district residence constituency predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party state_house birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
54th lower burrell , pennsylvania parts of allegheny and westmoreland counties c. l. schmitt john pallone 30 january 2012 pittsburgh , pennsylvania pittsburgh , pennsylvania democrat pennsylvania february 24 , 1946 january 6 , 1981 jacqueline terry van horne
 november 30 , 2000 terry e. van horne duquesne university widener university school of law
terry van horne

terry e. van horne -lrb- february 24 , 1946 -- january 30 , 2012 -rrb- was a former democratic member of the pennsylvania house of representatives , where he represented the 54th legislative district .
he was born in pittsburgh , pennsylvania and graduated from arnold high school in 1963 .
he earned a degree from duquesne university in 1968 and a law degree from widener university school of law in 1993 .
he was first elected to the pennsylvania house of representatives in 1980 , a position he held until 2000 .
in 2000 , democratic congressman ron klink vacated pennsylvania 's 4th congressional district to challenge republican rick santorum for the united states senate .
van horne won an 8-way primary election to win the democratic nominee to succeed klink .
he defeated the state and national party 's preferred candidate , matthew mangino , the lawrence county , pennsylvania district attorney .
van horne lost the election to then-pennsylvania senator melissa hart .
in july 2007 , van horne was hired as the municipal manager for penn hills township , pennsylvania .
he was fired by the penn hills municipal council in february 2009 and said that he was distracted by his duties as solicitor for east deer township , pennsylvania and that he had failed to move into the municipality within the required time period .
