Rep. Scott Perry

Scott Perry brings a distinct background of hard work, small business and military leadership, and community involvement to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Perry has served as Congressman from Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional District (York, Adams & part Cumberland Counties) from 2013-2017. He was re-election to the newly-redistricted 10th District (Dauphin County and parts of Cumberland and York Counties) in 2018, and presently serves on the U.S. House Committees on Transportation & Infrastructure, Oversight, and Foreign Affairs. 

Perry is Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, whose mission is “to give a voice to countless Americans who feel that Washington does not represent them.

Perry served three terms in the PA State House (2006-2012) on Appropriations, Consumer Affairs, Labor Relations, Veterans Affairs, Emergency Preparedness, and Rules Committees.

Perry is the grandson of Colombian immigrants, and the son of a single mom who fled abuse, and worked several jobs to survive and support her children. .   

He’s a 1980 graduate of Northern High School and the Cumberland-Perry Vo-Tech School.  He put himself through college while working a full-time job, and graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1991, with a BS degree in Business Administration Management.

In 1993, Perry and his mom started their own mechanical contracting firm.  The Dillsburg-based business provided contract construction and maintenance services to utilities from North Carolina to New York.

Perry enlisted in the Army in 1980. He graduated as president of his Officer Candidate School class, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery branch. He soon branch-transferred to Army Aviation. 

He deployed to Iraq from 2009-2010, and flew 44 combat missions. In 2011, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel, became Commander of the Fort Indiantown Gap National Training Site, and attended the coveted United States Army War College - from which he earned a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies. Perry was promoted to Brigadier General in 2014.    After serving in his final position as Assistant Adjutant General, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Brigadier General Perry retired in 2019, after nearly 40 years of military service.

Perry’s service to our communities included serving as chairman of the Carroll Township Planning Commission, a member of the Township Source Water Protection Committee. He was chairman of the Dillsburg Area Wellhead Protection Advisory Committee, and served on the Dillsburg Revitalization Committee. He remains a member of the Jaycees, Dillsburg Legion Post #26, Dillsburg VFW Post #6771, and is a Lions Club International Member.

Scott and his wife, Christy, are the proud parents of two children, and reside in Northern York County.