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JOHN J. WELSH


  

Sessions

Session Position District Party
1949-1950 Democrat
1951-1952 Democrat
1953-1954 Democrat
1955-1956 Democrat
1957-1958 Democrat
1959 Democrat
1960 Democrat
1961 Democrat
1962 Democrat
1963 Democrat
1964 Democrat
1965 Democrat
1966 Democrat
1967 Democrat
1968 Democrat
 Counties   Philadelphia

Biography

08/13/1898 - 10/05/1968

WELSH, John J., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 13, 1898; caster, Exide Division, Electric Storage Battery Company; member, 38th Ward Democratic Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1949 term; reelected to serve 9 consecutive terms thereafter; died while in office, October 5, 1968 in the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.