Biographical Sketch

Noah W. Wenger

Senator Noah W. Wenger is serving his fifth term representing Pennsylvania’s 36th District, which is situated in Lancaster County. He is a veteran of the Pennsylvania State Legislature having served in the House of Representatives for six years, from 1977 to 1982, representing the 99th Legislative District. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate in 1982.

Senator Wenger serves as Majority Caucus Chairman; a position that makes him a member of Senate leadership and directly involves him in the policy-making decisions for the Republican Caucus affecting the state. He also serves on several other Senate committees, including Appropriations, Banking and Insurance, Rules and Executive Nominations, State Government, and he is Vice Chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.

Senator Wenger was the key architect of Pennsylvania’s farmland preservation law, which has permanently preserved over 1,500 farms in the Commonwealth, including 28,000 acres in Lancaster County. He has worked diligently to secure funding for this program since its establishment in 1989. Pennsylvania is now the number one state in the nation for farmland preservation. Senator Wenger was instrumental in securing funds in 2001 for the continuation of the crop insurance program which provides a subsidy to farmers towards the cost of crop insurance premiums. This program saves the Commonwealth millions of dollars by enabling the farming community to insure against natural crop disasters.

In addition to his various committee assignments, the Senator is a member of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, the Executive Committee of the Joint State Government Commission, the Legislative Audit Advisory Commission and the Firefighter’s Caucus. He is also a director of the Ephrata National Bank, as well as a member of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and several civic organizations.

Senator Wenger is the owner of a livestock and poultry farm and resides in Stevens, Pennsylvania with his wife Barbara.

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