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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Allen, Robert Porter		1877	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1835 - 1890
Best, Valentine	Speaker	1847-1849*	D	Columbia, Luzerne	13	1801 - 1857
Buckalew, Charles Rollins		1851-1869*	D	Columbia, Montour, Sullivan	13,16	1821 - 1899
Chalfant, Thomas		1873	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	15	1819 -
Cochran, James Henry		1895-1910	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1845 - 1911
Confair, Zehnder		1959-1972	R	Bradford, Columbia, Lycoming, Montgomery, Montour, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga	0,23,24	1906 - 1982
Conyngham, Redmond		1819-1824*	F	Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union	9,10	1781 - 1846
Derk, Miles R		1955-1958	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1890 - 1970
Drumheller, Jacob		1827-1832*	D	Columbia, Luzerne	10	1790 - 1857
Frailey, Charles		1835-1851*	D	Carbon, Columbia, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill	8,9	1810 - 1873
Fraser, Charles		1815-1820*	DR	Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union	9	1778 - 1834
Hart, William W		1883-1886	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1843 - 1916
Headley, Samuel Freeman		1841	D	Columbia, Schuylkill	9	1808 - 1869
Helfrick, Edward W		1981-2002	R	Columbia, Juniata, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	1928 -
Herring, Grant		1891-1894	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1862 - 1912
Jackson, George Duggan		1867-1880*	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan	15,24	1827 - 1879
Keller, Reuben		1859	D	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder	13	1821 - 1894
Kidder, Luther		1843	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	11	1808 - 1854
Kury, Franklin L		1973-1980	D	Columbia, Juniata, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	27	1936 -
McHenry, Elias Jackson		1881-1882	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	44	1833 - 1883
Metzger, Verus Hope		1887-1890	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1859 - 1891
Montgomery, David B		1863-1865*	D	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan	13,15	1810 - 1886
Moore, Robert		1825-1828*	D	Columbia, Luzerne	10
Ross, William		1811-1816*	DR	Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union	9	1761 - 1842
Ross, William Sterling	Speaker	1845-1847*	IMP	Columbia, Luzerne	13	1802 - 1868
Snowden, John G		1939-1954	R	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1880 - 1964
Snyder, Simon		1817-1820*	DR	Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union	9	11/05/1759 - 11/09/1819
Sones, Charles Wesley		1911-1938*	D	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1859 - 1944
Sprout, Fred M		1931-1932	R	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan	24	1874 - 1932
Steele, George P		1857-1859*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour	16	1801 - 1870
Willets, Robert		1819-1822*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Susquehanna, Union	9	1777 -

*served non-consecutive terms