A Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pa., October 20, 1955; graduated from Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, Pa., 1974; B.A., Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1978; J.D., Temple University Law School, Philadelphia, Pa., 1986; lawyer, private practice; U.S. attorney, 2001-2008; staff, United States Senator Arlen Specter, 1991-1994; Delaware County, Pa., district attorney, 1996-2001; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2011-present). Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.), who previously announced his retirement from Congress following reports he had paid a secret settlement to a staffer who accused him of harassment, resigned outright Friday April 27 2018