Biography

10/04/1939 - 02/10/2021

GREENLEAF, Stewart J., a Representative from Bucks and Montgomery Counties; born, October 4, 1939 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Upper Moreland High School; B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1961; J.D., University of Toledo, 1966; lawyer; chief, Appeals Division, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office; Assistant District Attorney, Montgomery County; law clerk, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County; member, Upper Moreland Township Committee; elected, commissioner, Upper Moreland Township (1971-1975; board president, 1973-1975); assistant public defender, Bucks County; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1977 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1979 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1979-2018); appointed, board, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) (1981-1982); appointed, Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing (1983-1994); chair, Senate Impeachment Committee, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen (1994); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (2000); died, February 10, 2021 in Meadowbrook, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interred, Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.