JESS M. STAIRS

Sessions

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