Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 65

The 65th Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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 made of parts of McKean County

McKean County, Pennsylvania

As of the census of 2000, there were 45,936 people, 18,024 households, and 12,094 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 21,644 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile...

and all of Forest County

Forest County, Pennsylvania

Forest County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population is 7,716. Forest County is famous as a rural retreat. Nearly 75% of all dwellings in the county are second or vacation homes . Forest County does not have a single traffic light, the only county in the...

and Warren County

Warren County, Pennsylvania

Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 41,815. It was formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny and Lycoming counties; attached to Crawford County until 1805 and then to Venango County until Warren was formally organized in 1819. Its county...

. The district includes the following areas:

Forest County
- Entire County
McKean County
- Hamilton Township
  Hamilton Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania
  Hamilton Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 637 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...
- Hamlin Township
- Kane
  Kane, Pennsylvania
  Kane is a borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, east by south of Erie. It was founded in 1863 by Civil War general Thomas L. Kane at an elevated site 2210 feet above sea level. In the early part of the twentieth century, Kane had large glassworks, bottle works, lumber mills, and manufactures of...
- Lafayette Township
- Mount Jewett
  Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania
  Mount Jewett is a borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,070 at the 2000 census. The students of the borough attend school in the Kane Area School District, even though the borough is surrounded by Hamlin Township--belonging to neighboring Smethport Area School...
- Wetmore Township
Warren County
- Entire county

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Before 1969, seats were apportioned by county.
William W. Allen William W. Allen (Pennsylvania politician) William W. Allen is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.-References:...	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...	1969 – 1972
Robert J. Kusse	Republican	1973 – 1977		Resigned on June 7, 1977 after election to the Pennsylvania State Senate Pennsylvania State Senate The Pennsylvania State Senate has been meeting since 1791. It is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such...
John E. Peterson John E. Peterson John E. Peterson is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. From 1997 - 2009, he represented the state's mainly rural and largely Republican 5th Congressional district in the U.S. House.-Biography:...	Republican	1977 – 1984		Elected on November 8, 1977 to fill vacancy
Curt Bowley Curt Bowley Curt Bowley is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.-References:...	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...	1985 – 1992
Jim Lynch Jim Lynch (Pennsylvania politician) Jim Lynch is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.He is a 1964 graduate of Sharon High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1966–69 and earned a degree in business administration from Youngstown State University in 1973....	Republican	1993 – 2004
Kathy Rapp Kathy Rapp Kathy L. Rapp is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 65th District.-Career:She was elected in 2004. She currently serves on the House Environmental Resources and Energy, State Government, and Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committees...	Republican	2005 – present	Warren Warren, Pennsylvania Warren is a city in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Allegheny River. The population was 9,710 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Warren County. It is home to the headquarters of the Allegheny National Forest and the Cornplanter State Forest...	Incumbent

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