H. Jack Seltzer

H. Jack Seltzer

Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1957-1958 Representative Republican
1959 Representative Republican
1960 Representative Republican
1961 Representative Republican
1962 Representative Republican
1963 Representative Republican
1964 Representative Republican
1965 Representative Republican
1966 Representative Republican
1967 Representative Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman Republican
1968 Representative Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman Republican
1969 Representative Minority Appropriations Committee Chairman 101 Republican
1970 Representative Minority Appropriations Committee Chairman 101 Republican
1971 Representative Minority Appropriations Committee Chairman 101 Republican
1972 Representative Minority Appropriations Committee Chairman 101 Republican
1973 Representative Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 101 Republican
1974 Representative Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 101 Republican
1975 Representative Minority Appropriations Committee Chairman 101 Republican
1976 Representative Minority Appropriations Committee Chairman 101 Republican
1977 Representative Minority Floor Leader 101 Republican
1978 Representative Minority Floor Leader 101 Republican
1979 Representative Speaker 101 Republican
1980 Representative Speaker 101 Republican
Counties Lebanon

Biography

08/12/1922 - 02/28/2011


SELTZER, Harvey Jack, a Representative from Lebanon County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 12, 1922; graduated, Harrisburg Academy; graduated, Mercersburg Academy; served, "Patsu 1-1 Aircraft," "FAW-1 Aircraft." United States Navy (1942-1946, World War II); employed, Harrisburg Dairies; owner, Seltzer’s Lebanon Bologna Company; member, Lebanon County Republican Executive Committee; elected, council, Palmyra Borough (7 years); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1957 term and served 11 consecutive terms thereafter; elected, Minority Leader (December 14, 1977-1978); elected, Speaker  (1979-1980); appointed, Commission on Interstate Cooperation (1963-1966); appointed, Joint State Government Commission (1979-1980); died, February 28, 2011 in Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona; interred, Gravel Hill Cemetery, Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.



 

Archival Collections

 

Speeches of H. Jack Seltzer (RG-007 B-27), Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pa.


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