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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Anderson, George Holmes	Speaker	1871-1875*	W, R	Allegheny	23	1832 - 1890
Confair, Zehnder Harry		1959-1972	R	Bradford, Columbia, Lycoming, Montgomery, Montour, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga	23,24	01/11/1906 - 01/26/1982
Craig, Walter		1843-1845	W	Washington	17,23	12/01/1786 - 02/10/1875
Creacraft, Elbridge Gerry		1845-1847*	D	Washington	23	1816 - 1849
Cunningham, Thomas Scott	Speaker	1931-1940*	D	Crawford, Erie, Mercer	23	1790 - 1855
Davies, William Tecumseh		1877-1884*	R	Bradford, Wyoming	23	12/20/1831 - 09/12/1912
Edmiston, Robert Scott		1901-1908	R	Bradford, Wyoming	23	04/24/1841 - 10/24/1925
Flenniken, John Calvin		1855	W	Greene, Washington	23	1820 - 1897
Gelder, Frederick T	President Pro Tempore	1925-1940	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	23	06/04/1874 - 04/29/1955
Hager III, Henry G.	President Pro Tempore	1973-1984	R	Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga, Union	23	04/28/1934 -
Hall, James Knox Polk		1903-1914	D	Cameron, Clarion, Clinton, Elk, Forest	23,26	1844 - 1915
Herrington, Jacob		1821-1824*	D	Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango, Warren	20,23	1784 - 1841
Hopkins, William		1863-1865*	D	Beaver, Greene, Washington	23,26	1804 - 1873
Humphreys, Miles S		1871-1873*	R	Allegheny	23	1837 -
Jones, Edward E.		1917-1924	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	23	11/25/1864 - 07/16/1951
Kelly, Meek		1833-1838*	D	Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Warren	23,24	1770 - 1843
Latta, John		1863-1866	D	Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland	22,23	03/02/1836 - 02/15/1913
Lawrence, George Van Eman	Speaker	1849-1882*	W, R	Beaver, Greene, Washington	23,46	11/13/1818 - 10/02/1904
Leech, John		1825-1828*	NR	Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango, Warren	23	1767 - 1864
Madigan, Albert Eugene		1953-1966	R	Bradford, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming	23	08/08/1889 - 08/22/1984
Madigan, Roger Allen		1985-2008	R	Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union	23	01/25/1930 - 06/02/2018
McCaslin, Maxwell		1849-1853*	D	Fayette, Greene, Washington	22,23	03/01/1802 - 01/07/1880
Miller, George W		1859	D	Greene, Washington	23
Mills, Charles E		1913-1916	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	23	1876 - 1954
Mitchell, Benjamin Bentley		1893-1900	R	Bradford, Wyoming	23	01/14/1839 - 05/24/1904
Newell, John Knox		1885-1892	R	Bradford, Wyoming	23	07/28/1843 - 05/27/1919
Parsons, Anson Virgil		1839	W	Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter	23	1799 - 1882
Patterson, Findley		1839-1841*	D	Armstrong, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Indiana	23	1808 - 1880
Robinson, Guy B		1949-1952	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	23	1890 -
Rockwell, Delos		1875-1876	D	Bradford, Wyoming	23	08/28/1837 - 02/24/1901
Shields Jr., Moses		1909-1912	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	23	04/24/1853 - 11/15/1922
Tyler, Cyrus B		1941-1948	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	23	1878 -
Wallace, William Andrew	Speaker	1863-1886*	D	Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk	18,20,23,34	11/27/1827 - 05/27/1896

*served non-consecutive terms