Joseph Salvatore Scelsi (June 4, 1915 – April 1, 2002) was an American politician. Born in

Pittsfield, Massachusetts Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Berkshire County. Pittsfield� ...

, Scelsi graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1934. He worked as the foreman for the

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for thirty-six years retiring in 1971. Scelsi served on the Pittsfield City Council from 1958 until 1971 and was president of the city council. Scelsi was involved with the

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. From 1973 until 1983, Scelsi served in the

Massachusetts House of Representatives The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...

. Scelsi died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.'Longtime lawmaker Joseph Scelsi dies,' The Berkshire Eagle, April 3, 2002, B1, B2 The

Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center The Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center (often referred to as the ITC or the Scelsi ITC) is a transit facility located in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The $11 million facility is named after Joseph Scelsi, a longtime State Repr ...

in Pittsfield was named after Scelsi in 2004.

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1915 births 2002 deaths Politicians from Pittsfield, Massachusetts Massachusetts city council members Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 20th-century American politicians {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub