Elmer John Kilroy (August 4, 1895 – November 5, 1961) was Speaker of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts.
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Biography
Kilroy was born ib August 4, 1895 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, and served in the House from 1931 thorough 1942.
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He grandauted from ]LaSalle College
LaSalle College ( French: Collège LaSalle) was founded in 1959 by fashion designer Jean-Paul Morin. The college offers over 60 pre-university, technical and professional programs and is the largest bilingual college in North America. The coll ...
, and served in the United States Marine Corps from 1916 to 1917.
See also
* Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
References
External links
Profile at Our Campaigns
Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
1895 births
1961 deaths
Politicians from Philadelphia
United States Marines
La Salle University alumni
20th-century American politicians
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