Biography

06/28/1894 - 12/27/1954


ROONEY, James Russell, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, June 28, 1894 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; served, Air Corps, United States Army (World War II); accountant; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1939 and 1941 terms; resigned from the House, April 11, 1942; insurance examiner, State Insurance Department; died, December 27, 1954 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
 


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