Senate Historical Biographies

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Name	Position	Session	Party	County	District	Born/Died
Brewer, George W.		1857-1859	D	Adams, Franklin, Fulton	11,18	09/05/1819 - 08/06/1886
Browne, Nathaniel Borrodaille	Speaker	1855-1857	D	Philadelphia	2	07/21/1819 - 03/13/1875
Craig Jr, Thomas		1857-1859*	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	8	1796 - 1858
Cresswell Jr, John		1853-1859*	D	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Huntingdon	15,20	1819 - 1882
Ely Jr., Jonathan		1856-1858	D	Bucks	6	04/27/1804 - 02/07/1864
Evans, John Clarkson		1856-1858	D	Berks	5,6	06/22/1805 - 02/05/1879
Fetter, Henry		1857-1859	D	Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	13,14	02/08/1793 - 12/10/1863
Finney, Darwin Abel	Speaker	1855-1861	W	Crawford, Erie	20,27	08/11/1814 - 08/25/1868
Francis, William Miller	Speaker	1857-1859*	R	Lawrence, Mercer, Venango	26	1810 - 1894
Gazzam, Edward Despard		1857-1859*	FS	Allegheny	24	1803 - 1878
Gregg III, Andrew		1856-1861	R	Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Union	12,14	11/30/1799 - 05/13/1869
Harris, John R		1857-1859*	R	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence	21,25	1802 - 1874
Ingram, Harlan G		1857	D	Philadelphia	1	1821 -
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
Knox, Thomas Pope		1856-1858	D	Montgomery	3	07/08/1809 - 05/19/1879
Laubach, Joseph		1856-1858	D	Lehigh, Northampton	5,9	05/22/1798 - 06/22/1866
Lewis, James J.		1855-1857	W	Chester, Delaware	4	1803 - 05/19/1883
Marselis, Isaac Nathaniel		1857-1859*	D	Philadelphia	1	1801 - 1875
Myer, Elijah Reed		1857-1859	R	Bradford, Susquehanna, Wyoming	9,17	07/25/1818 - 05/18/1911
Penrose, Charles Bingham	Speaker	1833-1857*	DR, W, R	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, Philadelphia	1,14,16	10/06/1798 - 04/06/1857
Pratt II, Henry Charles		1857	R	Philadelphia	2	07/19/1814 - 10/10/1860
Randall, Samuel Jackson		1857-1859	D	Philadelphia	1	10/10/1828 - 04/13/1890
Rutherford, John Brisban		1857-1859*	R	Dauphin, Lebanon	15	1805 - 1892
Schaeffer, Bartram A		1857-1859*	R	Lancaster	16	1824 - 1864
Schell, William Peter		1857-1859*	D	Bedford, Huntingdon, Somerset	19	1822 - 1908
Scofield, Glenni William		1857-1860	R	McKean, Mercer, Potter, Tioga, Venango, Warren	11,19	03/11/1817 - 08/30/1891
Shuman, Jacob Good		1855-1857	W	Lancaster, Lebanon	7	07/27/1811 - 08/04/1858
Souther, Henry		1857	R	Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, Tioga	18	1826 - 1891
Steele, George P		1857-1859*	D	Columbia, Luzerne, Montour	16	1801 - 1870
Straub, Christian Markle		1856-1858	D	Schuylkill	7,28	1804 - 06/07/1860
Taggart, David	Speaker	1855-1857	W	Dauphin, Northumberland	8	05/28/1822 - 06/30/1888
Turney, Jacob	Speaker	1857-1859	D	Fayette, Westmoreland	22	02/18/1825 - 10/04/1891
Walton, James H		1855-1857*	D	Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne	10
Welsh, William Henry	Speaker	1856-1859	D	York	17	02/23/1826 - 12/02/1903
Wilkins, William		1857-1858	D	Allegheny	22	12/20/1779 - 06/23/1865
Wright, Richardson L		1857-1859*	D	Philadelphia	1	1820 -

*served non-consecutive terms