Joseph A. Petrarca
Joseph A. Petrarca
Sessions
Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1974 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1975 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1976 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1977 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1978 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1979 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1980 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1981 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1982 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1983 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1984 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1985 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1986 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1987 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1988 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1989 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1990 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1991 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1992 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1993 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
1994 | Representative | 55 | Democrat | |
Counties | Armstrong, Westmoreland |
Biography
12/20/1928 - 03/13/1995
PETRARCA, Joseph Anthony, a Representative from Westmoreland County; born in Vandergrift, Westmoreland County, Pa., December 20, 1928; graduated, Vandergrift High School; graduated, Carnegie College, 1955; served, United States Army (Korean War); medical technologist; steelworker; secretary, Pennsylvania State Highway and Bridge Authority; appointed, commissioner, Pennsylvania State Transportation Commission; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1972; reelected to serve 10 more consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Pennsylvania Commission on Interstate Cooperation (1979-1980); appointed, Local Government Commission (1987-1988); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1994); died, March 13, 1995 in Vandergrift, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.