LC control no. | no2009081192 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Byrne, James Aloysius, 1906-1980 |
Variant(s) | Byrne, Mr. (James Aloysius), 1906-1980 |
Located | Washington (D.C.) |
Birth date | 19060622 |
Death date | 19800903 |
Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
Place of death | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
Profession or occupation | Undertakers and undertaking Legislators |
Found in | Authorizing the conveyance by the Army of certain property in Philadelphia, Pa., 1959: p. 1 (Mr. Byrne of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Armed Services) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress online, viewed Mar. 9, 2015 (Byrne, James Aloysius, Representative from Pennsylvania; b. Philadelphia, Pa., June 22, 1906; attended the parochial school, St. Joseph's Preparatory School, public high school, and St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia; engaged in business as mortician 1937-1950; county registrar, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1934-1939; chief deputy United States marshal 1940-1943, and United States marshal for eastern district of Pennsylvania 1943-1945; senior disbursing officer of Pennsylvania State Treasury 1945-1950; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936; member State house of representatives in 1951 and 1952; elected as Democrat to 83rd and the nine succeeding Congresses (Jan. 3, 1953-Jan. 3, 1973); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1972 to 93rd Congress; resident of Philadelphia, Pa., where he died September 3, 1980; interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Wyndmoor, Pa.) |