Member Biography

John Hunsberger Stauffer III

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1969       19 Republican
1970       19 Republican
1971       19 Republican
1972       19 Republican
1973       19 Republican
1974       19 Republican
1975       19 Republican
1976       19 Republican
1977     Minority Whip 19 Republican
1978     Minority Whip 19 Republican
1979     Minority Whip 19 Republican
1980     Minority Whip 19 Republican
1981     Majority Whip 19 Republican
1982     Majority Whip 19 Republican
1983     Majority Whip 19 Republican
1984     Majority Whip 19 Republican
1985     Majority Floor Leader 19 Republican
1986     Majority Floor Leader 19 Republican
1987     Majority Floor Leader 19 Republican
1988     Majority Floor Leader 19 Republican

COUNTIES: Montgomery, Chester  


Biography

05/28/1925 - 10/26/2019


John Hunsberger Stauffer III (R19) Chester County 1970-1972 (R19) Chester (Part) and Montgomery (Part) Counties 1973-1988

Early Life:

John Hunsberger Stauffer III, born May 28, 1925, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; son of John and Alice Funk Stauffer; Phoenixville High School; married, Mary Elizabeth Bergantz Stauffer, daughters, Carol Porter, Nancy Holtzapple, Barbara Bushey; proprietor, Stauffer's Men's Store, Phoenixville; elected, council, Phoenixville, 1959-1964; president, council, Phoenixville, 1962-1964; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1965- resigned, November 17, 1970; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1970-1988, Minority Whip, 1977-1980, Majority Whip, 1981-1984, Majority Leader, 1985-1988; appointed, Local Government Commission, 1973-1982 chair, Local Government Commission, 1975-1976; at-large member, Republican State Committee, 1977-1978; died, October 26, 2019 (aged 94), Homestead Village, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interment, Green Tree Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Oaks, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, council, Phoenixville, 1959-1964; president, council, Phoenixville, 1962-1964.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Chester County district, 1965-1968. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 157th district, 1969-resigned, November 17, 1970.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 19th district, Chester County, seated November 17, 1970-1972, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 19th district, Chester (Part) and Montgomery (Part) Counties, 1973-1988, Minority Whip, 1977-1980, Majority Whip, 1981-1984, Majority Leader, 1985-1988; appointed, Local Government Commission, 1973-1982 chair, Local Government Commission, 1975-1976.

At-large member, Republican State Committee, 1977-1978.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "S"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

John Hunsberger Stauffer III (1925-2019) - Find a Grave Memorial