Biography

10/12/1899 - 05/02/1971


MUSTO, James A., a Representative from Luzerne County; born in Pittston Township, Luzerne County, Pa., October 12, 1899; coal miner; barber; merchant; elected, president, Pittston Township School Board (8 years); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1949 term; reelected to serve 11 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, vice-chair, Joint Committee to Investigate the Knox Mine Disaster (1959); died while in office, May 2, 1971 in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, St. John's Cemetery, Pittston, Luzerne 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.