1869-1871* | R | Philadelphia | 2 | 1826 - | |
| Heston, Edward Warner | 1803-1810* | JR | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1745 - 1824 | |
| Hill, Louis G | 1969-1978 | D | Philadelphia | 36 | 1924 - | |
| Holzwarth, George W | 1899-1900 | R | Philadelphia | 2 | 1860 - 1900 | |
| Horter, Hiram | 1875 | R | Philadelphia | 7 | 1828 - 1904 | |
| Hughes, Benjamin F | 1883-1886 | R | Philadelphia | 8 | ||
| Humphreys, Clement | 1809-1810 | JR | Philadelphia | 0 | ||
| Hunsicker, William Cosgrove | 1927-1936 | R | Philadelphia | 3 | 1873 - | |
| Ingram, Harlan G | 1857 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1821 - | |
| Israel, Israel | 1797-1798 | JR | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1746 - 1822 | |
| Jaspan, H Jerome | 1937-1948 | D | Philadelphia | 3 | 1897 - 1969 | |
| Jenkins, Owen Blair | 1915-1918 | R | Philadelphia | 6 | 1862 - 1925 | |
| Johanson, Louis Carl | 1965-1966 | D | Philadelphia | 3 | 1929 - 2004 | |
| Jones, Horatio Gates | 1875-1882* | R | Philadelphia | 4 | 1822 - 1893 | |
| Jones, John H | 1799-1802* | F | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1744 - 1824 | |
| Jones, Roxanne | 1985-1996 | D | Philadelphia | 3 | 1928 - 1996 | |
| Kennedy, Joseph P | 1881-1886 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1857 - 1886 | |
| Kephart, A Evans | 1939-1954 | R | Philadelphia | 2 | 1905 - 2008 | |
| Keyser, William H | 1901-1912 | R | Philadelphia | 3 | 1855 - | |
| Kitchen, Shirley M | 1997-2016 | D | Philadelphia | 3 | 1946 - | |
| Krause, Thaddeus Stevens | 1923-1934 | R | Philadelphia | 8 | 1867 - | |
| Lamon, John | President Pro Tempore | 1873-1880* | R | Philadelphia | 3 | 1828 - 1916 |
| Leib, Michael | 1817-1822* | DR | Philadelphia | 1 | 1760 - 1822 | |
| Levin, Herbert S | 1939-1940 | D | Philadelphia | 0 | ||
| Lewis, H Craig | 1975-1994 | D | Bucks, Philadelphia | 6 | 1944 - 2013 | |
| Lloyd Jr, James R | 1979-1984 | D | Philadelphia | 5 | 1950 - 1989 | |
| Lord Jr, John W | 1947-1950 | R | Philadelphia | 6 | 1901 - 1973 | |
| Lynch, Francis J | 1973-1994 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1920 - 1993 | |
| MacFarlane, John J | 1883-1890 | R | Philadelphia | 4 | 1846 - 1930 | |
| Maghee, William | 1815-1818* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1754 - 1825 | |
| Marks, Bruce S | 1993-1994 | R | Philadelphia | 2 | 1957 - | |
| Marselis, Isaac Nathaniel | 1857-1859* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1801 - 1875 | |
| Martin, David | 1899-1920* | R | Philadelphia | 5,8 | 1845 - 1920 | |
| Matthias, Benjamin | Speaker | 1847-1851* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1808 - 1852 |
| McAleer, William | 1887-1890 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1838 - 1912 | |
| McCandless, William | 1867 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1835 - 1884 | |
| McClure, Alexander Kelly | 1861-1873* | R | Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Philadelphia | 4,18 | 1828 - 1909 | |
| McCormack, Thomas J | 1977-1978 | D | Philadelphia | 36 | 1922 - 1998 | |
| McCreesh, John J | 1935-1958* | D | Philadelphia | 4 | 1881 - 1959 | |
| McCreesh, Thomas P | 1959-1974 | D | Philadelphia | 4,8 | 1928 - 02/19/2016 | |
| McCrossin, Lawrence E | 1929-1930 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1878 - 1929 | |
| McCully, Thomas | 1841 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | ||
| McCusker, Francis P | 1953-1954 | R | Philadelphia | 8 | 1912 - 1978 | |
| McElhenny, Francis Salisbury | 1907-1914 | R | Philadelphia | 6 | 1873 - 1927 | |
| McGlinchey, Herbert J | 1965-1972 | D | Philadelphia | 5 | 1904 - 1992 | |
| McKinney, Paul | 1975-1982 | D | Philadelphia | 8 | 1923 - 1995 | |
| McLaughlin III, William John | 1965-1966 | R | Philadelphia | 6 | 1928 - 1971 | |
| McMullin, Robert | 1819-1820 | F | Philadelphia | 1 | ||
| McNichol, James P | 1905-1916 | D | Philadelphia | 3,7 | 1864 - 1917 | |
