Biography

02/04/1897 - 12/14/1974

MENNA, Louis, a Representative from Philadelphia; born, February 4, 1897 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; attended, James Wilson Grammar School; clerk, Commissioner’s office, Philadelphia; tile setter; leader, 26th Ward Republican Committee (1942-1974); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1943 term; resigned from the House, June 15, 1943; personal property assessor, Philadelphia (1943); elected, city council, Philadelphia (1942-1951); elected, commissioner, Philadelphia County (1959-1969); elected, commissioner, Philadelphia (1970-1974); died, December 14, 1974 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.