James J. Manderino
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James J. Manderino is a former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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James J. Manderino served as the 133rd Speaker in 1989. He was a Democrat from Monessen, Westmoreland County
. He was a member of the House for 23 years from 1967 to 1989, including eight years as Majority Leader and was elected Speaker in 1989 after the retirement of Rep. Leroy Irvis
. Manderino died in December 1989 of a heart attack.
James J. Manderino had five children and nine grandchildren. His daughter, Kathy Manderino
, is a member of the Pennsylvania House from Philadelphia
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Manderino is buried in Monessen, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts....
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James J. Manderino served as the 133rd Speaker in 1989. He was a Democrat from Monessen, Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 369,993 people, 149,813 households, and 104,569 families residing in the county. The population density was 361 people per square mile . There were 161,058 housing units at an average density of 157 per square mile...
. He was a member of the House for 23 years from 1967 to 1989, including eight years as Majority Leader and was elected Speaker in 1989 after the retirement of Rep. Leroy Irvis
K. Leroy Irvis
K. Leroy Irvis was the first African American to serve as a speaker of the house in any state legislature in the United States since Reconstruction. John Roy Lynch of Mississippi was the first African American to hold that position. Mr...
. Manderino died in December 1989 of a heart attack.
James J. Manderino had five children and nine grandchildren. His daughter, Kathy Manderino
Kathy Manderino
Kathy M. Manderino is a Democratic politician and former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives who represented the 194th District from 1993 through 2010. Her father, James, was a member of the House from 1967 to 1989 and served as the 133rd Speaker of the Pennsylvania House in 1989...
, is a member of the Pennsylvania House from Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
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Manderino is buried in Monessen, Pennsylvania.