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| Name | Position | Session | Party | County | District | Born/Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, George Holmes | Speaker | 1871-1875* | W, R | Allegheny | 23 | 1832 - 1890 |
| Best, Valentine | Speaker | 1847-1849 | D | Columbia, Luzerne | 13 | 03/08/1801 - 10/28/1857 |
| Bigler, William | Speaker | 1841-1845* | JD | Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana | 20 | 1814 - 1880 |
| Bingham, William | Speaker | 1793-1796* | F | Philadelphia | 0 | 1752 - 1804 |
| Brady, James | Speaker | 1803-1814* | DR | Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland | 0 | 1763 - 1839 |
| Brodhead, Albert Gallatin | Speaker | 1870-1872 | D | Carbon, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne | 10,13 | 08/13/1815 - 01/18/1891 |
| Browne, Nathaniel Borrodaille | Speaker | 1855-1857 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 07/21/1819 - 03/13/1875 |
| Burden, Jesse Reading | Speaker | 1827-1838* | D | Philadelphia | 0 | 01/08/1796 - 05/02/1875 |
| Burnside, Thomas | Speaker | 1811-1826* | JR | Centre, Clearfield, McKean, Potter | 13 | 1782 - 1851 |
| Carson, Thomas Erskine | Speaker | 1845-1853* | W | Adams, Franklin | 11,18 | 08/06/1791 - 04/26/1857 |
| Crispin, Benjamin | Speaker | 1841-1843 | D | Philadelphia | 2 | 10/15/1792 - 07/04/1864 |
| Cunningham, Thomas Scott | Speaker | 1931-1940* | D | Crawford, Erie, Mercer | 23 | 1790 - 1855 |
| Cutler, George H. | President Pro Tempore, Speaker |
1873-1875 | R | Erie, Warren | 30,49 | 10/29/1809 - 07/26/1882 |
| Davis, Elisha W. | Speaker | 1873-1876 | R | Philadelphia | 5 | 09/08/1828 - 02/13/1887 |
| Ewing, John Hoge | Speaker | 1838-1842 | W | Washington | 17 | 10/05/1796 - 06/09/1887 |
| Finney, Darwin Abel | Speaker | 1855-1861 | W | Crawford, Erie | 20,27 | 08/11/1814 - 08/25/1868 |
| Francis, William Miller | Speaker | 1857-1859* | R | Lawrence, Mercer, Venango | 26 | 1810 - 1894 |
| Gibbons, Charles L. | Speaker | 1845-1847 | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 03/30/1814 - 08/14/1884 |
| Graham, James Leonard | Speaker | 1863-1873* | R | Allegheny | 24 | 1817 - 1895 |
| Hall, Louis Williams | Speaker | 1861-1867 | R | Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry | 20,21 | 07/04/1833 - 07/12/1897 |
| Hamlin, Byron Delano | Speaker | 1853-1855* | D | Clearfield, Elk, Forest, McKean, Potter, Tioga | 18 | 1824 - 1907 |
| Hare, Robert | Speaker | 1795-1800* | F | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 1752 - 1811 |
| Hawkins, William George | Speaker | 1823-1832* | JD, IMP | Greene, Washington | 0 | 1799 - 1876 |
| Hiester, William | Speaker | 1841-1843 | AM | Lancaster, York | 6 | 10/10/1790 - 10/13/1853 |
| Hiester, William Muhlenberg | Speaker | 1853-1855 | D | Berks | 5 | 05/15/1818 - 08/16/1878 |
| Johnston, William Freame | Speaker | 1847 | W | Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana | 0 | 1808 - 1872 |
| Kingsbury Jr, Ebeneezer | Speaker | 1837-1841* | JD | Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne | 0 | 1804 - 1844 |
| Kunkel, John Christian | Speaker | 1851-1854 | W | Dauphin, Northumberland | 8 | 09/18/1816 - 10/14/1870 |
| Lane, Presley Carr | Speaker | 1795-1818* | JR, ID, DR | Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland | 0,17 | 1764 - 1819 |
| Lawrence, George Van Eman | Speaker | 1849-1882* | W, R | Beaver, Greene, Washington | 23,46 | 11/13/1818 - 10/02/1904 |
| Lowrie, Walter | Speaker | 1811-1818* | DR | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler | 0 | 1784 - 1868 |
| Maclay, Samuel | Speaker | 1797-1802* | DR | Northumberland | 0 | 06/17/1741 - 09/05/1811 |
| Mahon, Alexander | Speaker | 1821-1828* | DR | Cumberland, Perry | 16 | 1782 - 1855 |
| Markley, Philip Swenk | Speaker | 1819-1823 | D | Montgomery | 3,7 | 07/02/1789 - 09/12/1834 |
| Marks, William | Speaker | 1819-1825 | D | Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler | 19,22 | 10/13/1778 - 04/10/1858 |
