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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Michael J. Stack |
| Address | 5243 Catharine Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 29, 1888
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| Died | December 14, 1960
(72 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Sep 29, 2020 11:37am |
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| Info | STACK, Michael Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, September 29, 1888; attended the national school of his native city; immigrated to the United States in 1903 and settled in Philadelphia, Pa.; attended St. Joseph’s College, Philadelphia, Pa., and was graduated from St. Mary’s University, Baltimore, Md., in 1910; employed by a railroad company at Detroit, Mich., 1910-1917; during the First World War enlisted on July 17, 1917, as a private in the Medical Detachment, Three Hundred and Sixtieth Infantry; after the war became engaged in the real estate business in Philadelphia, Pa.
US House (D-Philadelphia) 1935-1939; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for renomination in 1938 and was an unsuccessful Royal Oak candidate for reelection in 1938. Stack was so unhappy with Philadelphia Democrats abandoning him that during his fall campaign he asked his voters to vote for the Republican state ticket (Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/6/1938).
Resumed the real estate business
State Unemployment Commission referee 1939-1943
Third party nominee for Philadelphia City Council 1943
Died in Philadelphia, Pa., December 14, 1960; interment in St. Denis Cemetery, Havertown, Pa.
[Link] ; Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/29/1936; Philadelphia Daily News, 12/15/1960 |
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