Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 97
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The 97th Pennsylvania House of Representatives
District is located in Lancaster County
and includes the following areas:
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....
District is located in Lancaster County
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, known as the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010 the population was 519,445. Lancaster County forms the Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, the...
and includes the following areas:
- East PetersburgEast Petersburg, PennsylvaniaEast Petersburg is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,450 at the 2000 census.-Geography:East Petersburg is located at ....
(PART)- District North
- LititzLititz, PennsylvaniaLititz is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 6 miles north of the city of Lancaster.-History:Lititz was founded by members of the Moravian Church in 1756, and was named after a castle in Bohemia near the village of Kunvald where the ancient Bohemian Brethren's Church had...
- Manheim TownshipManheim Township, Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaManheim Township is a township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania established in 1729, which southernmost border meets the city limits of Lancaster. The population as of the 2000 census was 33,697.-Government:...
(PART, Districts 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19) - Warwick TownshipWarwick Township, Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaWarwick Township is a township in north central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,475 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
Representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior to 1969, seats were apportioned by county. | ||||
| Marvin E. Miller, Sr. Marvin E. Miller, Sr. Marvin E. Miller, Sr. is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.-References:... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
1969 – 1976 | ||
| June N. Honaman | Republican | 1977 – 1988 | ||
| Jere L. Strittmatter | Republican | 1989 – 2002 | ||
| Roy E. Baldwin | Republican | 2003 – 2006 | ||
| John C. Bear John C. Bear John C. Bear is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 97th District and was elected in 2006.Bear is a graduate of Warwick High School. He received a B.A. with Honors in Political Science from Temple University and a Master’s of Governmental Administration from... |
Republican | 2007 – present | Lititz Lititz, Pennsylvania Lititz is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 6 miles north of the city of Lancaster.-History:Lititz was founded by members of the Moravian Church in 1756, and was named after a castle in Bohemia near the village of Kunvald where the ancient Bohemian Brethren's Church had... |
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