James Knepper

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = James W. Knepper, Jr.

| office = Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor and Industry

| governor = Dick Thornburgh

| term_start = September 10, 1984{{cite web|title=James W. Knepper, Jr.|url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=552781&mode=2|work=Secretaries of Labor and Industry|publisher=The State of Pennsylvania|accessdate=December 21, 2011|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061252/http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=552781&mode=2|url-status=dead}}

| term_end = January 20, 1987

| predecessor = Barry Stern

| successor = Harris Wofford

| state_house2 = Pennsylvania

| district2 = 43rd

| term_start2 = January 3, 1971

| term_end2 = November 30, 1980

| predecessor2 = George Haudenshield

| successor2 = Daniel Fleck

| constituency =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|5|12}}

| birth_place = Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

| death_date = {{death date and age |2016|5|30 |1932|5|12 |mf=yes}}

| death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

| party = Republican

| alma_mater = Carnegie Mellon University

| occupation = Publisher, politician

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James W. Knepper, Jr. (May 12, 1932 – May 30, 2016) was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.{{cite web |title=James W Knepper, Jr |url=https://www.dli.pa.gov/secretaries/Pages/James-W-Knepper,-Jr.aspx |publisher=Department of Labor & Industry |access-date=July 1, 2024}}{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = House Members K | publisher = Wilkes University | work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| date = | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/K.html}} He died of cancer in 2016 at the age of 84.[http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2016/06/04/News-Obituary-James-W-Knepper-Businessman-turned-politician-had-lasting-impact-on-community/stories/201606030191 James Knepper-obituary]