Pat Meehan
Pat Meehan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th district | |
| In office January 3, 2011 – April 27, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Sestak |
| Succeeded by | Mary Gay Scanlon |
| United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| In office September 17, 2001 – July 15, 2008 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Michael R. Stiles |
| Succeeded by | Laurie Magid (Acting) |
| District Attorney of Delaware County | |
| In office January 9, 1996 – September 17, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | William H. Ryan Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Holsten |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick Leo Meehan October 20, 1955 Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Carolyn Meehan |
| Education | Bowdoin College (BA) Temple University (JD) |
Patrick Leo Meehan (born October 20, 1955) is a former American Republican Party politician and federal prosecutor from Pennsylvania who represented parts of Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, Berks, and Lancaster counties in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 until his resignation in 2018. He succeeded Democrat Joe Sestak, who ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.
A graduate of Bowdoin College and Temple University, Meehan previously served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2001–2008) and as district attorney of Delaware County, Pennsylvania (1996–2001).
In January 2018, following the revelation that he used taxpayers' money to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by a female staff member, Meehan announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term, and not seek re-election in 2018. On April 27, 2018, Meehan resigned and said he would pay back the taxpayer funds used for the settlement. Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon won both a special and general election on the day of that year's midterms in November to succeed him.