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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Browne, Nathaniel Borrodaille	Speaker	1855-1857	D	Philadelphia	2	07/21/1819 - 03/13/1875
Crabb, William A		1843-1855*	W	Philadelphia	1
Cresswell Jr, John		1853-1859*	D	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Huntingdon	15,20	1819 - 1882
Darsie, George		1842-1855*	W	Allegheny, Butler	19,22,24	08/25/1800 - 03/03/1865
Ferguson, John C		1853-1855*	W	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	21	1803 - 1885
Finney, Darwin Abel	Speaker	1855-1861	W	Crawford, Erie	20,27	08/11/1814 - 08/25/1868
Flenniken, John Calvin		1855	W	Greene, Washington	23	1820 - 1897
Frazier, William E		1855	A	Fayette, Westmoreland	27	1804 - 1883
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
Haldeman, Jacob Samils		1853-1855	D	York	12	10/13/1823 - 1889
Hamlin, Byron Delano	Speaker	1853-1855*	D	Clearfield, Elk, Forest, McKean, Potter, Tioga	18	1824 - 1907
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
Jordan, Francis		1855-1857	W	Bedford, Somerset	14	02/05/1820 - 06/09/1900
Killinger, John Weinland		1855-1857	WA	Lancaster, Lebanon	7	09/18/1824 - 06/30/1896
Lewis, James J.		1855-1857	W	Chester, Delaware	4	1803 - 05/19/1883
McClintock, Jonas Roup		1854-1856	D	Allegheny	22	01/08/1808 - 11/25/1879
Mellinger, David		1854-1856	W	Adams, Franklin	11	1795 - 04/09/1878
Piatt, William McKinney	Speaker	1853-1855*	D	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	0	1814 - 1889
Price, Eli Kirk		1854-1856	0, W	Philadelphia	1	07/20/1797 - 11/14/1884
Quiggle, James W.		1853-1855	BD	Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan	14	01/20/1820 - 11/28/1878
Sellers, James M		1855	W	Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	26
Shuman, Jacob Good		1855-1857	W	Lancaster, Lebanon	7	07/27/1811 - 08/04/1858
Taggart, David	Speaker	1855-1857	W	Dauphin, Northumberland	8	05/28/1822 - 06/30/1888
Walton, James H		1855-1857*	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	10
Wherry, Samuel		1854-1856	D	Cumberland, Perry	13	07/22/1804 - 04/02/1861

*served non-consecutive terms