Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1967 Representative Republican
1968 Representative Republican
1969 Representative 47 Republican
1970 Representative 47 Republican
1971 Representative 47 Republican
1972 Representative 47 Republican
1973 Representative 47 Republican
1974 Representative 47 Republican
1975 Representative 47 Republican
1976 Representative 47 Republican
1977 Representative 47 Republican
1978 Representative 47 Republican
1979 Representative 47 Republican
1980 Representative 47 Republican
1981 Representative 47 Republican
1982 Representative 47 Republican
1983 Representative 47 Republican
1984 Representative 47 Republican
1985 Representative 47 Republican
1986 Representative 47 Republican
1987 Representative 47 Republican
1988 Representative 47 Republican
Counties Washington

Biography

06/01/1941 - 07/01/2021


FISCHER, Roger Raymond, a Representative from Washington County; born in Washington, Washington County, Pa., June 1, 1941; graduated, Washington High School, 1959; attended, Thiel College; B.A., math and physics, Washington and Jefferson College, 1963; graduate work, Carnegie Institute of Technology; graduated, United States Air Force Command and Staff College; M.Div., Lutheran Theological Seminary; D.Min., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (1998); honorary D. Div., Washington and Jefferson College, 1998; second lieutenant, United States Air Force; lieutenant colonel, United States Air Force Reserves; served, Pennsylvania Air National Guard; research engineer, Jones and Laughlin Steel; director, Washington School District (1965-1971); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1966; reelected to serve 10 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Special Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Flooding of the Monongahela River Basin (1986); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1988); minister; died, July 1, 2021 in Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania; interred, Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania. 


If you wish to contact your current State Representative, please visit the Find Your Legislator page; or visit the Members of the House page to view a list of all current Representatives.