Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1973 Representative 170 Republican
1974 Representative 170 Republican
1975 Representative 170 Republican
1976 Representative 170 Republican
1977 Representative Minority Caucus Administrator 170 Republican
1978 Representative Minority Caucus Administrator 170 Republican
1979 Representative Majority Caucus Administrator 170 Republican
1980 Representative Majority Caucus Administrator 170 Republican
1981 Representative Majority Caucus Administrator 170 Republican
1982 Representative Majority Caucus Administrator 170 Republican
1983 Representative Minority Caucus Administrator 170 Republican
1984 Representative Minority Caucus Administrator 170 Republican
Counties Philadelphia

Biography

06/02/1922 - 07/16/2014


SALVATORE, Frank Angelo “Hank,” a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 2, 1922; graduated, Northeast High School; attended, St. Joseph’s College of Industrial Relations; attended, Fels Institute, University of Pennsylvania; hon. doctorate, Holy Family College; sergeant, United States Marine Corps  (1942-1945, World War II); field auditor, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue; employed, Benjamin Rush Center for Mental health and Mental Retardation; owner, L & M Specialty Beverage; principal, Hank’s Root Beer; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1973 term and served 5 consecutive terms thereafter; elected, Minority Caucus Administrator (1977-1978, 1983-1984); elected, Majority Caucus Administrator (1979-1982); appointed, Special Committee to Review Juvenile Unrest and Gang Wars in the Philadelphia Area (1973-1974); appointed, Select Committee to Investigate Limerick II (1984); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1984); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1985-2000); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the Senate (2000); died, July 16, 2014 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Resurrection Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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