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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaJoseph Matthew GAYDOS
(1926- )
GAYDOS, Joseph Matthew, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Braddock, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 3, 1926; attended Duquesne University, 1945-1947;
University of Notre Dame Law School, LL.B., 1951; admitted to the
bar in 1952 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.; served in
the Pacific theater with the U.S. Navy Reserves, 1944-1946;
Pennsylvania State senate, 1967-1968; deputy attorney general,
Pennsylvania; assistant solicitor of Allegheny County; former
general counsel to United Mine Workers of America, district five;
elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the Ninetieth and to the
Ninety-first Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of United States Representative Elmer J.
Holland, and reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses, (November
5, 1968-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination to
the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; is a resident of
McKeesport, Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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