Member Biography

Jake Doyle Corman III

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1999       34 Republican
2000       34 Republican
2001       34 Republican
2002       34 Republican
2003       34 Republican
2004       34 Republican
2005       34 Republican
2006       34 Republican
2007     Majority Policy Committee Chairman 34 Republican
2008     Majority Policy Committee Chairman 34 Republican
2009     Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 34 Republican
2010     Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 34 Republican
2011     Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 34 Republican
2012     Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 34 Republican
2013     Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 34 Republican
2014     Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman 34 Republican
2015     Majority Floor Leader 34 Republican
2016     Majority Floor Leader 34 Republican
2017     Majority Floor Leader 34 Republican
2018     Majority Floor Leader 34 Republican
2019     Majority Floor Leader 34 Republican
2020     Majority Floor Leader 34 Republican
2021     President Pro Tempore 34 Republican
2022     President Pro Tempore 34 Republican

COUNTIES: Cumberland, Centre, Perry, Juniata, Dauphin, Union  


Biography

09/09/1964 -


Jacob Doyle Corman III (R34) Centre (part), Juniata, Mifflin (part), Perry and Union (part) Counties 1999-2022

Early Life: 

Jacob Doyle Corman III, born September 9, 1964, Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania; son of Jacob Doyle Corman Jr. and Rebecca “Becky” Kay Davis; Bellefonte Area High School; Pennsylvania College of Technology (A.S.) communications, 1990; Pennsylvania State University (BA) journalism, 1993; married, Kelli Lopsonzski, three children; field service director, Pennsylvania Builders Association, 1993-1994; state director, Central Pennsylvania, United States Senator Rick Santorum, 1994-1998; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 34th district, 1999-2022; Majority Leader, 2015- 2020; President pro tempore, Pennsylvania Senate, 2020-2022; married, Kelli, three children.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Pennsylvania State University Alumni Association; Pleasant Gap United Methodist Church; Bellefonte Area Jaycees; Bellefonte Kiwanis; Ducks Unlimited; Fraternal Order of Police; National Wild Turkey Association.

Early Career:

Field Service Director, Pennsylvania Builders Association, 1993-1994; State Director, Central Pennsylvania, United States Senator Rick Santorum, 1994-1998.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 34th district, Centre (part), Juniata, Mifflin (part), Perry and Union (part) Counties, January 7, 1999-November, 30, 2022; district, eliminated, redistricting process, 2022; not a candidate for reelection, 2022; Majority Policy Committee Chairman, 2007-2008; Chairman Appropriations Committee, 2009-2014; member Banking and Insurance, Education, Game and Fisheries, Rules and Executive Nominations, State Government Committees; Majority Leader, Pennsylvania Senate, 2015-2020; President pro tempore, Pennsylvania Senate, 2020-2022; member ex-officio of all Standing Committees.

Candidate, Republican, Pennsylvania Governor, spring primary, May 2022.

Acting Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, May 17, 2022-May 23, 2022.

Legacy:

Father, Jacob Doyle Corman Jr., Pennsylvania State Senator, 34th district, 1977- 1998.

Prime sponsor, Senate Bill 1, pension reform legislation, 2017, P.L. 11, No. 5.

Sued the NCAA, seeking to reverse sanctions that the athletic association imposed against Penn State after the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. In a settlement, the NCAA lifted the sanctions against the university.

Prime sponsor of Timothy J. Piazza Anti-Hazing Law, 2018, P.L. 535, No. 80.

Cited

Bogden, S. (Editor). (2013). The Pennsylvania manual, 121. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 3-16, 3-35, 3-39.