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unusual facts about Pennsylvania General Assembly


SEPTA Route 15

The Richmond and Schuylkill River Passenger Railway was chartered by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on March 26, 1859 to operate along Girard Avenue between the Girard Avenue Bridge over the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park and Norris Street in Richmond, with an extension authorized west over the bridge to Lancaster Avenue.


Coventryville Historic District

Coventryville's origins lie in the iron forge founded in 1717 by Englishman Samuel Nutt, an early American industrialist and member of Pennsylvania's Assembly in 1723–26.

Pennsylvania budget impasses

When Governor Ed Rendell and the Pennsylvania General Assembly failed to come to terms on a new budget, Pennsylvania entered into its seventh consecutive budget impasse.

PRR 1361

It is one of the two remaining K4s locomotives and, along with PRR 3750, was designated the official state steam locomotive in 1987 by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

PRR 3750

It is one of the two remaining K4s locomotives and, along with PRR 1361, was designated the official state steam locomotive in 1987 by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

Russell M. Nigro

The ousting of Justice Nigro was the direct result of public anger over a pay raise for members of all 3 branches of state government, which the General Assembly passed without public notice or debate in the early morning hours of July 7, 2005 and then-governor Ed Rendell quickly signed.

Shikellamy State Park

The dam was named for Adam T. Bower, Chief Clerk of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1967–68 and Director of Services during the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1967-68, by Act 2001-5 of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

William Henry Andrews

William Henry "Bull" Andrews (January 14, 1846 – January 16, 1919) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and as a delegate from the New Mexico Territory.


see also

Parapolice

Coal and Iron Police - a private police force established by the Pennsylvania General Assembly but employed and paid by the various coal companies.

West Leechburg, Pennsylvania

West Leechburg is represented in the Pennsylvania General Assembly by State Senator Jim Ferlo (D) and State Representative Joseph Petrarca, Jr. (D).