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EILBERG, Joshua (1921-2004)

Democrat of Pennsylvania

4th congressional district

Served in House 1967-1979

Total roll-call votes cast: 4,988

Biography

Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 12, 1921; graduated from Central High School, Philadelphia, Pa., 1936; B.S., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.; LL.B., Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pa.; United States Naval Reserve; lawyer, private practice; assistant district attorney, city of Philadelphia, Pa., 1952-1954; member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1954-1966, and majority leader, 1965-1966; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1960, 1964, and 1968; Democratic ward leader, fifty-fourth ward, city of Philadelphia, Pa.; elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1979); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978; convicted on February 24, 1979, of receiving compensation for services rendered by a federal agency; received probation and was fined; died on March 24, 2004 in Philadelphia, Pa.; interment in Montefiore Cemetery, Fox Chase, Pa.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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