Biography

09/24/1926 - 08/15/1990

WHITE, Thomas A., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in County Derry, Northern Ireland, September 24, 1926; graduated, Northeast Catholic High School; graduated, LaSalle College, 1950;  LL.B., Temple University, 1958; private, paratrooper, United States Army (1945-1946, World War II); lawyer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1953 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1955 term; chief administrator, Philadelphia Traffic Court; elected, judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County (1977-1988); died, August 15, 1990 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.