Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1979 Representative 42 Republican
1980 Representative 42 Republican
1981 Representative 42 Republican
1982 Representative 42 Republican
1983 Representative 42 Republican
1984 Representative 42 Republican
1985 Representative 42 Republican
1986 Representative 42 Republican
1987 Representative 42 Republican
1988 Representative 42 Republican
1989 Representative 42 Republican
1990 Representative 42 Republican
Counties Allegheny

Biography

09/16/1943 - 03/08/2021


McVERRY, Terrence F., "Terry," a Representative from Allegheny County; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., September 16, 1943; B.A., Duquesne University, 1965; J.D., Duquesne University School of Law, 1968; served, United States Army Reserves (1968-1969); captain, Pennsylvania Air National Guard (1969-1974); attorney; Assistant District Attorney, Allegheny County (1969-1973); partner, Gondelman Baxter Mannsman; member, Commission to Study Pennsylvania’s Unified Judicial System; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1978; elected to serve 5 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing (1979-1988); appointed, Select Committee to Investigate the Commonwealth's Response to Medicaid Fraud (1986); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1990); appointed, judge, family division, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County (1998-2001); solicitor, chief legal officer and director of the law department, Allegheny County (2001); appointed, judge, Federal Court, Western District of Pennsylvania (2002-2016); died, March 8, 2021 in Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Anne Cemetery, Castle Shannon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
 


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