Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1967 Representative Republican
1968 Representative Republican
1969 Representative 69 Republican
1970 Representative 69 Republican
1971 Representative 69 Republican
1972 Representative 69 Republican
1973 Representative 69 Republican
1974 Representative 69 Republican
1975 Representative 69 Republican
1976 Representative 69 Republican
1977 Representative 69 Republican
1978 Representative 69 Republican
1979 Representative 69 Republican
1980 Representative 69 Republican
Counties Somerset

Biography

07/24/1933 - 01/21/2021


HALVERSON, Kenneth Shaffer, a Representative from Somerset County; born in Somerset, Somerset County, Pa., July 24, 1933; graduated, Somerset High School, 1951; attended, University of Pittsburgh; served, United States Army Security Agency (1953-1956); proprietor, Ken Halverson Insurance Agency; elected, justice of the peace, Somerset Township (1962-1967); former chair, Somerset County Young Republicans; vice chair, Somerset Township Municipal Authority; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1967 term and served 6 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Special Committee to Investigate the Energy Crisis (1973); appointed, Select Committee to Investigate the State Water Plan (1974); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1980); real estate agent; died, January 21, 2021 in Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. 

 

Archival Collection

Papers of Kenneth S. Halverson, 1967-1980, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harrisburg.


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