Clare Gerald Fenerty (July 25, 1895 – July 1, 1952) was a

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member of the

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for

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Biography

Born in

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, all four of Fenerty's grandparents were

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immigrants. He graduated from St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia in 1916 and from the law department of the

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at Philadelphia in 1921. During the

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, Fenerty served in the

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in 1917 and 1918. He reentered the naval service as a lieutenant, senior grade, in 1933. He was a member of the law faculty at the

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, University of Pennsylvania, 1924–1929; member of the Philadelphia Board of Law Examiners 1928–1940; assistant

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at Philadelphia, 1928–1935. Fenerty was elected as a Republican to the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936. He was appointed judge of Common Pleas Court No. 5 of Philadelphia in November 1939 and was elected for a ten-year term in November 1941. He was reelected in November 1951 and served until his death in Philadelphia. He died on July 1, 1952, and was interred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in

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