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 2008 elections the house consists of 99 Republicans and 104 Democrats. Democrat Keith McCall was elected Speaker of the House on Tuesday, Jan...
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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 2008 elections the house consists of 99 Republicans and 104 Democrats. Democrat Keith McCall was elected Speaker of the House on Tuesday, January 6, 2009. In 2002, a State Representative district had an average population of 60,498 residents.
The Hall of the House contains important symbols to Pennsylvania history and the work of legislators.
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...
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