Biography

1959 -

HACKETT, Joseph T., Sr., a Representative from Delaware County; born, 1959 in Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pa.; graduated, Cardinal O’Hara High School; graduated, Municipal Policy Academy, Delaware County Community College; officer, Ridley Township Police Department; detective, Criminal Investigative Division, Delaware County District Attorney’s office; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2008); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2010; reelected to the House in 2012 and 2014; appointed, Select Committee on School Safety (2013); resigned from the House, April 30, 2015; sergeant, Criminal Investigative Unit, Delaware County District Attorney's office (2015-present).