Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1957-1958 Representative Republican
1959 Representative Republican
1960 Representative Republican
1961 Representative Republican
1962 Representative Republican
1963 Representative Republican
1964 Representative Republican
1965 Representative Republican
1966 Representative Republican
Counties Schuylkill

Biography

05/03/1925 - 01/24/2016


HEFFNER, George William, a Representative from Schuylkill County; born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., May 3, 1925; graduated, Pottsville High School, 1943; B.A., Dickinson College, 1949; LL.B., Dickinson College School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law), 1951; pharmacists’ mate, second class, United States Navy (1943-1946, World War II); lawyer; member, Schuylkill County Republican Club; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1957 term and served 4 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1966); elected, president judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County (1968-1988); elected, trustee, Bloomsburg University of Pennsyvlania (now Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania) (1969-1974); died, January 24, 2016 in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; interred, Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. 
 


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