James Paul Scoblick (May 10, 1909 – December 4, 1981) was a
Republican
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member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
James P. Scoblick was born in
Archbald, Pennsylvania
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; both of his parents were
Italian
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immigrants. He graduated from
Fordham University in
New York City
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in 1930 and took postgraduate work at
Columbia University
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in New York City. He served as a member of the Department of Public Assistance Board of
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
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.
Scoblick was elected as a Republican to the
79th United States Congress
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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
John W. Murphy and at the same time was elected to the
80th United States Congress
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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1948.
He resumed former business pursuits and engaged as consultant to food industry. In January 1953, Scoblick and two of his brothers were indicted in a
check kiting
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scheme involving their fruit-processing business, Scoblick Bros. Inc. With the testimony of a bank cashier who
turned state's evidence, all three were convicted on December 3, 1954, and Judge
Albert L. Watson sentenced James Scoblick to five years in prison.
Scoblick was a resident of Archbald, until his death there on December 4, 1981, and was interred in Mother of Sorrows Cemetery in
Finch Hill, Pennsylvania.
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1909 births
1981 deaths
American people convicted of fraud
American people of Italian descent
Columbia University alumni
Fordham University alumni
Politicians from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
20th-century American legislators