Biography

05/11/1904 - 10/25/1984

JIROLANIO, Justin D., a Representative from Northampton County; born in New York City, New York County, NY, May 11, 1904; graduated, Bethlehem High School; graduated, Perkiomen Preparatory School, 1923; B.S., Franklin and Marshall College, 1929; graduated, Temple Law School; apprentice machinist, Bethlehem Steel Company; machinist, Bethlehem Foundry and Machine Company; silk weaver; attorney; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1937 term (Sworn-In on December 1, 1936) and the 1939 term; appointed, Committee to Investigate the Bureau of Aeronautics (1939-1940); not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1941 term; Assistant District Attorney, Northampton County (1940-1944); unsuccessful campaign, District Attorney, Northampton County (1943, 1951, 1955); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (Special Election, 1964-1967); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania’s Constitutional Convention (1967-1968); died, October 25, 1984 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania; interred, Memorial Park Cemetery, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.