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  Byrne, James A.
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NameJames A. Byrne
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States
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Born June 22, 1906
DiedSeptember 03, 1980 (74 years)
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InfoBYRNE, James Aloysius, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 22, 1906; attended the parochial school, St. Joseph's Preparatory School, public high school, and St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia; engaged in business as a mortician 1937-1950; county registrar, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1934-1939; chief deputy United States marshal 1940-1943, and United States marshal for eastern district of Pennsylvania 1943-1945; senior disbursing officer of Pennsylvania State Treasury 1945-1950; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936; member State house of representatives in 1951 and 1952; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1973); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; was a resident of Philadelphia, Pa., where he died September 3, 1980; interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Wyndmoor, Pa.

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  04/25/1972 PA District 3 - D Primary Lost 39.24% (-18.29%)
  11/03/1970 PA District 3 Won 56.36% (+12.72%)
  05/19/1970 PA District 03 - D Primary Won 58.09% (+16.18%)
  11/05/1968 PA District 3 Won 61.30% (+22.60%)
  04/23/1968 PA District 03 - D Primary Won 64.76% (+46.28%)
  11/08/1966 PA District 3 Won 56.64% (+13.28%)
  11/03/1964 PA District 3 Won 72.02% (+44.04%)
  11/06/1962 PA District 3 Won 59.32% (+18.64%)
  05/15/1962 PA District 03 - D Primary Won 80.49% (+60.97%)
  11/08/1960 PA District 3 Won 69.66% (+39.32%)
  11/04/1958 PA - District 03 Won 63.54% (+27.07%)
  11/06/1956 PA - District 03 Won 59.94% (+19.89%)
  11/02/1954 PA - District 03 Won 55.36% (+10.72%)
  11/04/1952 PA - District 03 Won 58.44% (+16.89%)
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