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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Browne, Nathaniel Borrodaille	Speaker	1855-1857*	D	Philadelphia	0	1819 - 1875
Crabb, William A		1843-1855*	W	Philadelphia	1
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
Ferguson, John C		1853-1855*	W	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	21	1803 - 1885
Finney, Darwin Asahel	Speaker	1855-1857*	W	Crawford, Erie	20	1814 - 1868
Flenniken, John Calvin		1855	W	Greene, Washington	23	1820 - 1897
Frazier, William E		1855	A	Fayette, Westmoreland	27	1804 - 1883
Goodwin, William		1853-1855*	D	Philadelphia	2
Gregg Jr, Andrew		1855-1861*	R	Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Union	14	1799 - 1869
Haldeman, Jacob Samils		1853-1855*	DR	York	12	1823 - 1889
Hamlin, Byron Delano	Speaker	1853-1855*	D	Clearfield, Elk, Forest, McKean, Potter, Tioga	18	1824 - 1907
Hiester, William Muhlenberg	Speaker	1853-1855*	D	Berks	5	1818 - 1878
Hoge, Thomas		1853-1865*	D	Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren	19,26,28	1808 - 1885
Jordan, Francis		1855	W	Bedford, Somerset	14	1820 - 1900
Killinger, John Weinland		1855	R	Lancaster, Lebanon	7	1824 - 1896
Kinzer, Esaias		1853-1855*	W	Lancaster, Lebanon	7	1805 - 1861
Knox, Thomas Pope		1855-1857*	D	Montgomery	3	1809 - 1879
Laubach, Joseph		1855-1857*	D	Lehigh, Northampton	5,9	1798 - 1866
Lewis, James J		1855	W	Chester, Delaware	4	1803 -
McClintock, Jonas Roup		1853-1855*	D	Allegheny	22	1808 - 1879
Mellinger, David		1853-1855*	W	Adams, Franklin	11
Piatt, William McKinney	Speaker	1853-1855*	D	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	0	1814 - 1889
Pratt II, Henry Charles		1855	R	Philadelphia	2	1814 -
Price, Eli Kirk		1853-1855*	W	Philadelphia	1	1797 - 1884
Quiggle, James W		1853-1855*	BD	Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan	14	1820 - 1878
Sellers, James M		1855	W	Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	26
Shuman, Jacob G		1855-1857*	W, R	Lancaster, Lebanon	7	1811 - 1858
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
Walton, James H		1855-1857*	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	10
Welsh, William Henry	Speaker	1855-1859*	D	York	17	1826 - 1903
Wherry, Samuel		1855	D	Cumberland, Perry	13	1804 - 1861

*served non-consecutive terms