Facts: - state house: pennsylvania - party: republican - predecessor: tim murphy ronald gamble - birth date: 12 december 1970 - profession: environmental engineer - state senate: pennsylvania - spouse: katherine pippy - district: 37th 44th - term end: june 30 , 2012 march 24 , 2003 - constituency: part county of allegheny and washington counties part of allegheny - name: john r. pippy - birth place: ubon , thailand - successor: matt smith mark mustio - state: pennsylvania - image size: 250px - nationality: american - alma mater: west point - residence: peters township = peters township = - children: katelyn , reagan , and sean pippy - term start: march 24 , 2003 january 7 , 1997 - image: john pippy.jpg - religion: christian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john pippy .
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john pippy -lrb- born december 12 , 1970 in ubon , thailand -rrb- is an american politician from the u.s. state of pennsylvania .a member of the republican party , he served in the pennsylvania state senate from 2003 to 2012 and the pennsylvania house of representatives from 1997 to 2003 .