State Rep. Will Tallman is in his freshman year of service to the citizens of the 193rd Legislative District. A member of the House Children and Youth, Education and Intergovernmental Affairs committees, Tallman brings a wide range of life experiences to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
As a teenager, he campaigned door-to-door for Barry Goldwater in 1964. He served as a page in the Wisconsin Assembly while in college at the Wisconsin School of Electronics.
Following graduation, he wrote technical manuals for Piper Aircraft in Lock Haven and later worked in computer, engineering and management positions for various companies in Pennsylvania.
Tallman is currently self-employed doing computer networking and telephone line improvements for small businesses in the Hanover-Gettysburg area.
While living in Tioga County, he served two terms on the Wellsboro Area School District Board of Education and was president of the board for two years. He also served on the Pennsylvania School Board Association’s legislative council.
From 1994 to 1998 and since 2004, Tallman has served on the Adams County Republican Committee including a term as treasurer. He is currently a member of the county committee’s executive committee and president of the Adams County Republican Club and has served on the Republican State Committee.
Tallman is a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association official for both football and wrestling and worked with the youth baseball program in East Berlin.
He attended New Tribes Bible Institute and is a deacon in his church, where he is involved with youth activities.
Tallman has assisted with the Hanover Provide a Lunch Program for the needy, volunteered to help local homeless people, and worked in Alabama with victims of Hurricane Katrina.
He is a member of the Hampton Fire Department as an EMT, and is a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and former NRA hunter safety instructor.
Tallman was born on March 25, 1947, in Lock Haven. He and his wife Suzanne live in New Oxford and are the parents of four children, three of whom are missionaries and a fourth who serves in the U.S. Army.
The 193rd District includes the Adams County municipalities of Berwick, Butler, Hamilton, Huntington, Latimore, Menallen, Oxford, Reading and Tyrone townships, and Abbotstown, Bendersville, Biglerville, East Berlin, New Oxford and York Springs boroughs, as well as Penn Township and Hanover Borough in York County.