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Joseph Scofield Ammerman

Democrat Representative of Pennsylvania's 23rd district

  • Representative

    Pennsylvania, district 23

    January 4, 1977 - January 3, 1979

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

January 1, 1924 (69 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1993

Death

  • Served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for one term from 1977 to 1979.
  • Born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania, and served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946.
  • Graduated from Dickinson College in 1948 and earned a J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law in 1950.
  • Held various legal and political positions, including:
    • Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1952.
    • Elected district attorney of Clearfield County in 1953.
    • Served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1961 to 1963.
    • Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1970 to 1977.
  • Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 but lost reelection in 1978.
  • Served as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Clearfield County from 1986 until his death in 1993.
  • A portrait was hung in the Clearfield County Courthouse in 2009 to honor his legacy.