PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The 'Pennsylvania House of Representatives' is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts. Elections are held in November of even numbered years.
Following the 2006 elections the house consists of 101 Republicans and 102 Democrats, giving the Democrats control of the House for the first time since 1994. In a compromise vote, a Republican was elected to preside over the Democratic controlled chamber.
In 2002, a State Representative district had an average population of 60,498 residents.

Contents

Hall of the House

Speaker of the House

Make-up of the House

House of Representatives Leadership

Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

See also

External link

Hall of the House

The Hall of the House contains important symbols to Pennsylvania history and the work of legislators.

★ 'Speaker's Chair:' a throne-like chair of rank that sits directly behind the Speaker's rostrum. Architect Joseph Huston designed the chair in 1906, the year the Capitol was dedicated.

★ 'Mace:' the House symbol of authority, peace, order and respect for law rests in a pedestal to the right of the Speaker. Its base is solid mahogany, intricately carved and capped by a brass globe engraved with the Pennsylvania coat of arms. An American Eagle perches on top. The tradition of the mace may date to the Roman Republic when attendants of Roman consuls carried bundles of sticks wrapped around an axe to enforce order. The tradition is common may also come directly from Pennsylvania's English heritage.

★ 'Murals:' a colorful panorama of Pennsylvania history appear in murals by Edwin Austin Abbey. The most commanding of the series hangs behind the Speaker's rostrum and dominates the wall behind the Speaker. It is called ''The Apotheosis of Pennsylvania''

★ 'Ceiling:' a work of art in itself with its ornate geometry of gold leaf buttoned at the center by a charming painted illustration. In "The Hours," Abbey represents the passage of time in the form of 24 maidens revolving in an endless circle amidst the moon, the sun and the stars of the Milky Way. [[1]]

Speaker of the House

Main articles: Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

The speakership is the oldest elected state-wide office in the Commonwealth. Since its first session in 1682—presided over by William Penn—over 130 house members have been elevated to the speaker's chair. The house cannot hold an official session in the absence of the speaker or his designated ''speaker pro tempore.'' Speaker Irvis was the first African American elected speaker of any state legislature in the United States. Pennsylvania has never had a female speaker.

Make-up of the House

Results of the November 7, 2006 elections:

'Affiliation'		'Members'
	Democratic Party	102
	Republican Party	101
'Total'		'203'
'Government Majority'		'1'

House of Representatives Leadership

''As of January 2, 2007''[2]
'Speaker of the House of Representatives:' Dennis O'Brien (R)

'Majority Party (D)'	'Leadership Position'	'Minority Party (R)'
Bill DeWeese	Floor Leader	Sam Smith
Keith McCall	Whip	Dave Argall
Mark Cohen	Caucus Chairperson	Sandra Major
Frank Dermody	Caucus Secretary	Jerry Stern
Dwight Evans	Appropriations Committee Chairman	Mario Civera, Jr.
Dan Surra	Caucus Administrator	Merle Phillips
Todd Euchus	Policy Committee Chairman	Mike Turzai

Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

''As of January 2, 2007''

