Biography

11/17/1899 - 07/22/1974


BRANCA, Ernest O., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in Italy, November 17, 1899; department store salesman, Lit Brothers; member, 65th Ward Democratic Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1954; reelected to the House in 1958, 1960, 1962 and 1964; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1956); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1966); died, July 22, 1974 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, St. Dominic's Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
 


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