Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 59

The 59th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Somerset County and Westmoreland County and includes the following areas:^[1]

Somerset County Boswell Conemaugh Township Jennerstown Jenner Township Westmoreland County Bolivar Cook Township Donegal Donegal Township Fairfield Township Hempfield Township (PART) District Todd District University District West Point Laurel Mountain

Westmoreland County (continued) Ligonier Ligonier Township Mount Pleasant Township New Florence Seward St. Clair Township Unity Township (PART) District Baggaley District Beatty District Crabtree District Dennison District Kuhns District Marguerite District Mutual District Pleasant Unity

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Prior to 1969, seats were apportioned by county.
Eugene G. Saloom	Republican	1969 – 1974
	Democrat	1975 – 1976		Switched to Democratic Party Later represented 26th district
Jess M. Stairs	Republican	1977 – 2008	Acme	Retired
Mike Reese	Republican	2009 – present	Mount Pleasant Township	Incumbent

References

• Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

1. "Composite Listing of House of Representatives Districts" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved 2015-02-19.