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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Bell, Thomas S		1837-1859*	D	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	2,3	1821 - 1862
Brewer, George W		1857-1859*	D	Adams, Franklin, Fulton	11,18	1819 - 1886
Browne, Nathaniel Borrodaille	Speaker	1855-1857*	D	Philadelphia	0	1819 - 1875
Buckalew, Charles Rollins		1851-1869*	D	Columbia, Montour, Sullivan	13,16	1821 - 1899
Craig Jr, Thomas		1857-1859*	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	8	1796 - 1858
Cresswell Jr, John		1853-1859*	D	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Huntingdon	15,20	1819 - 1882
Ely, Jonathan		1855-1857*	D	Bucks	6	1804 - 1864
Evans, John Clarkson		1855-1857*	D	Berks	5	1805 - 1879
Fetter, Henry		1857-1859*	D	Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	13,14	1793 - 1863
Finney, Darwin Asahel	Speaker	1855-1857*	W	Crawford, Erie	20	1814 - 1868
Francis, William Miller	Speaker	1857-1859*	R	Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	26	1810 - 1894
Gazzam, Edward Despard		1857-1859*	FS	Allegheny	24	1803 - 1878
Gregg Jr, Andrew		1855-1861*	R	Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Union	14	1799 - 1869
Harris, John R		1857-1859*	R	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	21,25	1802 - 1874
Ingram, Harlan G		1857	D	Philadelphia	1	1821 -
Knox, Thomas Pope		1855-1857*	D	Montgomery	3	1809 - 1879
Laubach, Joseph		1855-1857*	D	Lehigh, Northampton	5,9	1798 - 1866
Marselis, Isaac Nathaniel		1857-1859*	D	Philadelphia	1	1801 - 1875
Myer, Elijah Reed		1857-1859*	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	9,17	1818 - 1911
Penrose, Charles Bingham	Speaker	1833-1857*	DR, R	Cumberland, Perry, Philadelphia	0	1798 - 1857
Randall, Samuel Jackson		1857-1859*	D	Philadelphia	1	1828 - 1890
Rutherford, John Brisban		1857-1859*	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	1805 - 1892
Schaeffer, Bartram A		1857-1859*	R	Lancaster	16	1824 - 1864
Schell, William Peter		1857-1859*	D	Bedford, Huntingdon, Somerset	19	1822 - 1908
Scofield, Glenni William		1857-1859*	R	McKean, Mercer, Potter, Tioga, Venango, Warren	11,19	1817 - 1891
Shuman, Jacob G		1855-1857*	W, R	Lancaster, Lebanon	7	1811 - 1858
Souther, Henry		1857	R	Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga	18	1826 - 1891
Steele, George P		1857-1859*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour	16	1801 - 1870
Straub, Christian Markle		1855-1857*	D	Schuylkill	7,28	1804 - 1860
Taggart, David	Speaker	1855-1857*	W	Dauphin, Northumberland	8	05/28/1822 - 06/30/1888
Turney, Jacob	Speaker	1857-1859*	D	Fayette, Westmoreland	22	1825 - 1891
Walton, James H		1855-1857*	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	10
Welsh, William Henry	Speaker	1855-1859*	D	York	17	1826 - 1903
Wilkins, William		1857	D	Allegheny	22	1779 - 1865
Wright, Richardson L		1857-1859*	D	Philadelphia	1	1820 -

*served non-consecutive terms