Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Bailey, Joseph		1843-1853*	D	Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Montgomery, Perry	3,4,13	03/18/1810 - 08/26/1885
Barnes, Hamilton Boswell		1852-1854	W	Bedford, Fulton, Somerset	24	04/28/1821 - 11/25/1901
Buckalew, Charles Rollins		1851-1872*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan	13,15,16	12/28/1821 - 05/19/1899
Carson, Thomas Erskine	Speaker	1845-1853*	W	Adams, Franklin	11,18	08/06/1791 - 04/26/1857
Crabb, William A		1843-1855*	W	Philadelphia	1
Cresswell Jr, John		1853-1859*	D	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Huntingdon	15,20	1819 - 1882
Darlington, Edward C.		1852-1854	W	Lancaster, Lebanon	7	05/02/1819 - 03/28/1874
Evans, Henry Sebastian		1852-1872*	W, R	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	4,5	04/01/1813 - 02/09/1872
Ferguson, John C		1853-1855*	W	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	21	1803 - 1885
Frick, Benjamin		1853-1855	W	Montgomery	3	04/26/1796 - 10/04/1871
Fry, William		1853-1855	D	Lehigh, Northampton	9	04/20/1800 - 11/15/1868
Goodwin, William T.		1853-1855	D	Philadelphia	2	12/11/1822 - 12/11/1898
Guernsey, John Wallace		1851-1853	D	Bradford, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga	11,18	01/28/1810 - 11/29/1882
Haldeman, Jacob Samils		1853-1855	D	York	12	10/13/1823 - 1889
Hamilton, Samuel G		1853	NA	Philadelphia	2	1830 -
Hamlin, Byron Delano	Speaker	1853-1855*	D	Clearfield, Elk, Forest, McKean, Potter, Tioga	18	1824 - 1907
Hamlin, Ephriam Warren		1852-1854	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	10	1803 - 04/03/1884
Hendricks, John Paul Morris		1853-1855	W	Schuylkill	28	12/07/1817 - 04/24/1892
Hiester, William Muhlenberg	Speaker	1853-1855	D	Berks	5	05/15/1818 - 08/16/1878
Hoge, Thomas		1853-1865*	D	Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren	19,26,28	03/07/1808 - 03/12/1885
Kinzer, Esaias		1852-1854	W	Lancaster, Lebanon	7	12/04/1805 - 09/05/1861
Kunkel, John Christian	Speaker	1851-1854	W	Dauphin, Northumberland	8	09/18/1816 - 10/14/1870
McCaslin, Maxwell		1849-1853*	D	Fayette, Greene, Washington	22,23	03/01/1802 - 01/07/1880
McFarland, John		1851-1853*	D	Fayette, Westmoreland	27
Myers, Christian	Speaker	1851-1853	W	Armstrong, Clarion, Indiana	25	06/24/1796 - 10/06/1877
O'Neill, Charles		1853	W	Philadelphia	1	1821 - 1893
Piatt, William McKinney	Speaker	1853-1855*	D	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	0	1814 - 1889
Quiggle, James W.		1853-1855	BD	Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan	14	01/20/1820 - 11/28/1878
Sager, Howard K		1853	D	Bucks	6	1808 -
Sanderson Sr., George		1851-1854	W	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	17	02/25/1810 - 04/01/1886
Savery, Peleg Barrows		1849-1853*	W, D	Philadelphia	2	06/05/1805 - 09/15/1863
Skinner, James		1853	W	Crawford, Erie	20	1809 - 1878
Slifer, Eli		1851-1854	W	Juniata, Mifflin, Union	26	05/23/1818 - 05/24/1888

*served non-consecutive terms