Biography

01/06/1947 -

STAPLETON, Thomas J., Jr., a Representative from Delaware County; born, January 6, 1947 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Monsignor Bonner High School; B.A., political science, Niagara University, 1968; J.D., Villanova University School of Law, 1972; lawyer; partner, Stapleton, Colden & Cullen; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1975 and 1977 terms; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the House for the 1979 term; director, United States Census, Delaware County (1980); continuing partner, Stapleton & Colden.