Biography

11/08/1907 - 03/20/1983

MELCHIORRE, Charles, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, November 8, 1907 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; engaged in tailoring business; member, 48th Ward Democratic Committee (50 years); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1933 term and reelected to serve 4 more consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Joint State Government Commission (1941-1942); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1942); engaged, real estate and insurance business; died in March 20, 1983 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.