JESS M. STAIRS

Sessions

Session	Position	District	Party
1977		59	Republican
1978		59	Republican
1979		59	Republican
1980		59	Republican
1981		59	Republican
1982		59	Republican
1983		59	Republican
1984		59	Republican
1985		59	Republican
1986		59	Republican
1987		59	Republican
1988		59	Republican
1989		59	Republican
1990		59	Republican
1991		59	Republican
1992		59	Republican
1993		59	Republican
1994		59	Republican
1995		59	Republican
1996		59	Republican
1997		59	Republican
1998		59	Republican
1999		59	Republican
2000		59	Republican
2001		59	Republican
2002		59	Republican
2003		59	Republican
2004		59	Republican
2005		59	Republican
2006		59	Republican
2007		59	Republican
2008		59	Republican

Counties	Fayette, Westmoreland

Biography

06/05/1942 -

STAIRS, Jess M., a Representative from Fayette and Westmoreland Counties; born in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa., June 5, 1942; B.S., The Pennsylvania State University, 1964; M.Ed., The Pennsylvania State University, 1969; International 4-H Foreign Exchange Program, India (1964); farmer; teacher; member, Mt. Pleasant Area School Board (1973-1976); director, Westmoreland County 4-H; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1976; reelected to 15 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee (1985-1990); appointed, board, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) (1991-2008); not a candidate for reelection to the House (2008).