Biography

04/22/1947 - 02/11/2018

FOX, Jon D., a Representative from Montgomery County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 22, 1947; graduated, Cheltenham High School; B.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 1969; J.D., Delaware Law School of Widener University, 1975; technical sergeant, United States Air Force (1969-1975); attorney; Pennsylvania Department of  General Services; Assistant District Attorney, Montgomery County (1976-1984); elected, commissioner, Abington Township (1980-1984); director, Abington Township Public Affairs Department (1982-1984); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1984 and served 3 more consecutive terms; appointed, Select Committee to Study the Availability of and Need for Services to Handicapped Persons 21 Years of Age or Older (1985-1986); appointed, House Select Committee on Long Term Care (1987-1988); resigned from the House, January 13, 1992; elected, commissioner, Montgomery County (1992-1994); elected, United States Congress (1995-1999); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1992, 1998); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (2004); died, February 11, 2018 in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interred, Roosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.