Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1973 Representative 53 Republican
1974 Representative 53 Republican
1975 Representative 53 Republican
1976 Representative 53 Republican
1977 Representative 53 Republican
1978 Representative 53 Republican
1979 Representative 53 Republican
1980 Representative 53 Republican
Counties Montgomery

Biography

09/03/1912 - 03/14/1981


POLITE, Roosevelt I., a Representative from Montgomery County; born in Rippatone, Italy, September 4, 1914; graduated, West Chester High School; attended, Malvern Preparatory School; attended, West Chester State College (now West Chester University of Pennsylvania); attended, The Pennsylvania State University, Evening School; attended, Fordham University Law School; elected, justice of the peace (12 years); branch chairman, Red Cross, North Penn Hospital; president, Hatfield Joint School Authority; secretary, Joint School Authority, North Penn School District; president and owner, Dexter-Wayne Co.; director of purchasing, Brooks Instrument Division, Emerson Electric Company; member, Hatfield Republican Committee (10 years); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1972, 1974, 1976 and 1978; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1980); died, March 14, 1981 in Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greenlawn Cemetery, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
 


If you wish to contact your current State Representative, please visit the Find Your Legislator page; or visit the Members of the House page to view a list of all current Representatives.