Biography
A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa. , March 5, 1957. Graduated from St. Clair Area High School, St. Clair, Pa. , 1975. Attended Fork Union Military Academy and the University of Richmond, Richmond, Va. B. A. , Bloomsburg State University, Bloomsburg, Pa. , 1980. Schuylkill County, Pa. , probation officer. Sergeant-at-arms, Pennsylvania state house of representatives. Sheriff of Schuylkill County, Pa. , 1985-1993. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2013). Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012.