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Pennsylvania/Related Articles
From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
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Parent topics
- United States of America [r]: Constitutional republic in North America, has major land borders with Mexico and Canada. [e]
Subtopics
Principal cities
- Allentown, Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Altoona, Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania [r]: City in eastern Pennsylvania. Former home of Bethlehem Steel, which was at one point the second-largest steel producer in the United States. [e]
- Erie, Pennsylvania [r]: An industrial port on the coast of Lake Erie [e]
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Philadelphia [r]: A very, very, very, very large city in Pennsylvania. [e]
- Pittsburg, Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Reading, Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scranton, Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- York, Pennsylvania [r]: Add brief definition or description
Politics and government
State government
U.S. Senate
- Robert Casey [r]: U.S. Senator (D-Pennsylvania); U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Senate Committee on Agriculture: chair, Production, Income Protection and Price Support subcommittee [e]
- Arlen Specter [r]: U.S. Senator (D-Pennsylvania), U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary [e]
U.S. House of Representatives
- Jason Altmire [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Pennsylvania); Blue Dog Coalition [e]
- Robert Brady [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Pennsylvania), U.S. House Armed Services Committee; opposed 2002 Iraq War resolution; Congressional Progressive Caucus; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union [e]
- Chris Carney [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Pennsylvania); Member, New Democrat Coalition [e]
- Kathy Dahlkemper [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Pennsylvania); Blue Dog Coalition Congressional Caucus on Bosnia [e]
- Charles Dent [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mike Doyle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chaka Fattah [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Pennsylvania); opposed 2002 Iraq War vote and member of Out of Iraq Caucus; Congressional Progressive Caucus; 0% "true liberal" rating from American Conservative Union [e]
- Jim Gerlach [r]: U.S. Representative, (R-Pennsylvania) House Financial Services Committee [e]
- Paul Kanjorski [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tim Holden [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Pennsylvania); vice chairman, House Agriculture Committee [e]
- Patrick Murphy [r]: U.S. House of Representatives (D-Pennsylvania); member of the Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee and Tactical and Technical Intelligence Subcommittee; Congressional Caucus on Bosnia [e]
- Tim Murphy [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Pennsylvania); participant, 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform [e]
- John Murtha [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Pennsylvania); House Appropriations Committee; retired colonel, U.S. Marine Corps with combat service in Vietnam War [e]
- Joseph Pitts [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Pennsylvania); U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea; Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; 100% American Conservative Union rating, 2008 [e]
- Todd Platts [r]: U.S. Representative (R-Pennsylvania), U.S. House Armed Services Committee, U.S House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce; Republican cochair of Congressional Taskforce on Tobacco and Health, Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, National Service Caucus, Congressional Arts Caucus [e]
- Allyson Schwartz [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Pennsylvania); Vice-Chair, New Democrat Coalition; participant, 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform; 0% "true liberal" 2008 rating from American Conservative Union [e]
- Joe Sestak [r]: U.S. Representative, (D-Pennsylvania), U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House Armed Services Committee; New Democrat Coalition; 2008 90% rating from Americans for Democratic Action and 0% "true liberal" rating from American Conservative Union [e]
- Bill Shuster [r]: U.S. House of Representatives (R-Pennsylvania); member, U.S. House Armed Services Committee: Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee [e]
- Glenn Thompson [r]: U.S. Representative, (R-Pennsylvania), U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor; Republican Study Committee [e]
Social, cultural, and educational
- To include 4 yr colleges and universities, also museums, zoos, etc
- Pennsylvania State University [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Amish [r]: A Christian people centered mainly in the United States and noted for their rejection of much of modern culture and technology. [e]
Industry and agriculture
- Principal crops and farming-related articles, industrial products, etc
Geographical and geological features
- Delaware River [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lake Erie [r]: Southernmost of the North American Great Lakes [e]
Noteworthy places
People
- William Penn [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Benjamin Franklin [r]: 1706-1790, American statesman and scientist, based in Philadelphia. [e]
Federal
- Institutions and installations such as military (West Point), research facilities (Los Alamos), National Paks, Wilderness areas
State history
- Mason-Dixon line [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of Gettysburg [r]: A turning point in the American Civil War, July 1-3, 1863, on the outskirts of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [e]
Associated U.S. states
Contiguous states
- New York (state) [r]: A state of the northeast United States. [e]
- New Jersey [r]: State on the eastern coast of the USA. [e]
- Delaware [r]: A State of the Eastern USA. [e]
- Maryland [r]: A State on the Eastern coast of the USA. [e]
- West Virginia [r]: 35th state of the USA [e]
- Ohio [r]: The 17th state admitted to the United States of America. [e]
Other of the 13 original colonies
- New Hampshire [r]: American state in New England on the Canadian border. It also borders Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and the Atlantic Ocean. [e]
- Massachusetts [r]: A State in the New England region of the north-east USA. [e]
- Rhode Island [r]: Smallest state in the United States, located in the New England region. [e]
- Connecticut [r]: 5th state of the USA [e]
- New York (state) [r]: A state of the northeast United States. [e]
- New Jersey [r]: State on the eastern coast of the USA. [e]
- Delaware [r]: A State of the Eastern USA. [e]
- Maryland [r]: A State on the Eastern coast of the USA. [e]
- Virginia [r]: A state in the southeastern United States. [e]
- North Carolina [r]: A state in the southeastern region of the United States [e]
- South Carolina [r]: A State in the South-eastern USA. [e]
- Georgia (U.S. state) [r]: One of the original 13 states of the USA [e]
Native American
- Tribes, reservations, etc
