Dauphin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census,the population was 286,401. The county seat is Harrisburg,Pennsylvania's state capital and ninth-most populous city. The county was created on March 4,1785,from part of Lancaster County and was named after Louis Joseph,Dauphin of France,the first son of King Louis XVI. The county is part of the South Central Pennsylvania region of the state.
Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County,Pennsylvania,United States. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley,a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2020 census,the borough population was 20,118;including suburbs in the neighboring townships,37,695 live in the Carlisle urban cluster. Carlisle is the smaller principal city of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area,which includes Cumberland and Dauphin and Perry counties in South Central Pennsylvania.
Joseph Ritner was the eighth governor of Pennsylvania,and was a member of the Anti-Masonic Party. Elected governor during the 1835 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election,he served from 1835 to 1839.
Cumberland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census,the population was 259,469. Its county seat is Carlisle. The county is part of the South Central Pennsylvania region of the state.
John Pippy is an American politician and brigadier general from the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 2003 to 2012 and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003.
Patricia Deats Jehlen is a former teacher and current Massachusetts State Senator of the Democratic Party. She represents the Second Middlesex District. That includes the cities of Cambridge,Ward 7 Precinct 1,Ward 8 Precinct 1,Ward 10,Medford and Somerville,and the town of Winchester,precincts 4 to 7,inclusive,in the County of Middlesex. She has served the Massachusetts State Senate since 2005. She also served the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 2003. She resides in Somerville,MA.
William I. Gabig is an American politician and former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
The 87th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in central Pennsylvania and has been represented by Thomas Kutz since 2023.
The 104th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in South Central Pennsylvania and has been represented since 2023 by Dave Madsen.
Deberah Kula is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 52nd legislative district. Elected in 2006,she was reelected in 2008,2010,and 2012.
Sylvia Hilda Rambo was an American jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania from her appointment in 1979 until her retirement in August 2024.
Harold F. Mowery Jr. was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate. He also represented the 87th legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1977 to 1990.
Patricia Ann Carone,also known as Patricia Ann Carone Krebs or Patricia Carone Krebs,is an American high school teacher who became a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives during the 1990s.
Charles Bingham Penrose was an American politician who served as a Democratic-Republican and Whig member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 16th and 14th district from 1833 to 1841 and as a Republican member for the 1st district in 1857. He served as Speaker of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1838 to 1839 and again in 1841. He was a key figure during the Buckshot War unrest in Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,after the 1838 legislative election,when both Whigs and Democrats claimed control over the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Patty H. Kim is an American politician. A Democrat,she is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the 103rd district,serving since 2013. She previously served on the Harrisburg,Pennsylvania City Council.
Michael Regan is an American politician and former U.S. Marshal. A Republican,he is the Pennsylvania State Senator from the 31st district. Prior to that,he served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 92nd district from 2013 to 2016.
Judith "Judy" Ward is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate,representing the 30th Senatorial district in Blair County,Pennsylvania in the United States. A Republican,she previously served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
William Gregory Rothman is an American politician. A Republican,he is currently the state senator for Pennsylvania's 34th District,and previously a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2015 to 2022,representing the 87th District.
Ruth Evelyn Hodge is an American archivist,author,educator,and community activist who has furthered the advancement of African-American and United States military history research and writing during the 20th and early 21st centuries. "African-Americans played a great part in building America," she said during a newspaper interview in 2000. "The more people know,the better they understand and the better they get along."
William Edward Miller was an American soldier and Pennsylvania State Senator who fought with the Union Army in the American Civil War. Miller received his country's highest award for bravery during combat,the Medal of Honor,for actions taken on July 3,1863,during the Battle of Gettysburg. While ordered to keep his company stationed on a hill,he disobeyed these orders to lead a surprise attack against a Confederate charge. Said to have saved Gettysburg for his decision to break rank,this was claimed to be the first time in American military history where a soldier was awarded for disobeying a direct order.
