Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1967 Representative Democrat
1968 Representative Democrat
1969 Representative 201 Democrat
1970 Representative 201 Democrat
1971 Representative 201 Democrat
1972 Representative 201 Democrat
Counties Philadelphia

Biography

05/25/1921 - 06/15/1985


RUSH, Francis James, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, May 25, 1921 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, LaSalle College High School; attended, LaSalle College; attended, St. Joseph’s College; served, United States Navy (1942-1946, World War II); chief real estate appraiser, Inheritance Tax Division, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue; member, Democratic Committee; leader, 12th Ward Democratic Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1967 term and served 2 consecutive terms thereafter; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1973 term; manager, real estate operations, Department of Public Property, Philadelphia (1973-1983); right-of-way agent, Port Orange, Fl.; died, June 15, 1985 in Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida; interred, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
 


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