Biography

10/09/1912 - 01/28/1978

Francis P. McCusker (R8) Philadelphia County 1952-1954

Early Life

Francis P. McCusker, born October 9, 1910, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; son of Joseph and Mary Alice Ford McCusker; Saint Joseph College, 1935; Temple Law School; combat engineer, Europe, World War II, Republican, committeeman, 35th ward, Philadelphia, 1952; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, vacancy, not a candidate reelection, 1952-1954; unsuccessful candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1954; appointed, Board of Revision in Taxes, 1967; married, Mary Clark (d.1960), remarried, Catherine Mae Layer, children, Mary Harkins, Margaret Schuler, Frances, Francis, Michelle; died, January 28, 1978, suddenly, home, Oxford Circle section, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; no documentation found to support interment, Our Lady Of Grace Cemetery, Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Republican, committeeman, 35th ward, Philadelphia, 1952. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, Philadelphia County, April 22, 1952, vacancy, resignation, John F. Byrne Sr., not a candidate reelection, 1954.

Unsuccessful candidate, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania 5th District, 1954.

Cited: 

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

Cox, Harold. Senate1790-1869 (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Sunday January 29, 1978, · Page 87.