Lita Indzel Cohen

Lita Indzel Cohen
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the 148th district
In office
January 5, 1993[1] – November 30, 2002[2]
Preceded byLois Sherman Hagerty
Succeeded byMelissa Murphy Weber
Personal details
Born (1940-12-20) December 20, 1940 (age 84)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
SpouseStanley S.
ResidenceMerion, Pennsylvania
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA, JD)
OccupationAttorney-Business Woman

Lita Indzel Cohen (born December 20, 1940) is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Cohen is a 1958 graduate of Lower Merion High School.[3] She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962 and earned her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1965.[3] Her husband, Stanley, is Senior Counsel with Fox Rothschild in Philadelphia.[4]

She was the first woman elected to the Lower Merion Township Planning Commission and served as Lower Merion Township Commissioner for eight years.[5]

She was first elected to represent the 148th legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1993.[6] She was the Republican nominee in the November 6, 2001 special election in the 17th senatorial district to succeed Richard Tilghman, who retired on August 31, 2001. She lost to fellow State Representative Connie Williams.[7] She did not run for re-election for her House of Representatives seat in 2002 and was succeeded by fellow Republican Melissa Murphy Weber.

References

  1. ^ "SESSION OF 1993 - 177TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 1" (PDF). Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 1993-01-05.
  2. ^ Per Article II, Section 2 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the legislative session ended on November 30, 2002
  3. ^ a b "Lita Indzel Cohen (Republican)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2002-06-19.
  4. ^ "Stanley S. Cohen". Fox Rothschild LLP. 2009.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "The Race for the State Senate". The Landmark. Lower Merion Conservancy. Autumn 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-03-05.
  6. ^ https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=914822
  7. ^ "2001 Special Election for the 17th Senatorial District". Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-11-28.