| McNichol, William J | 1919-1926 | R | Philadelphia | 3 | 1885 - 1926 | |
| Meade, John R | 1949-1952 | R | Philadelphia | 3 | 1907 - 1987 | |
| Miller, Abraham | 1835-1838* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1858 | |
| Morgan, Benjamin Rawle | 1797-1818* | F | Philadelphia | 0 | 1764 - 1840 | |
| Morris, Anthony | Speaker | 1791-1794* | F | Philadelphia | 0 | 1766 - 1860 |
| Mullin, William Vincent | 1955-1966 | D | Philadelphia | 8 | 1900 - 1966 | |
| Murphy, John T | 1907-1910 | R | Philadelphia | 8 | 1860 - 1968 | |
| Nagle, David A | 1869-1877* | D | Philadelphia | 2,3 | 1839 - 1878 | |
| Newell, William Imlay | 1877-1882* | R | Philadelphia | 8 | 1835 - 1912 | |
| Newlin, Nathaniel | 1795-1800* | F | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1733 - 1823 | |
| Nichols, Jeremiah | 1861-1865* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1823 - 1869 | |
| Norris, A Wilson | 1881-1882 | R | Philadelphia | 6 | 1842 - 1888 | |
| Nulty, James T | 1911-1914 | FD | Philadelphia | 8 | 1857 - | |
| O'Neill, Charles | 1853 | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1821 - 1893 | |
| Osbourne, Francis Augustus | 1887-1902 | R | Philadelphia | 3 | 1845 - 1921 | |
| Parker, John H | 1859 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | ||
| Patton, Edward W | 1915-1926 | R | Philadelphia | 4 | 1846 - 1926 | |
| Peltz, Alexander M | 1837-1838 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1808 - 1838 | |
| Pennell, William | 1805-1808* | JR | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1767 - 1817 | |
| Penniman, Edward A | 1843 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | ||
| Penrose, Boies | President Pro Tempore | 1887-1890 | R | Philadelphia | 6 | 1860 - 1921 |
| Penrose, Charles Bingham | Speaker | 1833-1857* | DR, R | Cumberland, Perry, Philadelphia | 0 | 1798 - 1857 |
| Peters II, Richard | Speaker | 1791-1792 | F | Philadelphia | 0 | 1744 - 1828 |
| Porter, Charles A | 1891-1896 | R | Philadelphia | 5 | 1839 - 1907 | |
| Porter, John | 1801-1804* | JR | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1760 - 1833 | |
| Powel, John Hare | 1827-1830* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1786 - 1856 | |
| Powel, Samuel | Speaker | 1791-1794* | F | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1738 - 1793 |
| Pratt II, Henry Charles | 1855 | R | Philadelphia | 2 | 1814 - | |
| Price, Eli Kirk | 1853-1855* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1797 - 1884 | |
| Pytko, Walter S | 1935-1938 | D | Philadelphia | 8 | 1901 - 1992 | |
| Raguet, Condy | 1817-1822* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1784 - 1842 | |
| Randall, Samuel Jackson | 1857-1859* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1828 - 1890 | |
| Read, John | 1817-1818 | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1769 - 1854 | |
| Reed, William Bradford | 1841 | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1806 - 1876 | |
| Reyburn, John Edgar | Speaker | 1877-1884* | R | Philadelphia | 5 | 1845 - 1914 |
| Ridgway, Jacob Elwood | 1863-1865* | R | Philadelphia | 1,2 | 1824 - 1911 | |
| Robertson, James | 1821-1824* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | ||
| Rocks, M Joseph | 1981-1990 | D | Philadelphia | 4 | 1947 - | |
| Rosenfeld, Maxwell S | 1945-1952 | D | Philadelphia | 7 | 1906 - | |
| Rovner, Robert A | 1971-1974 | R | Philadelphia | 6 | 1943 - | |
| Salus, Samuel W | President Pro Tempore | 1911-1938 | R | Philadelphia | 2 | 1872 - 1945 |
| Salvatore, Frank A | 1985-2000 | R | Philadelphia | 5 | 1922 - 2014 | |
| Savery, Peleg Bahrows | 1849-1851* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1805 - 1863 | |
| Say, Benjamin | 1799-1802* | JR | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1755 - 1813 | |
| Scanlon, Joseph J | 1969-1970 | D | Philadelphia | 4 | 1924 - 1970 | |
