Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Barclay, Samuel M		1837-1839*	NR	Bedford, Somerset	15	1802 - 1853
Bell, James Martin		1837-1839*	W	Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Union	8	1799 - 1870
Bell, Thomas S		1837-1859*	D	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	2,3	1821 - 1862
Brown, Charles		1837-1839*	D	Philadelphia	2	1797 - 1883
Burden, Jesse Reading	Speaker	1827-1838*	D	Philadelphia	0	1796 - 1875
Caldwell, James A		1837-1839*	D	Lancaster, York	6	1796 - 1845
Carpenter, Samuel Leas		1835-1838*	D	Westmoreland	18	1794 - 1876
Case, Elihu		1837-1839*	W	Bradford, Susquehanna	13	1790 - 1865
Cassat, Jacob		1837-1838	W	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14	1778 - 1838
Coplan, William F		1837-1841*	JD	Fayette, Greene	18	1795 -
Darragh, Cornelius		1835-1838*	AM, W	Allegheny	19,21	1809 - 1854
Davis, Elisha W	Speaker	1827-1838*	R	Philadelphia	0	1828 - 1887
Ewing, John Hoge	Speaker	1837-1841*	W, R	Washington	0,17	1796 - 1887
Frailey, Charles		1835-1851*	D	Carbon, Columbia, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill	8,9	1810 - 1873
Fraley, Frederick		1837-1839*	W	Philadelphia	1	1804 - 1901
Fullerton, David		1827-1839*	AM	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14,15	1772 - 1843
Hanna, James		1837-1838	W	Philadelphia	2	1806 - 1888
Harper, John		1835-1838*	AM	Dauphin, Lebanon	7,8	1791 - 1865
Irvin, Alexander		1835-1838*	D	Centre, Clearfield, Lycoming, McKean, Potter	13	1800 - 1874
James, Francis		1835-1838*	AM	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	3,4	1799 - 1886
Kelly, Meek		1833-1838*	D	Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango, Warren	23,24	1770 - 1843
Killinger, John		1837-1839*	AM	Dauphin, Lebanon	7	1797 - 1860
Kingsbury Jr, Ebeneezer	Speaker	1837-1841*	JD	Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	0	1804 - 1844
Leet, Isaac		1833-1838*	D	Washington	17,20	1801 - 1844
McConkey, James		1835-1838*	AM, W	Lancaster, York	2,14	1787 - 1861
Michler, Peter S		1835-1838*	AM, W	Lehigh, Northampton, Pike, Wayne	10,12
Miller, Abraham		1835-1838*	D	Philadelphia	1	1858
Miller, John		1837-1839*	D	Berks	5
Miller, Thomas C		1837-1839*	D	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	14
Myers, Henry		1837-1839*	D	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	3
Paull, James Holdsworth		1835-1838*	AM, W	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	3
Pearson, John James		1837-1839*	W	Beaver, Mercer	20	1800 - 1888
Peltz, Alexander M		1837-1838	D	Philadelphia	2	1808 - 1838
Penrose, Charles Bingham	Speaker	1833-1857*	DR, R	Cumberland, Perry, Philadelphia	0	1798 - 1857
Porter, David Rittenhouse		1835-1838*	D	Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Union	8	1788 - 1867
Purviance, William Alexander		1835-1839*	AM	Allegheny, Butler	19	1788 - 1857
Read, Almon Heath		1833-1838*	D	Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga	11	1790 - 1844
Rogers, William Tennent	Speaker	1831-1839*	D	Bucks	4	1799 - 1866
Sangston, John A		1833-1838*	D	Fayette, Greene	19	1803 - 1858
Slenker, Isaac		1835-1838*	D	Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry, Union	8,9	1873
Snyder, Michael		1837-1839*	D	Philadelphia	2
Sterrett, Joseph M		1837-1839*	W	Crawford, Erie	21	1800 - 1888
Stevenson, Samuel		1837-1839*	D	Philadelphia	2	1805 - 1886
Strohm, John	Speaker	1835-1841*	AM	Lancaster, York	6,7	1793 - 1844

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