Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1977 Representative 62 Republican
1978 Representative 62 Republican
1979 Representative 62 Republican
1980 Representative 62 Republican
1981 Representative 62 Republican
1982 Representative 62 Republican
1983 Representative 62 Republican
1984 Representative 62 Republican
1985 Representative 62 Republican
1986 Representative 62 Republican
1987 Representative 62 Republican
1988 Representative 62 Republican
1989 Representative 62 Republican
1990 Representative 62 Republican
Counties Indiana

Biography

07/09/1925 - 12/13/2020


WASS, Paul, a Representative from Indiana County; born in Young Township, Indiana County, Pa., July 9, 1925; graduated, Elders Ridge Vocation High School; attended, University of Pennsylvania; farmer; tire builder, McCreary's Tire & Rubber Company; manager, Oakland Cemetery; elected, auditor, Indiana County (1965-1968); elected, treasurer, Indiana County (1968-1976); member, Republican State Committee; chair, Indiana County Republican Committee; precinct member, Indiana County Republican Finance Committee; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1976; served 6 more consecutive terms; appointed, Select Committee to Study the Feasibility of a Harrisburg University (1990); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1990, 1996); elected, commissioner, Indiana County (1991-June 1, 1995); owner and operator, J & J Funnel Cakes; county point man, George W. Bush’s presidential campaign (2000); died, December 13, 2020 in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; interred, Oakmont Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.


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