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ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Erie, Erie County, Pa., June 20, 1956; B.A., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., 1978; committee staff aide, Pennsylvania state senate; Erie County, Pa., controller, 1985-1988; unsuccessful candidate for Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1988; chief of staff for Pennsylvania state senator Melissa Hart, 1990-1994; delegate to Republican National Convention in 1984, 2000, and 2004; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2009); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008.