Arthur D. Hershey

Arthur D. Hershey

Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1983 Representative 13 Republican
1984 Representative 13 Republican
1985 Representative 13 Republican
1986 Representative 13 Republican
1987 Representative 13 Republican
1988 Representative 13 Republican
1989 Representative 13 Republican
1990 Representative 13 Republican
1991 Representative 13 Republican
1992 Representative 13 Republican
1993 Representative 13 Republican
1994 Representative 13 Republican
1995 Representative 13 Republican
1996 Representative 13 Republican
1997 Representative 13 Republican
1998 Representative 13 Republican
1999 Representative 13 Republican
2000 Representative 13 Republican
2001 Representative 13 Republican
2002 Representative 13 Republican
2003 Representative 13 Republican
2004 Representative 13 Republican
2005 Representative 13 Republican
2006 Representative 13 Republican
2007 Representative 13 Republican
2008 Representative 13 Republican
Counties Chester, Lancaster

Biography

11/14/1937 -


Chester County (1983-1992 and 2003-2008), Chester and Lancaster Counties (1993-2002)

HERSHEY, Arthur D., a Representative from Chester County; born in Kinzers, Lancaster County, Pa., November 14, 1937; graduated, Paradise High School; attended, Public Affairs Leadership Program, Pennsylvania State University, 1973; attended, Cecil County Community College; dairy and hog farmer; owner, Ar-Joy Farm; member, West Fallowfield Planning Commission (1975-1982); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1982; reelected to 12 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee (1983-1994); appointed, Chesapeake Bay Commission (2000-2008; vice chair, 2000, 2007; chair, 2008); not a candidate for reelection to the House (2008); senior consultant, Versant Strategies.
 

 

 

Bibliography



Hershey, Arthur D.  From the Farm to the House.  Morgantown:  Masthof Press, 2013.

 



 

Archival Collections


Papers of Arthur D. Hershey, 1983-2008 (2019.027), Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives, Harrisburg.

Papers of Arthur D. Hershey, 1983-2008 (2016.004), Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives, Harrisburg.

Papers of Arthur D. Hershey, 1982-2008, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives, Harrisburg.

 

Oral History

Rep. Arthur D. Hershey Oral History, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives (October 29, 2008)

 

 


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