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Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1963 Representative Republican
1964 Representative Republican
1965 Representative Republican
1966 Representative Republican
1967 Representative Majority Whip Republican
1968 Representative Majority Whip Republican
1969 Representative Minority Whip 150 Republican
1970 Representative Minority Whip 150 Republican
1971 Representative Minority Whip 150 Republican
1972 Representative Minority Whip 150 Republican
1973 Representative Majority Floor Leader 150 Republican
1974 Representative Majority Floor Leader 150 Republican
1975 Representative Minority Floor Leader 150 Republican
1976 Representative Minority Floor Leader 150 Republican
1977 Representative Minority Floor Leader 150 Republican
Counties Montgomery

Biography

01/21/1935 -


BUTERA, Robert J., a Representative from Montgomery County; born in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., January 21, 1935; graduated, Norristown High School; B.S., economics/finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1956; LL.B., Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law), 1959; private, 1st class, Pennsylvania National Guard (1959-1962); attorney; partner, Butera and Butera; assistant editor, Montgomery County Law Reporter; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1962 and served 7 more consecutive terms; elected, Minority Whip (1969-1972); elected, Majority Leader (1973-1974); elected, Minority Leader (1975-1977); appointed, Joint State Government Commission (1967-1977); delegate, Pennsylvania’s Constitutional Convention (1968); resigned from the House, December 14, 1977; at-large member, Republican Party Executive Committee (1975-1978); unsuccessful campaign, Governor of Pennsylvania (1978); president, Philadelphia Flyers Hockey Club (1979-1983); president, New Jersey Devils Hockey Club (1983-1987); executive partner, Saul, Ewing, Remick and Saul Law Firm (1988-1993); president, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority (1993-2002); special counsel, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Speaker's Commission on Legislative Reform (2007).
 


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