Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1979 Representative 21 Democrat
1980 Representative 21 Democrat
1981 Representative 21 Democrat
1982 Representative 21 Democrat
1983 Representative 21 Democrat
1984 Representative 21 Democrat
1985 Representative 21 Democrat
1986 Representative 21 Democrat
1987 Representative 21 Democrat
1988 Representative 21 Democrat
1989 Representative 21 Democrat
1990 Representative 21 Democrat
1991 Representative 21 Democrat
1992 Representative 21 Democrat
1993 Representative 21 Democrat
1994 Representative 21 Democrat
1995 Representative 21 Democrat
1996 Representative 21 Democrat
1997 Representative 21 Democrat
1998 Representative 21 Democrat
1999 Representative 21 Democrat
2000 Representative 21 Democrat
2001 Representative 21 Democrat
2002 Representative 21 Democrat
2003 Representative 21 Democrat
2004 Representative 21 Democrat
2005 Representative 21 Democrat
2006 Representative 21 Democrat
Counties Allegheny

Biography

04/22/1951 -


PISTELLA, Frank J., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, April 22, 1951; graduated, Central District Catholic High School, 1969; B.A., history, John Carroll University, 1973; certificate of senior executives, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 1985; graduated, Widener School of Law, 1995; member, Allegheny County Democratic Committee; attorney; clerk, Recorder of Deeds office, Allegheny County; elected, clerk of courts, Allegheny County; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1978; reelected to serve 13 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Special House Committee on the Homeless (1984); appointed, chair, House Select Committee on Long Term Care (1986-1988); appointed, Local Government Commission (1993-1996); appointed, Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (1997-2006); appointed, Select Committee on Pharmaceuticals (2000); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (2006).
 
 
 

Archival Collections


Papers of Frank J. Pistella, 1979-2006, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives, Harrisburg.


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