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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Barclay, Samuel M		1837-1839*	NR	Bedford, Somerset	15	1802 - 1853
Beidleman, Edward Ensinger	President Pro Tempore	1913-1918	R	Dauphin	15	1873 - 1929
Boughter, Amos R		1861-1863*	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	1824 - 1879
Chalfant, Thomas		1873	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	15	1819 -
Cresswell Jr, John		1853-1859*	D	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Huntingdon	15,20	1819 - 1882
Cunningham, Jonathan J		1849	W	Juniata, Mifflin, Union	15	1820 - 1902
Dunlop, James		1823-1826*	F	Franklin	15	1795 - 1856
Earnest, William H		1925-1932	R	Dauphin	15	1875 - 1963
Eyer, Henry C		1843-1845*	D	Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Union	8,15	1797 - 1879
Fleming, David		1863-1865*	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15,16	1812 - 1890
Fox, John E		1901-1912	R	Dauphin	15	1862 - 1942
Fullerton, David		1827-1839*	AM	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14,15	1772 - 1843
Gekas, George W		1977-1982	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	1930 -
Herr, Andrew Jackson	President Pro Tempore	1875-1880*	R	Dauphin	15	12/31/1828 - 03/16/1894
Jackson, George Duggan		1867-1880*	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan	15,24	1827 - 1879
Kunkel, George		1937-1940	D	Dauphin	15	1893 - 1965
Lentz, William B		1965-1976	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	1920 - 1977
McCarrell, Samuel John Milton		1893-1900	R	Dauphin	15	1842 - 1920
McMurtrie, Robert Allison		1851	W	Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon	15	1811 - 1880
Middleswarth, Ner B		1853	W	Juniata, Mifflin, Union	15	1783 - 1865
Montgomery, David B		1863-1865*	D	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan	13,15	1810 - 1886
Mullin Sr, George Shannon		1841-1843*	W	Bedford, Huntingdon, Somerset	15,19	1786 - 1867
Piccola, Jeffrey	Whip	1995-2012	R	Dauphin	15	1948 -
Poe, James		1803-1818*	JR, DR	Franklin	15	1746 - 1822
Rea, John		1823-1824	DR	Franklin	15	1755 - 1829
Reed, George Leffingwell		1933-1936	R	Dauphin	15	1885 - 1958
Rutherford, John Brisban		1857-1859*	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	1805 - 1892
Shumaker, John J		1983-1986	R	Dauphin, Northumberland	15	1929 - 1999
Smith, Frank A		1919-1924	R	Dauphin	15
Smith, Robert		1819-1822*	DR	Franklin	15	1766 - 1849
Taylor, Maris Harvey	President Pro Tempore	1941-1964	R	Dauphin	15	1876 - 1982
Teplitz, Rob		2013-2016	D	Dauphin	15	1970 -
Thompson, Alexander F		1885-1892	R	Dauphin	15	1845 - 1924
Wagenseller, Jacob		1845-1847*	W	Juniata, Mifflin, Union	15	1801 - 1847

*served non-consecutive terms