| Matthias, Benjamin | Speaker | 1847-1851* | W | Philadelphia | 1 | 1808 - 1852 |
| Morris, Anthony | Speaker | 1791-1794* | F | Philadelphia | 0 | 1766 - 1860 |
| Myers, Christian | Speaker | 1851-1853 | W | Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana | 25 | 06/24/1796 - 10/06/1877 |
| Palmer, Robert Moffett | Speaker | 1859-1861 | R | Schuylkill | 7 | 12/14/1820 - 04/26/1862 |
| Pearson, John | Speaker | 1801-1804* | DR | Lancaster | 0 | 1740 - 1829 |
| Penney, John P. | Speaker | 1859-1864 | W, R | Allegheny | 24 | 1817 - 01/04/1873 |
| Penrose, Charles Bingham | Speaker | 1833-1857* | DR, W, R | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, Philadelphia | 1,14,16 | 10/06/1798 - 04/06/1857 |
| Peters II, Richard | Speaker | 1790-1792 | W | Philadelphia | 0 | 06/22/1743 - 08/22/1828 |
| Piatt, William McKinney | Speaker | 1853-1855* | D | Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 0 | 1814 - 1889 |
| Postlethwaite, Samuel | Speaker | 1794-1801 | F | Cumberland | 0 | 01/17/1739 - 08/24/1810 |
| Powel, Samuel | Speaker | 1790-1794 | F | Delaware, Philadelphia | 0 | 10/28/1738 - 09/29/1793 |
| Reyburn, John Edgar | Speaker | 1877-1892 | R | Philadelphia | 5 | 02/07/1845 - 01/04/1914 |
| Ringland, Thomas | Speaker | 1827-1834 | D | Greene, Washington | 20 | 08/03/1783 - 01/06/1869 |
| Rogers, William Tennent | Speaker | 1831-1839* | D | Bucks | 4 | 06/17/1799 - 06/29/1866 |
| Ross, William Sterling | Speaker | 1845-1847 | IMP | Columbia, Luzerne | 13 | 08/11/1802 - 07/11/1868 |
| Rutan, James Smith | Speaker | 1869-1890* | R | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington | 26 | 05/29/1838 - 06/18/1892 |
| Sherwood, Daniel Lee | Speaker | 1843-1845* | D | Bradford, Tioga | 0 | 1809 - 1886 |
| Steele, John | Speaker | 1803-1806* | DR | Lancaster | 0 | 1758 - 1827 |
| Sterigere, John Benton | Speaker | 1839-1846* | D | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 3 | 10/13/1793 - 10/13/1852 |
| Stinson, Charles Henderson | Speaker | 1867-1870 | R | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 5 | 06/28/1825 - 03/13/1899 |
| Strang, Butler B. | Speaker | 1871-1876 | R | Cameron, McKean, Potter, Tioga | 16 | 03/16/1829 - 05/10/1884 |
| Strohm, John | Speaker | 1835-1841 | AM | Lancaster, York | 6,7 | 10/16/1793 - 09/12/1884 |
| Sturgeon, Daniel | Speaker | 1827-1830* | JD | Fayette | 19 | 10/27/1789 - 07/03/1878 |
| Taggart, David | Speaker | 1855-1857 | W | Dauphin, Northumberland | 8 | 05/28/1822 - 06/30/1888 |
| Tod, John | Speaker | 1814-1816 | DR | Bedford, Cambria, Somerset | 14 | 09/24/1780 - 03/27/1830 |
| Turney, Jacob | Speaker | 1857-1859 | D | Fayette, Westmoreland | 22 | 02/18/1825 - 10/04/1891 |
| Turrell, William J. | Speaker | 1863-1865 | R | Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 9,11 | 03/23/1814 - 08/31/1881 |
| Walker, John Hoge | Speaker | 1849-1851* | W | Crawford, Erie | 27 | 1800 - 1875 |
| Wallace, William Andrew | Speaker | 1863-1886* | D | Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk | 18,20,23,34 | 11/27/1827 - 05/27/1896 |
| Weaver Jr., Isaac | Speaker | 1809-1820* | JR | Greene, Washington | 18 | 03/01/1756 - 05/22/1830 |
| Welsh, William Henry | Speaker | 1856-1859 | D | York | 17 | 02/23/1826 - 12/02/1903 |
| White, Henry Lloyd | Speaker | 1862-1874* | R | Armstrong, Cambria, Indiana, Jefferson, Westmoreland | 21,22,24 | 01/12/1834 - 06/23/1920 |
| Whitehill, Robert | Speaker | 1801-1804* | DR | Cumberland | 0 | 1738 - 1813 |
| Wilcox, William Pendleton | Speaker | 1843-1845* | JD, IMP | Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Venango, Warren | 0 | 1794 - 1868 |
| Williamson Jr., William | Speaker | 1846-1848 | W | Chester, Delaware | 4 | 1794 - 07/25/1866 |
| Woods, John | Speaker | 1797-1800* | F | Allegheny, Greene, Washington | 0 | 1761 - 1816 |
| Worthington, Wilmer | Speaker | 1864-1869 | R | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 2,5 | 01/22/1804 - 09/11/1873 |
*served non-consecutive terms