Pennsylvania Young Republicans

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The Pennsylvania Young Republicans (PAYR) is an organization for members of the Republican Party of the United States between the ages of 18 and 40 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Also known as the Young Republicans of Pennsylvania or the Pennsylvania Federation of Young Republicans, the organization is composed of chapters located in counties in Pennsylvania.

The chapters of the Pennsylvania Young Republicans are both social and political in nature. Many of them sponsor various social events and networking events for members. In addition, the chapters assist Republican political candidates and causes.

The oldest Young Republican chapter in Pennsylvania is the Chester County Young Republican chapter, which was founded on July 4, 1931.

The Pennsylvania Young Republican organization is an active member of the Young Republican National Federation.

Organizational structure[]

The PAYR is the parent organization for its local chapters. The state organization approves and oversees its local chapters, primarily organized by county or multi-county bodies.

The PAYR is led by the state chairman. The chairman is head of the executive committee, which includes the vice chair, national committee man & national committee woman, treasurer, secretary, executive director and appointees of the chairman. The chairman also leads the board of directors, an advisory body composed of appointees and the chairs of officially recognized chapters.

State officers are elected at biannual state conventions during odd years. Voting rights belong to each member of the executive committee and delegates appointed by local chapters.

Chapters may be formally recognized by the state organization after having a small group of active members petition for a charter and by having the chapter re-apply on an annual basis. Unsanctioned chapters are those who have not gained formal approval from the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Young Republicans and are in violation of trademark laws when using the term "Young Republican" which is owned by the Young Republican National Federation and, through the formal association with the national organization, granted to its chapters by the Pennsylvania Young Republicans.

The PAYR is formally chartered by the Young Republican National Federation and officially recognized by the Republican Party of Pennsylvania as its youth auxiliary with its state chairman serving as a member of the state party's leadership committee. The YRNF owns the trademark to the term "Young Republican" and the YRNF logo.

PA Young Republican chapters[]

Official chapters of the Pennsylvania Young Republicans (with date of establishment):

• Allegheny County Chapter (2018)
• Blair County Chapter (2018)
• Bedford County Chapter (2017)
• Berks County Chapter (2017)
• Bucks County Chapter (2017)
• Butler County Chapter
• Centre County Chapter (2019)
• Chester County Chapter (1931)
• Crawford County Chapter (2016)
• Cumberland County Chapter (2017)
• Dauphin County Chapter
• Delaware County Chapter (1973)
• Erie County Chapter (2018)
• Fayette County Chapter (2017)
• Franklin County Chapter (2015)
• Lackawanna County Chapter (2017)
• Lancaster County Chapter
• Lebanon County Chapter (2018)
• Lehigh Valley Chapter consisting of Lehigh and Northampton counties (2015)
• Luzerne County Chapter (2017)
• Lycoming County Chapter (2017)
• Monroe County Chapter (2017)
• Montgomery County Chapter
• Perry County Chapter (2019)
• Philadelphia County Chapter (2017)
• Pike County Chapter
• Schuylkill County Chapter (2018)
• Susquehanna Valley Chapter consisting of Snyder, Union and Northumberland counties (2017)
• Warren County Chapter (2017)
• Washington County Chapter (2017)
• Westmoreland County Chapter (2017)
• Wyoming County Chapter (2017)
• York County Chapter (2017)

Notable Pennsylvania Young Republican alumni[]

• Jim Cawley, Former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2011-2015)
• Scott Perry, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district (2019-present), Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district (2013-2019)
• Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator of Pennsylvania (1995-2007)
• Greg Rothman, Pennsylvania State Representative from the 87th District (2015-present)

See also[]

• College Republicans
• Teen Age Republicans
• Republicans Overseas

Footnotes[]

Further reading[]

• Jon Grinspan, "'Young Men for War': The Wide Awakes and Lincoln's 1860 Presidential Campaign," Journal of American History, vol. 96, no. 2, (Sept. 2009), pp. 357–378. In JSTOR
• "PA Young Republicans Elect New Leadership," Pottstown Mercury (Feb 2017). Digital First Media [1]

External links[]

• Pennsylvania Young Republicans
• Young Republican National Federation