Biography

03/19/1923 - 07/03/2002

CIANFRANI, Henry J., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, March 19, 1923 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Catholic High School; attended, Temple University; attended, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; served, Merrill’s Marauders, United States Army (1942-1945, Burma campaign, World War II); importer; chair, 3rd Ward Democratic Committee; deputy register of wills, Philadelphia; elected, delegate, Democratic Convention; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1963 and 1965 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1966); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1967-1977); appointed, Commission on Interstate Cooperation (1971-1977); resigned from the Senate, December 15, 1977; died, July 3, 2002 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Locustwood Cemetery, Cherry Hill, Camden County, New Jersey.