James J. Manderino (May 6, 1932 – December 26, 1989) was a 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. It ...

. James J. Manderino served as the 133rd Speaker in 1989. He was a Democrat from Monessen, Westmoreland County. He was a member of the House for 23 years from 1967 to 1989, including eight years as Majority Leader and was elected Speaker in 1989 after the retirement of Rep. Leroy Irvis. Manderino died in December 1989 of a heart attack. James J. Manderino had five children and nine grandchildren. His daughter, Kathy Manderino, is Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, having also served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from

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. Manderino was interred in Monessen, Pennsylvania.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manderino, James J. 1932 births 1989 deaths People from Monessen, Pennsylvania Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 20th-century American politicians