D. Elmer Hawbaker [SEP] position held
D. Elmer Hawbaker
D. Elmer Hawbaker (November 30, 1916 – November 26, 1994) was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1961 to 1972.
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Congressional service.
In 1972, Shuster decided to enter politics when he entered the Republican primary for the 9th District. The district had previously been the 12th, represented by five-term Republican J. Irving Whalley, who was retiring. He defeated popular state senator D. Elmer Hawbaker of Mercersburg in the Republican primary–the real contest in what has long been one of the most Republican districts in Pennsylvania. The 9th and its predecessors have been in Republican