District	Representative	Party	Residence	Counties Represented
1	Pat Harkins	Democrat	Erie	Erie
2	Florindo Fabrizio	Democrat	Erie	Erie
3	John Hornaman	Democrat	Millcreek Township	Erie
4	Curt Sonney	Republican	Harborcreek Township	Erie
5	John Evans	Republican	Washington Township	Crawford, Erie
6	Brad Roae	Republican	East Mead Township	Crawford
7	Mark Longietti	Democrat	Sharpsville	Mercer
8	Richard Stevenson	Republican	Grove City	Mercer, Butler
9	Chris Sainato	Democrat	New Castle	Beaver, Lawrence
10	Jaret Gibbons	Democrat	Ellwood City	Beaver, Butler, Lawrence
11	Brian Ellis	Republican	Meridian	Butler
12	Daryl Metcalfe	Republican	Cranberry Township	Butler
13	Art Hershey	Republican	Oxford	Chester
14	Jim Marshall	Republican	Beaver Falls	Beaver
15	Vince Biancucci	Democrat	Monaca	Beaver
16	Sean Ramaley	Democrat	Economy	Allegheny, Beaver
17	Michele Brooks	Republican	Jamestown	Crawford, Lawrence, Mercer
18	Gene DiGirolamo	Republican	Bensalem	Bucks
19	Jake Wheatley	Democrat	Pittsburgh	Allegheny
20	Don Walko	Democrat	Pittsburgh	Allegheny
21	Lisa Bennington	Democrat	Pittsburgh	Allegheny
22	Chelsa Wagner	Democrat	Pittsburgh	Allegheny
23	Dan Frankel	Democrat	Pittsburgh	Allegheny
24	Joseph Preston, Jr.	Democrat	Pittsburgh	Allegheny
25	Joe Markosek	Democrat	Monroeville	Allegheny, Westmoreland
26	Tim Hennessey	Republican	Pottstown	Chester
27	Tom Petrone	Democrat	Pittsburgh	Allegheny
28	Mike Turzai	Republican	Bradfordwoods	Allegheny
29	Bernard O'Neill	Republican	Warminster	Bucks
30	Randy Vulakovich	Republican	Shaler Township	Allegheny
31	Dave Steil	Republican	Yardley	Bucks
32	Anthony DeLuca	Democrat	Verona	Allegheny
33	Frank Dermody	Democrat	Oakmont	Allegheny
34	Paul Costa	Democrat	Pittsburgh	Allegheny
35	Marc Gergely	Democrat	White Oak	Allegheny
36	Harry Readshaw	Democrat	Pittsburgh	Allegheny
37	Tom Creighton	Republican	Rapho Township	Lancaster
38	Bill Kortz	Democrat	Dravosburg	Allegheny
39	David Levdansky	Democrat	Elizabeth	Allegheny, Washington
40	John Maher	Republican	Upper St. Clair	Allegheny, Washington
41	Katie True	Republican	Lancaster	Lancaster
42	Matthew Smith	Democrat	Mt. Lebanon	Allegheny
43	Scott Boyd	Republican	West Lampeter Township	Lancaster
44	Mark Mustio	Republican	Moon Township	Allegheny
45	Nick Kotik	Democrat	Robinson Township	Allegheny
46	Jesse White	Democrat	Cecil Township	Allegheny, Beaver, Washington
47	Keith Gillespie	Republican	York	York
48	Tim Solobay	Democrat	Canonsburg	Washington
49	Pete Daley	Democrat	Donora	Fayette, Washington
50	Bill DeWeese	Democrat	Waynesburg	Fayette, Greene, Washington
51	Tim Mahoney	Democrat	Uniontown	Fayette
52	Deberah Kula	Democrat	North Union Township	Fayette, Westmoreland
53	Robert Godshall	Republican	Franconia Township	Montgomery
54	John Pallone	Democrat	New Kensington	Armstrong, Westmoreland
55	Joe Petrarca	Democrat	Vandergrift	Armstrong, Westmoreland
56	James Casorio, Jr.	Democrat	North Huntingdon Township	Westmoreland
57	Thomas Tangretti	Democrat	Greensburg	Westmoreland
58	Ted Harhai	Democrat	Monessen	Fayette, Westmoreland
59	Jess Stairs	Republican	Greensburg	Fayette, Westmoreland
60	Jeff Pyle	Republican	Ford City	Armstrong, Indiana
61	Kate Harper	Republican	Lower Gwynedd Township	Montgomery
62	Dave Reed	Republican	Indiana	Indiana
63	Fred McIlhattan	Republican	Knox	Armstrong, Clarion
64	Scott Hutchinson	Republican	Oil City	Butler, Venango
65	Kathy Rapp	Republican	Warren	Forest, McKean, Warren
66	Sam Smith	Republican	Punxsutawney	Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson
67	Martin Causer	Republican	Port Allegany	Cameron, McKean, Potter
68	Matt Baker	Republican	Wellsboro	Bradford, Tioga
69	Bob Bastian	Republican	Friedens	Bedford, Somerset
70	Jay Moyer	Republican	Lower Salford Township	Montgomery
71	Ed Wojnaroski	Democrat	Johnstown	Cambria
72	Tom Yewcic	Democrat	Johnstown	Cambria, Somerset