| Schwartz, Allyson Y | 1991-2004 | D | Philadelphia | 4 | 1948 - | |
| Scott, John Morin | President Pro Tempore | 1899-1910 | R | Philadelphia | 2,6 | 1858 - 1945 |
| Scott, John R.K | 1937-1938 | R | Philadelphia | 0 | 1873 - 1945 | |
| Sellers, John | 1791-1794* | F | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1728 - 1804 | |
| Shapiro, Harry | 1933-1944 | R, D | Philadelphia | 7 | 1887 - 1967 | |
| Shearer, Jacob | 1813-1816* | DR | Philadelphia | 1 | 1755 - 1837 | |
| Sheatz, John Oscar | 1913-1914 | R | Philadelphia | 4 | ||
| Shepard, Jesse S | 1903-1906 | R | Philadelphia | 4 | 1872 - | |
| Silvert, Martin | 1951-1964 | D | Philadelphia | 6 | 1894 - 1965 | |
| Small, William Franklin | 1847 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1820 - 1877 | |
| Smith, George Handy | President Pro Tempore | 1875-1896* | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 1832 - 1898 |
| Smith, George Rush | 1861 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | ||
| Smith, Joseph F | 1971-1982 | D | Philadelphia | 4 | 1920 - 1999 | |
| Smith, William Wallace | 1915-1918 | R | Philadelphia | 8 | 1871 - 1917 | |
| Snyder, Michael | 1837-1839* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | ||
| Sommer, Jacob | 1805-1808* | CR | Philadelphia | 0 | 1758 - 1827 | |
| Spackman, Henry S | 1839-1843* | WA | Philadelphia | 1 | 1811 - 1875 | |
| Stack III, Michael J. | 2001-2014 | D | Philadelphia | 5 | 06/05/1963 - | |
| Stampone, Nicholas P | 1981-1982 | D | Philadelphia | 4 | 1927 - 2009 | |
| Stevenson, Samuel | 1837-1839* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1805 - 1886 | |
| Stiefel, Israel | 1937-1964 | D | Philadelphia | 5 | 1898 - 1966 | |
| Stinson, William G | 1993-1994 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1945 - | |
| Street, T Milton | 1981-1984 | R | Philadelphia | 3 | 1941 - | |
| Sutherland, Joel Barlow | 1815-1816 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1792 - 1861 | |
| Taylor, Henry S | 1887-1890 | R | Philadelphia | 8 | 1859 - 1889 | |
| Taylor, Joseph | 1831-1834* | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 1791 - 1869 | |
| Thomas, C Wesley | President Pro Tempore | 1891-1898 | R | Philadelphia | 4 | 1891 - 1907 |
| Toland, George W. | 1833-1836* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1796 - 1869 | |
| Trainer, Joseph C | 1931-1936 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 1872 - 1943 | |
| Tustin, Ernest Leigh | 1907-1910 | R | Philadelphia | 4 | 1862 - 1921 | |
| Vare, Edwin Hornberger | 1909-1922 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 07/19/1862 - 10/16/1922 | |
| Vare, Flora Morris | 1925-1928 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 1874 - 1962 | |
| Vare, George Augustus | 1897-1908 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 02/07/1859 - 02/28/1908 | |
| Vare, William Scott | 1923-1924 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 1867 - 1934 | |
| Wagner, William | 1883-1884 | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1796 - 1885 | |
| Washington, LeAnna M. | 2005-2014 | D | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 | 07/08/1945 - | |
| Watt, William W | 1869 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 1817 - 1870 | |
| Weiner, Charles R | Floor Leader | 1953-1964 | D | Philadelphia | 7 | 1922 - 2005 |
| Whelen, Israel | 1795-1798* | F | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1752 - 1806 | |
| Williams, Hardy | 1983-1988 | D | Philadelphia | 8 | 04/14/1931 - 01/07/2010 | |
| Wolf, Clarence | 1909-1912 | R | Philadelphia | 7 | 1937 | |
| Woodward, George | 1919-1946 | R | Philadelphia | 6 | 1863 - 1952 | |
| Worrell, Joseph | 1813-1814 | DR | Philadelphia | 0 | ||
| Wright, Richardson L | 1857-1859* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1820 - | |
| Wurtz, John | 1821-1824* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1792 - 1861 |
*served non-consecutive terms