Ernest P. Kline
| Ernest Kline | |
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| 25th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania | |
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In office January 19, 1971 – January 16, 1979 |
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| Governor | Milton Shapp |
| Preceded by | Raymond Broderick |
| Succeeded by | William Scranton III |
| Democratic Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate |
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In office August 1, 1967 – November 30, 1970 |
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| Preceded by | John Devlin |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Lamb |
| Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 47th district |
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In office January 5, 1965 – January 5, 1971 |
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| Preceded by | John Carl Miller |
| Succeeded by | John Good, Jr. |
| Constituency | Parts of Beaver and Washington Counties. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 20, 1929 Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| Died | May 13, 2009 (aged 79) Hershey Medical Center |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 7 children |
| Residence |
Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania Palmyra, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Duquesne University |
Ernest P. "Ernie" Kline (June 20, 1929 – May 13, 2009) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.
Kline was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and grew up in the Webster neighborhood of Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania. He attended Rostraver High School, where he was the starting quarterback and graduated in 1947. He attended Duquesne University, but was unable to afford to complete his degree. He took a career in radio news broadcasting in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Kittanning, Pennsylvania, and at WBVP-AM in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He entered politics after covering city council; he was elected the Beaver Falls City Council in 1955. In 1961, he was appointed to be a workers' compensation referee for Beaver, Washington, and Greene Counties.
He was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1964, taking office in 1965. In August 1967, he was elected Democratic Floor Leader, becoming the youngest person to hold that position.
He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania on the Milton Shapp gubernatorial ticket in November 1970. As a Western Pennsylvanian, Kline provided balance to the Democratic ticket, which had Philadelphian Milton Shapp. Kline held that position from 1971 to 1979.
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