William Joseph Green Jr. (March 5, 1910 – December 21, 1963) was a Democratic member of the

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from

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William J. Green was born in

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, Pennsylvania, the son of

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immigrants. He graduated from St. Joseph's Preparatory School, and attended St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, PA. He was engaged in business as an insurance broker in Philadelphia in 1937. He served in the

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as a private in the

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from March 22, 1944, to December 4, 1944. He was elected to Congress in 1944, and after a defeat in the Republican landslide year of 1946, was reelected to Congress in 1948 and every two years thereafter until his death at age 53. He had been elected Democratic City Chairman in 1953, and, in that role, held until his death, he helped solidify

as a Democratic stronghold. Green died of

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and gall bladder complications in Philadelphia on December 21, 1963 and was interred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in

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. He was succeeded in Congress by his son, William J. Green, III, who was 25 years old at the time of his first election, and later became Mayor of Philadelphia. The William J. Green Jr. Federal Building, on 6th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia, is named for him.

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