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  Gaydos, Joseph M.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1983-01-01  
 
NameJoseph M. Gaydos
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McKeesport, Pennsylvania , United States
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Born July 03, 1926
DiedFebruary 07, 2015 (88 years)
Contributoreddy 9_99
Last ModifedOld LW
Sep 10, 2020 04:39pm
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InfoJoseph Matthew "Joe" Gaydos

born in Braddock, Allegheny County, Pa., July 3, 1926; attended Duquesne University, 1945-1947; University of Notre Dame Law School, LL.B., 1951; admitted to the bar in 1952 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.; served in the Pacific theater with the U.S. Navy Reserves, 1944-1946; Pennsylvania State senate, 1967-1968; deputy attorney general, Pennsylvania; assistant solicitor of Allegheny County; former general counsel to United Mine Workers of America, district five; elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth Congress, by special election, November 5, 1968, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Elmer J. Holland, and at the same time elected to the Ninety-first Congress; reelected to the eleven succeeding Congresses, and served from November 5, 1968, to January 3, 1993; was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress; is a resident of McKeesport, Pa.


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  11/06/1990 PA District 20 Won 65.59% (+31.19%)
  05/15/1990 PA District 20 - D Primary Won 66.28% (+32.56%)
  11/08/1988 PA District 20 Won 98.46% (+96.93%)
  11/04/1986 PA District 20 Won 98.48% (+96.95%)
  05/20/1986 PA District 20 - D Primary Won 86.66% (+73.33%)
  11/06/1984 PA District 20 Won 75.96% (+51.92%)
  04/10/1984 PA District 20 - D Primary Won 68.95% (+53.59%)
  11/02/1982 PA District 20 Won 76.02% (+53.20%)
  05/18/1982 PA District 20 - D Primary Won 67.37% (+34.73%)
  11/04/1980 PA District 20 Won 72.50% (+45.00%)
  11/07/1978 PA District 20 Won 72.14% (+44.28%)
  05/16/1978 PA District 20 - D Primary Won 81.59% (+63.18%)
  11/02/1976 PA District 20 Won 74.96% (+50.28%)
  04/27/1976 PA District 20 - D Primary Won 80.55% (+61.09%)
  11/05/1974 PA District 20 Won 81.69% (+63.40%)
  11/07/1972 PA District 20 Won 61.50% (+23.01%)
  11/03/1970 PA District 20 Won 76.98% (+56.53%)
  11/05/1968 PA District 20 Won 70.20% (+41.90%)
  11/05/1968 PA District 20 - Special Election Won 70.72% (+41.45%)
  04/23/1968 PA District 20 - D Primary Won 65.07% (+47.58%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject