Matthew J. The speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives holds the oldest state-wide Elected office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. H Jack Seltzer is a former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. H William "Bill" DeWeese, (born April 18 1950) is the Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. K Leroy Irvis ( December 27 1919 – March 16 2006) was the first African American to serve as a speaker of the house John Michael Perzel (born January 7 1950 is an American Republican Politician who represents the 172nd Legislative District ( Northeast Philadelphia Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Ryan (1932-2003) served as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Legislature of the U

Ryan was elected to his first house term in 1962. He served as majority leader for the 1979-80 session, and was first elected speaker in 1981. From 1983 to 1994, he was minority leader. He was elected speaker for his second two-year term in 1995 and for each successive two-year term until his death from cancer in 2003. [2]

Legacy

In 1999, the Capitol Annex of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg was renamed the Speaker Matthew J. Harrisburg is the Capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States of America Ryan Legislative Office Building [3]. The Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania is named in his honor [4]. The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.