Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1989 Representative 165 Republican
1990 Representative 165 Republican
1991 Representative 165 Republican
1992 Representative 165 Republican
1993 Representative 165 Republican
1994 Representative 165 Republican
1995 Representative 165 Republican
1996 Representative 165 Republican
1997 Representative 165 Republican
1998 Representative 165 Republican
1999 Representative 165 Republican
2000 Representative 165 Republican
2001 Representative 165 Republican
2002 Representative 165 Republican
2003 Representative 165 Republican
2004 Representative 165 Republican
2005 Representative 165 Republican
2006 Representative 165 Republican
2007 Representative 165 Republican
2008 Representative 165 Republican
2009 Representative Minority Appropriations Committee Chairman 165 Republican
2010 Representative Minority Appropriations Committee Chairman 165 Republican
2011 Representative Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 165 Republican
2012 Representative Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 165 Republican
2013 Representative Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 165 Republican
2014 Representative Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 165 Republican
2015 Representative Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 165 Republican
2016 Representative Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 165 Republican
Counties Delaware

Biography

10/23/1949 -


ADOLPH, William Francis, Jr., a Representative from Delaware County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 23, 1949; graduated, Cardinal O’Hara High School, 1967; B.A., Christian Brothers College, 1971; public accountant; elected, commissioner, Springfield Township (1981-1989; president, 1988); Republican Ward Leader; commissioner, 1st Ward (1982-1989); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1989 term and was reelected to serve 13 more consecutive terms; elected, chair, Minority Appropriations Committee (2010); elected, chair, Majority Appropriations Committee (2010-2016); appointed, board , Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority (1991-2002); appointed, board, State Public School Building Authority (1991-2002); appointed, board, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) (2003-2016; chair, 2007-2016); appointed, Task Force on Higher Education Funding (1994); appointed, Select Committee on Information Security (2006); appointed, Public School Building Construction and Reconstruction (PlanCon) Advisory Committee (2016); not a candidate for reelection to the House (2016).



Archival Collections


Papers of William F. Adolph, Jr., 1989-2016, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives, Harrisburg.


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