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| Name | Position | Session | Party | County | District | Born/Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, James B | 1873-1875* | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 1804 - 1888 | |
| Bailey, Joseph | 1843-1851* | D | Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Montgomery, Perry | 1,4 | 1810 - 1885 | |
| Barclay, John | 1811-1814* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1750 - 1816 | |
| Biddle, Nicholas | 1813-1816* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1786 - 1844 | |
| Boyd, William | 1831-1834* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1772 - 1847 | |
| Cianfrani, Henry J | 1967-1978 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1923 - 2002 | |
| Coats, Lindsay | 1791-1798* | F | Bucks, Montgomery | 1,2 | ||
| Connell, George C | 1861-1869* | R | Philadelphia | 1,4 | 1815 - 1871 | |
| Crabb, William A | 1843-1855* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | ||
| Dechert, Robert Porter | 1871 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1842 - 1894 | |
| DiSilvestro, Anthony | 1937-1966 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1904 - 1969 | |
| Donovan, Cornelius M | 1861-1865* | D | Philadelphia | 1,3 | ||
| Emlen, George | 1823-1826* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1784 - 1850 | |
| Ermentrout, Daniel | 1873-1888* | D | Berks | 1,11 | 1837 - 1899 | |
| FARNESE JR., LAWRENCE M | Minority Caucus Secretary | 2009-2020 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 06/01/1968 - |
| Fraley, Frederick | 1837-1839* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1804 - 1901 | |
| Fumo, Vincent J | 1977-2008 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1943 - | |
| Gibbons, Charles L | Speaker | 1845-1847* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1814 - 1884 |
| Glatz, Abraham Heistand | 1861-1867* | D | Cumberland, York | 1 | 1835 - 1894 | |
| Gratz, Jacob | 1841 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1788 - 1856 | |
| Hassinger, David S | 1831-1834* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1797 - 1867 | |
| Ingram, Harlan G | 1857 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1821 - | |
| King, Samuel | 1799-1802* | F | Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland | 1 | 1770 - 1803 | |
| Leib, Michael | 1817-1822* | DR | Philadelphia | 1 | 1760 - 1822 | |
| Maghee, William | 1815-1818* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1754 - 1825 | |
| Marselis, Isaac Nathaniel | 1857-1859* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1801 - 1875 | |
| Matthias, Benjamin | Speaker | 1847-1851* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1808 - 1852 |
| McCandless, William | 1867 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1835 - 1884 | |
| McCrossin, Lawrence E | 1929-1930 | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1878 - 1929 | |
| McMullin, Robert | 1819-1820 | F | Philadelphia | 1 | ||
| Miller, Abraham | 1835-1838* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1858 | |
| Nichols, Jeremiah | 1861-1865* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1823 - 1869 | |
| O'Neill, Charles | 1853 | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1821 - 1893 | |
| Parker, John H | 1859 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | ||
| Powel, John Hare | 1827-1830* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1786 - 1856 | |
| Price, Eli Kirk | 1853-1855* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1797 - 1884 | |
| Raguet, Condy | 1817-1822* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1784 - 1842 | |
| Rahm, Melchior | 1805-1814* | JR | Berks, Dauphin | 1 | 1762 - 1820 | |
| 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 | |
| Ridgway, Jacob Elwood | 1863-1865* | R | Philadelphia | 1,2 | 1824 - 1911 | |
| Robertson, James | 1821-1824* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | ||
| Rodman, William | 1799-1804* | JR | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 1 | 1757 - 1824 | |
| Shearer, Jacob | 1813-1816* | DR | Philadelphia | 1 | 1755 - 1837 | |
| Smith, George Handy | President Pro Tempore | 1875-1896* | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 07/21/1832 - 04/14/1898 |
| Smith, George Rush | 1861 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | ||
| Spackman, Henry S | 1839-1843* | WA | Philadelphia | 1 | 1811 - 1875 | |
| Toland, George W. | 1833-1836* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1796 - 1869 | |
| Trainer, Joseph C | 1931-1936 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 1872 - 1943 | |
| 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 | |
| Warfel, John B | 1869-1875* | R | Lancaster | 1 | 1830 - 1908 | |
| Watt, William W | 1869 | R | Philadelphia | 1 | 1817 - 1870 | |
| Whelen, Dennis | 1795-1802* | F | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 1 | 1761 - 1819 | |
| Wilson, Stephen Fowler | 1863-1865* | R | Clinton, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren | 1 | 1821 - 1897 | |
| Wright, Richardson L | 1857-1859* | D | Philadelphia | 1 | 1820 - | |
| Wurtz, John | 1821-1824* | F | Philadelphia | 1 | 1792 - 1861 |
*served non-consecutive terms