Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 79
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The 79th Pennsylvania House of Representatives
District is located in Blair County
and includes the following areas:
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts....
District is located in Blair County
Blair County, Pennsylvania
-Significant Topographic Features:*Brush Mountain*Logan Valley*Morrison Cove*Tussey Mountain-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 129,144 people, 51,518 households, and 34,877 families residing in the county. The population density was 246 people per square mile . There were 55,061...
and includes the following areas:
- Allegheny TownshipAllegheny Township, Blair County, PennsylvaniaAllegheny Township is a township in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,965 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
(PART, District 03) - AltoonaAltoona, Pennsylvania-History:A major railroad town, Altoona was founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1849 as the site for a shop complex. Altoona was incorporated as a borough on February 6, 1854, and as a city under legislation approved on April 3, 1867, and February 8, 1868...
- Logan TownshipLogan Township, Blair County, PennsylvaniaLogan Township is a township in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 11,925 at the 2000 census...
Representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prior to 1969, seats were apportioned by county. | ||||
| Denny J. Bixler | Democrat Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
1969 – 1974 | ||
| John P. Milliron | Democrat | 1975 – 1978 | ||
| Richard Geist Richard Geist Richard A. Geist is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 79th District and was elected in 1978.-Career:Prior to his election to the House, Geist worked as a senior manager with EADS, a civil engineering firm, in Altoona.... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
1979 – present | Altoona Altoona, Pennsylvania -History:A major railroad town, Altoona was founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1849 as the site for a shop complex. Altoona was incorporated as a borough on February 6, 1854, and as a city under legislation approved on April 3, 1867, and February 8, 1868... |
Incumbent |