Biography

12/03/1914 - 03/09/2003

SULLIVAN, Thomas F., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, December 3, 1914 in Braddock, Allegheny County, Pa.; graduated, St. Thomas High School; business agent; electrical worker, Westinghouse Electric Corporation; appointed, justice of the peace, Forest Hills (1956-1960); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1960; reelected to the House for 2 more consecutive terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1966); organizer, AFL-CIO; Secretary, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969-1972, 1975-1978); administrator, Democratic Caucus, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1973-1974, 1979-1980); elected, council, Turtle Creek; died, March 9, 2003 in Turtle Creek, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Braddock Catholic Cemetery, Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.