Biography

06/11/1882 - 07/26/1954

James Joseph Coyne (R43) Allegheny (Part) County 1925-1936  

Early Life:

James Joseph Coyne, born June 11, 1882, Clonbur Or Maam Cross, County Galway, Ireland; son of Patrick Coyne, Bridget Toole Coyne; married, Margaret Walsh Coyne, children, Barbara Coyne, Anne Bernadette Coyne Holbach, Eugene James Coyne, James W. Coyne, Thomas Augustine Coyne; laborer, steel mills; tavern owner, Bates Street, Pittsburgh; hotelier; real estate business; Allegheny County Commissioner; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1924-1925, not a candidate for reelection, 1925; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1925-1936; appointed, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 1943-1953; died, July 26 1954, Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Allegheny County Commissioner. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1924-1925, not a candidate for reelection, 1925. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 43rd District, Allegheny (Part) County, 1925-1936; defeated, Thomas E. Kilgallen. 

Appointed, Governor Edward Martin, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 1943-1953.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Cox, Harold "Senate Members "C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) · Monday, July 26, 1954 · Page 1

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