73	Gary Haluska	Democrat	Patton	Cambria
74	Camille George	Democrat	Houtzdale	Clearfield
75	Dan Surra	Democrat	St. Mary's	Clearfield, Elk
76	Michael Hanna	Democrat	Lock Haven	Centre, Clinton
77	Scott Conklin	Democrat	Rush Township	Centre
78	Dick Hess	Republican	Bedford	Bedford, Fulton, Huntingdon
79	Richard Geist	Republican	Altoona	Blair
80	Jerry Stern	Republican	Martinsburg	Blair
81	Mick Fleck	Republican	Three Springs	Blair, Huntingdon, Mifflin
82	Adam Harris	Republican	Mifflintown	Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder
83	Steve Cappelli	Republican	Williamsport	Lycoming
84	Garth Everett	Republican	Muncy	Lycoming
85	Russ Fairchild	Republican	Lewisburg	Snyder, Union
86	Mark Keller	Republican	New Bloomfield	Franklin, Perry
87	Glen Grell	Republican	Hampden Township	Cumberland
88	Jerry Nailor	Republican	Mechanicsburg	Cumberland
89	Rob Kauffman	Republican	Chambersburg	Cumberland, Franklin
90	Todd Rock	Republican	Mont Alto	Franklin
91	Dan Moul	Republican	Conewago Township	Adams, Franklin
92	Scott Perry	Republican	Carroll Township	Cumberland, York
93	Ron Miller	Republican	Jacobus	York
94	Stan Saylor	Republican	Red Lion	York
95	Eugene DePasquale	Democrat	West Manchester Township	York
96	Mike Sturla	Democrat	Lancaster	Lancaster
97	John Bear	Republican	Lancaster	Lancaster
98	David Hickernell	Republican	West Donegal Township	Dauphin, Lancaster
99	Gordon Denlinger	Republican	Ephrata	Lancaster
100	Bryan Cutler	Republican	Quarryville	Lancaster
101	Mauree Gingrich	Republican	Palmyra	Lebanon
102	Rosemarie Swanger	Republican	North Lebanon Township	Lebanon
103	Ron Buxton	Democrat	Harrisburg	Dauphin
104	Sue Helm	Republican	Susquehanna Township	Dauphin
105	Ron Marsico	Republican	Harrisburg	Dauphin
106	John Payne	Republican	Hummelstown	Dauphin
107	Bob Belfanti	Democrat	Mount Carmel	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland
108	Merle Phillips	Republican	Upper Augusta Township	Northumberland, Snyder
109	David Millard	Republican	Berwick	Columbia
110	Tina Pickett	Republican	Towanda	Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna
111	Sandra Major	Republican	Montrose	Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming
112	Ken Smith	Democrat	Dunmore	Lackawanna
113	Frank Andrews Shimkus	Democrat	South Abington Township	Lackawanna
114	Jim Wansacz	Democrat	Old Forge	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming
115	Ed Staback	Democrat	Olyphant	Lackawanna, Wayne
116	Todd Eachus	Democrat	Buter Township	Luzerne
117	Karen Boback	Republican	Harveys Lake	Columbia, Luzerne, Wyoming
118	Mike Carroll	Democrat	Avoca	Luzerne, Monroe
119	John Yudichak	Democrat	Nanticoke	Luzerne
120	Phyllis Mundy	Democrat	Kingston	Luzerne
121	Eddie Day Pashinski	Democrat	Wilkes Barre	Luzerne
122	Keith McCall	Democrat	Summit Hill	Carbon
123	Neal Goodman	Democrat	Mahanoy City	Schuylkill
124	Dave Argall	Republican	Tamaqua	Berks, Schuylkill
125	Tim Seip	Democrat	Wayne Township	Berks, Schuylkill
126	Dante Santoni, Jr.	Democrat	Reading	Berks
127	Tom Caltagirone	Democrat	Reading	Berks
128	Sam Rohrer	Republican	Reading	Berks
129	Jim Cox	Republican	Sinking Spring	Berks
130	Dave Kessler	Democrat	Boyertown	Berks
131	Karen Beyer	Republican	Bethlehem	Lehigh, Northampton
132	Jennifer Mann	Democrat	Allentown	Lehigh
133	Joe Brennan	Democrat	Fountain Hill	Lehigh, Northampton
134	Doug Reichley	Republican	Emmaus	Berks, Lehigh
135	Steve Samuelson	Democrat	Bethlehem	Lehigh, Northampton
136	Robert Freeman	Democrat	Easton	Northampton
137	Rich Grucela	Democrat	Nazareth	Northampton
138	Craig Dally	Republican	Nazareth	Northampton
139	Michael Peifer	Republican	Honesdale	Monroe, Pike, Wayne
140	John Galloway	Democrat	Bristol	Bucks
141	Anthony Melio	Democrat	Levittown	Bucks
142	Chris King	Democrat	Middletown Township	Bucks
