Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 98
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The 98th Pennsylvania House of Representatives
District is made up of parts of Dauphin County
and Lancaster County
. The district 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 made up of parts of Dauphin County
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Dauphin County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is one of the three counties comprising the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 census, the population was 268,100. The county includes the city of Harrisburg, which has served as the state capital...
and 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...
. The district includes the following areas:
- Dauphin County
- Londonderry TownshipLondonderry Township, Dauphin County, PennsylvaniaLondonderry Township is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,224 at the 2000 census.The township includes the site of the 1979 Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station accident, which was the largest accident of its kind in the American nuclear power...
- MiddletownMiddletown, Dauphin County, PennsylvaniaMiddletown is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, nine miles southeast of Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
(PART)- Ward 02 [PART, Division 01]
- Ward 03 [PART, Division 02]
- Londonderry Township
- Lancaster County
- ColumbiaColumbia, PennsylvaniaColumbia, once colonial Wright's Ferry, is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 28 miles southeast of Harrisburg on the left bank Susquehanna River across from Wrightsville and York County. Originally, the area may have been called Conejohela Flats, for the many islands and islets in the...
- Conoy TownshipConoy Township, PennsylvaniaConoy Township is a township in northwestern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,067.-Geography:According to the U.S...
- East Donegal TownshipEast Donegal Township, PennsylvaniaEast Donegal Township is a township in northwestern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 5,405.-Geography:According to the U.S...
- Columbia
- Lancaster County (continued)
- ElizabethtownElizabethtown, PennsylvaniaElizabethtown is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Harrisburg. Small factories existed at the turn of the century when the population in 1900 was 1,861. There was a slight increase in the next decade, with 1,970 people living in Elizabethtown in 1910. As of the 2000 census,...
- Marietta
- Mount JoyMount Joy, PennsylvaniaMount Joy is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,765 at the 2000 census.-Name and origin:Mount Joy is often named in lists of "delightfully-named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Intercourse, Blue Ball, PenisPallooza, Amish Land, Dick-in-Hand...
- West Donegal TownshipWest Donegal Township, PennsylvaniaWest Donegal Township is a township in northwestern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,539 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- West Hempfield TownshipWest Hempfield Township, PennsylvaniaWest Hempfield Township is a township in west central Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,128 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
(PART)- District Farmdale
- District Ironville
- Elizabethtown
Representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior to 1969, seats were apportioned by county. | ||||
| Jack B. Horner Jack B. Horner Jack B. Horner 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 – 1972 | ||
| Kenneth E. Brandt | Republican | 1973 – 1990 | ||
| Thomas E. Armstrong Thomas E. Armstrong Thomas E. Armstrong is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.Armstrong graduated from Conestoga Valley High School in 1977 and earned a degree in business from Penn State University in 1980. He was first elected to represent the 98th legislative district in the... |
Republican | 1991 – 2002 | ||
| David Hickernell David Hickernell David S. Hickernell is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 98th District and was elected in 2002. He currently sits on the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Local Government, and Transportation Committees.-Personal:... |
Republican | 2003 – present | West Donegal Township West Donegal Township, Pennsylvania West Donegal Township is a township in northwestern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,539 at the 2000 census.-Geography:... |
Incumbent |