Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1955-1956 Representative Republican
1957-1958 Representative Republican
1959 Representative Republican
1960 Representative Republican
1961 Representative Republican
1962 Representative Republican
1963 Representative Republican
1964 Representative Republican
1965 Representative Minority Policy Committee Chairman Republican
1966 Representative Minority Policy Committee Chairman Republican
1967 Representative Majority Floor Leader Republican
1968 Representative Majority Floor Leader Republican
1969 Representative Minority Floor Leader 30 Republican
1970 Representative Minority Floor Leader 30 Republican
Counties Allegheny

Biography

08/11/1925 - 09/03/2009


DONALDSON, Lee A., Jr., a Representative from Allegheny County; born in Etna, Allegheny County, Pa., August 11, 1925; attended, Etna Borough Schools; A.B., Allegheny College, 1946; LL.B., University of Pittsburgh Law School, 1950; honorary doctorate of law, Allegheny College, 1967; sergeant, United States Army; attorney; elected, solicitor, Etna (1952-1955); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1954; reelected to serve 7 more consecutive terms; elected, Majority Leader (1967-1968); elected, Minority Leader (1969-1970); appointed, Joint State Government Commission (1967-1970); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1970); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (1968); delegate, Republican National Convention (1968); judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County (1972-1974); died, September 3, 2009 in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. 
 


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