143	Marguerite Quinn	Republican	Doylestown	Bucks
144	Kathy Watson	Republican	Warminster	Bucks
145	Paul Clymer	Republican	Sellersville	Bucks
146	Tom Quigley	Republican	Pottstown	Montgomery
147	Bob Mensch	Republican	Marlborough	Montgomery
148	Mike Gerber	Democrat	Conshohocken	Montgomery
149	Daylin Leach	Democrat	King of Prussia	Montgomery
150	Mike Vereb	Republican	West Norriton Township	Montgomery
151	Rick Taylor	Democrat	Ambler	Montgomery
152	Tom Murt	Republican	Hatboro	Montgomery, Philadelphia
153	Josh Shapiro	Democrat	Abington Township	Montgomery
154	Lawrence Curry	Democrat	Jenkintown	Montgomery, Philadelphia
155	Curt Schroder	Republican	East Brandywine Township	Chester
156	Barbara McIlvaine Smith	Democrat	West Chester	Chester
157	Carole Rubley	Republican	Wayne	Chester, Montgomery
158	Chris Ross	Republican	Kennett Square	Chester
159	Thad Kirkland	Democrat	Chester	Delaware
160	Stephen Barrar	Republican	Aston	Chester, Delaware
161	Brian Lentz	Democrat	Swarthmore	Delaware
162	Ron Raymond	Republican	Sharon Hill	Delaware
163	Nicholas Micozzie	Republican	Upper Darby Township	Delaware
164	Mario Civera, Jr.	Republican	Upper Darby Township	Delaware
165	Bill Adolph, Jr.	Republican	Springfield	Delaware
166	Greg Vitali	Democrat	Havertown	Delaware
167	Duane Milne	Republican	West Chester	Chester
168	Tom Killion	Republican	Newtown Square	Chester, Delaware
169	Dennis O'Brien	Republican	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
170	George Kenney	Republican	Philadelphia	Montgomery, Philadelphia
171	Kerry Benninghoff	Republican	Bellefonte	Centre, Mifflin
172	John Perzel	Republican	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
173	Michael McGeehan	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
174	John Sabatina, Jr.	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
175	Mike O'Brien	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
176	Mario Scavello	Republican	Mount Pocono	Monroe
177	John Taylor	Republican	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
178	Scott Petri	Republican	New Hope	Bucks
179	Tony Payton	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
180	Angel Cruz	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
181	Curtis Thomas	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
182	Babette Josephs	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
183	Julie Harhart	Republican	North Catasauqua	Lehigh, Northampton
184	Bill Keller	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
185	Robert Donatucci	Democrat	Philadelphia	Delaware, Philadelphia
186	Harold James	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
187	Carl Mantz	Republican	Kutztown	Berks, Lehigh
188	James Roebuck, Jr.	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
189	John Siptroth	Democrat	Smithfield Township	Monroe, Pike
190	Tom Blackwell IV	Democrat	Philadelphia	Delaware, Philadelphia
191	Ron Waters	Democrat	Philadelphia	Delaware, Philadelphia
192	Louise Bishop	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
193	Steven Nickol	Republican	Hanover	Adams, York
194	Kathy Manderino	Democrat	Philadelphia	Montgomery, Philadelphia
195	Frank Oliver	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
196	Bev Mackereth	Republican	Spring Grove	York
197	Jewell Williams	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
198	Rosita Youngblood	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
199	Will Gabig	Republican	Carlisle	Cumberland
200	Cherelle Parker	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
201	John Myers	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
202	Mark Cohen	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
203	Dwight Evans	Democrat	Philadelphia	Philadelphia

See also

★ Pennsylvania State Senate

★ Pennsylvania General Assembly Election, 2006

External link

★ PA House website