Biography

1897 - 04/24/1956

CONNELLY, M. Joseph, a Representative from Delaware County; born in Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pa., circa 1897; attended, St. Matthew’s Parochial Schools; attended, Schisslers College of Business; attended, School of Local and State Government, University of Pennsylvania; elected, commissioner, Upper Darby Township (1931-1951); president, Pennsylvania State Association of Township Commissioners; office manager, William M. Connelly, Jr. Real Estate; treasurer, Connelly Company, Inc., builders; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1953 and 1955 terms; died while in office, April 24, 1956 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Media Cemetery, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.