Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1965 Representative Democrat
1966 Representative Democrat
1967 Representative Democrat
1968 Representative Democrat
1969 Representative Majority Caucus Chairman 70 Democrat
1970 Representative Majority Caucus Chairman 70 Democrat
1971 Representative Majority Caucus Chairman 70 Democrat
1972 Representative Majority Caucus Chairman 70 Democrat
1973 Representative Minority Policy Committee Chairman 70 Democrat
1974 Representative Minority Policy Committee Chairman 70 Democrat
1975 Representative Majority Caucus Chairman 70 Democrat
1976 Representative Majority Caucus Chairman 70 Democrat
1977 Representative Majority Caucus Chairman 70 Democrat
1978 Representative Majority Caucus Chairman 70 Democrat
Counties Cambria, Somerset

Biography

08/21/1923 - 05/14/1982


ENGLEHART, Harry Augustine, Jr., a Representative from Cambria and Somerset Counties; born in Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pa., August 21, 1923; graduated, Ebensburg-Cambria High School; B.S., United States Naval Academy, 1944; LL.B., Yale Law School, 1951; lieutenant, "U.S.S. McGowan" (1944-1945), United States Navy (1944-1946, World War II and Korean War, 1951-1953); attorney; chair, Ebensburg Planning Commission; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1965 term and served 6 more consecutive terms; elected, Majority Caucus Chair (1969-1972, 1975-1978); elected, Minority Policy Committee Chair (1973-1974); appointed, Joint State Government Commission (1969-1978); co-chair, Speaker's Committee on Tax Reform (1970); appointed, Special Committee to Study the Public Employee Relations Act (of 1970) (1973); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the house (1978); died, May 14, 1982 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Holy Name Cemetery, Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.


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