Biography

05/18/1885 -

McSHANE, John Joseph, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, May 18, 1885 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; attended, Germantown High Night School; plumber, DuPont Company; employed, Works Project Administration, United States Federal Government; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1937 term (Sworn-In on December 1, 1936); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1938); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1940).