Biography

03/04/1878 - 01/14/1944

ARGENTIERI, Joseph, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, March 4, 1878 in San Salvo, Province of Chieti, Italy; tailor, United States Customs Service, Philadelphia (1898-1914); engaged in coal business; elected, 26th Ward, Republican Committee (16 years); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1931 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1933 term; died, January 14, 1944 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.