Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
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Name (Latin)
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Other forms of name
Pennsylvania. House of Representatives
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Sources of Information
- NUCMC data from Bucks County Hist. Soc. for Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1688-1980 (indenture of William Beakes for Bucks County election to the Provincial Assembly members)
- Pennsylvania House of Representatives WWW Home page, Nov. 7, 2001(Pennsylvania House first met as the Provincial Assembly on December 4, 1682, at Upland, near Chester, 40 days after William Penn arrived in the colony; after three years, the Provincial Assembly initiated greater independence from the colonial authorities; insisted upon the right to control its own affairs, qualify members and initiate legislation; Provincial Assembly became the foundation upon which organized representative government in America was built; ratification of the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1790 created the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as we know it today; first session was held in 1791)
Wikipedia description:
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It is the largest full-time state legislature in the country; the New Hampshire House of Representatives is larger but it only serves part-time.
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