George T. Kenney, Jr. | |
---|---|
Member of the PennsylvaniaHouseofRepresentatives from the 170th district | |
In office January 3, 1985 –November 30, 2008 | |
Preceded by | Frank A. Salvatore |
Succeeded by | Brendan F. Boyle |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia,Pennsylvania | October 29,1957
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Elizabeth |
Children | Devon Kenney,Carter Kenney,George Kenney lll,Paige Kenney,Taylor Kenney |
Residence | Philadelphia,Pennsylvania |
Alma mater | La Salle University |
Website | www.georgekenney.com |
George T. Kenney Jr. (born October 29,1957) is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represented the 170th District from 1985 to 2008. [1]
Born in the city of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania on October 29,1957,Kenney graduated from LaSalle High School and then earned a Bachelor of Science degree from LaSalle College in 1982. He was subsequently employed in pharmaceutical sales with McNeil Pharmaceutical. [2]
Kenney and his wife Elizabeth live in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania and have 5 children.
Treasurer and leader of the 58th Ward Republican Executive Committee,Kenney was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1984,and then reelected to eleven additional consecutive terms. Appointed to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (1997-2002),he did not stand for reelection to the House in 2008,but was elected that year as an alternate delegate to the 2008 Republican National Convention. [3]
He was succeeded in the House by Democrat Brendan F. Boyle.
Kenney has served as the assistant vice president for government affairs,Health Sciences at Temple University. [4]
Todd Russell Platts is an American attorney and Republican Party politician who serves as a Judge on the York County Court of Common Pleas and is a former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district,serving from 2001 to 2013.
Dennis Michael O'Brien is an American Republican Party politician who served as the 137th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2007 to 2008. First elected in 1976,he represented the 169th Legislative District in the state House for the most part of four decades. He served as a member of the Philadelphia City Council for one term,from 2012 to 2016.
Michael O'Brien was an American politician who was a member of Democratic Party in Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 175th legislative district. He was first elected in 2006.
Patrick J. Harkins is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for 1st District and was elected in 2006.
Vincent J. Hughes is an American politician who is serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate,representing the 7th District since 1994. Hughes previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 190th District from 1987 to 1994.
Dwight Evans is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Pennsylvania since 2016. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 203rd district for over thirty-five years.
Thomas P. Murt is a Republican former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 152nd legislative district. He was first elected in 2006.
Charles T. McIlhinney Jr. is a Republican former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate,representing the 10th District from 2007 to 2019. Previously,he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1998 through 2006.
Brendan Francis Boyle is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives,representing a district in the Philadelphia area since 2015. Since January 2023,he has served as Ranking Member of United States House Committee on the Budget. He represented the 13th district from 2015 to 2019,serving much of Northeast Philadelphia and most of suburban Montgomery County. Since 2019,he has represented the 2nd district,which is entirely within the City of Philadelphia,including all of Northeast Philadelphia and portions of North Philadelphia and Center City Philadelphia,largely east of Broad Street. Boyle represented the 170th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2009 to 2015.
James E. Marshall is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 14th District since 2007 and is a member of the Republican Party.
Robert Mensch is an American politician. A Republican,served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the 24th district from 2009 to 2022. He previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,where he represented the 147th legislative district.
Harry Scott Conklin is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 77th legislative district. He was first elected in 2006. Conklin is a Rush Township resident and has been married to his wife,Terri,since 1984. They have one son,Spencer,who was born in 1987. He was the democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in 2010,losing by a ten percent margin.
William F. "Bill" Keller is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Timothy P. Briggs is an American lawyer who serves as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 149th District since 2009.
Alan L. Butkovitz is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the City Controller of Philadelphia from 2006 to 2018. He was also a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1991 to 2005. In 2023,he was a candidate in the 2024 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election but withdrew before the primary,citing ill health.
James Francis Kenney is an American politician who served as the 99th mayor of Philadelphia from 2016 to 2024. Kenney was first elected on November 3,2015,defeating his Republican rival Melissa Murray Bailey after winning the crowded Democratic primary contest by a landslide on May 19.
Madeleine Dean Cunnane is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. The district includes almost all of Montgomery County,a suburban county north of Philadelphia. Before being elected to Congress,Dean was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly,representing the 153rd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
John Robert Moolenaar is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2015,representing the state's 2nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2003 to 2008 and the Michigan Senate from 2011 to 2014.
Stephen Kinsey is an American politician and former Democratic Party member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,serving from 2013 to 2024. Kinsey had served as the chief of staff to state Representative John Myers,who preceded Kinsey in office. Kinsey served as the chair of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus during the 2019-2020 legislative session.
Joanna E. McClinton is an American politician from Pennsylvania currently serving as the 143rd Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since February 28,2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she is the first woman to serve as Speaker.