Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1969 Representative 14 Democrat
1970 Representative 14 Democrat
1971 Representative 14 Democrat
1972 Representative 14 Democrat
1973 Representative 14 Democrat
1974 Representative 14 Democrat
1975 Representative 14 Democrat
1976 Representative 14 Democrat
1977 Representative 14 Democrat
1978 Representative 14 Democrat
1979 Representative 14 Democrat
1980 Representative 14 Democrat
1981 Representative 14 Democrat
1982 Representative 14 Democrat
Counties Beaver

Biography

09/03/1926 - 09/08/2019


KOLTER, Joseph Paul, a Representative from Beaver County; born, September 3, 1926 in McDonald, Trumbull County, Oh.; graduated, New Brighton High School, 1944; B.S., Geneva College, 1950; attended, Pittsburgh University; attended, Duquesne University; served, Air Corps, United States Army (1945-1946, World War II); accountant; teacher; operator, roller-skating rink; elected, council, New Brighton (1961-1964); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1968; reelected to serve 6 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1982); elected, United States Congress (1983-1993); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to Congress (1992); died, September 8, 2019 in Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Rochester, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
 
 

Congressional Biography

After 14 session(s) serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Joseph P. Kolter went on to serve in congress


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