Marie A. Lederer ( Panosetti; born October 24, 1927) is an American former politician. She became the fourth member of her family to represent Philadelphia in 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 ...

Formative years

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Marie A. Panosetti on October 24, 1927, Panosetti graduated from Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls 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 ...

in 1945. She also attended

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...

. She subsequently married William J. Lederer.

Political and government career

A member of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee, Marie Lederer served as an assistant to the Deputy Pennsylvania Auditor General. Lederer became the fourth member of her family to represent Philadelphia in the

. Her husband, William J. Lederer, and father-in-law, Miles W. Lederer, were both members of the Pennsylvania House. Another family member, Raymond F. Lederer, served in the House prior to becoming a Congressman. Lederer retired prior to the 2006 elections.

References

External links

* official PA House profile (archived) * official Party website (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lederer, Marie 1927 births Living people Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Women state legislators in Pennsylvania Politicians from Philadelphia Temple University alumni