Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1959 Representative Democrat
1960 Representative Democrat
1961 Representative Democrat
1962 Representative Democrat
1963 Representative Democrat
1964 Representative Democrat
1965 Representative Democrat
1966 Representative Democrat
1967 Representative Democrat
1968 Representative Democrat
Counties Allegheny

Biography

04/17/1927 - 01/11/2000


FOERSTER, Thomas J., a Representative from Allegheny County; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., April 17, 1927; graduated, North Catholic High School; graduated, Slippery Rock State Teacher’s College (now Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania); B.S., University of Pittsburgh; coach and athletic director, Nativity School; coach, Perry Atoms football team, Perry Atoms Colt baseball team; director, District IV Little League Baseball; president, Allegheny County Little Leagues; administrative assistant, Department of Lands and Buildings, Pittsburgh; vice president, Allegheny County Young Democrats; unsuccessful campaigns for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1954, 1956); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1958; served 4 more consecutive terms; resigned from the House, February 8, 1968; elected, commissioner, Allegheny County (1968-1996); elected, Allegheny County Council (1999-2000); died, January 11, 2000 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, North Side Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania


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