Dennis E. Leh | |
|---|---|
| Member of the PennsylvaniaHouseofRepresentatives from the 130th district | |
| In office January 6, 1987 [1] –November 30, 2006 [2] | |
| Preceded by | Lester Fryer |
| Succeeded by | David Kessler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 4, 1946 Pottstown, Pennsylvania [3] |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Columbia |
| Children | 3 children |
| Residence | Amity Township, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Tool & Diemaker & Small Businessman |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1965—1967 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | Military Police Corps |
Dennis E. Leh (born January 4, 1946) is a Republican former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He was born in Pottstown. [4]
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts.
He is a 1964 graduate of Pottstown High School. [5] He served in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967, attaining the rank of sergeant in the Military Police Corps. [6] He completed a 4-year Tool and die maker apprenticeship and worked for Doehler-Jarvis, Farley Industries, and was the owner-operator of Leh Tool Service for 20 years. [5] [6]
Pottstown Senior High School is a high school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Pottstown School District. The school's mascot is a Trojan. The students go by the name of the "Trojans". The school colors are blue and white.
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution. As the oldest and most senior branch of the U.S. military in order of precedence, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which was formed to fight the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)—before the United States of America was established as a country. After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army. The United States Army considers itself descended from the Continental Army, and dates its institutional inception from the origin of that armed force in 1775.
Sergeant is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternate spelling, "serjeant", is used in The Rifles and other units that draw their heritage from the British Light Infantry. Its origin is the Latin "serviens", "one who serves", through the French term "sergent".
In 1994 he proposed the three-strikes laws against persistent violent offenders. [7]
In the United States, habitual offender laws were first implemented on March 7, 1994 and are part of the United States Justice Department's Anti-Violence Strategy. These laws require both a severe violent felony and two other previous convictions to serve a mandatory life sentence in prison. The purpose of the laws is to drastically increase the punishment of those convicted of more than two serious crimes.
