JESS M. STAIRS

Sessions

Session Year	Position	District	Party
1977- 1978		59	Republican
1979- 1980		59	Republican
1981- 1982		59	Republican
1983- 1984		59	Republican
1985- 1986		59	Republican
1987- 1988		59	Republican
1989- 1990		59	Republican
1991- 1992		59	Republican
1993- 1994		59	Republican
1995- 1996		59	Republican
1997- 1998		59	Republican
1999- 2000		59	Republican
2001- 2002		59	Republican
2003- 2004		59	Republican
2005- 2006		59	Republican
2007- 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 (1991-2008); not a candidate for reelection to the House (2008).