James Kelley (Pennsylvania state senator) explained
James Kelley (Pennsylvania state senator) should not be confused with James R. Kelley (Pennsylvania state representative).
| James R. Kelley |
| State Senate: | Pennsylvania |
| District: | 39th |
| Term Start: | June 17, 1974[1] |
| Term End: | November 30, 1988 |
| Predecessor: | John Scales |
| Successor: | Eugene Porterfield |
| Birth Name: | James Reeves Kelley[2] |
| Birth Date: | 1932 or 1933[3] |
| Death Date: | November 1, 2023 (aged 90–91) |
James Reeves Kelley was a judge of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. He was a Democrat member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1974 to 1988.[4]
He attended St. Vincent College and the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America.[5] He was a County Commissioner in Westmoreland County from 1968 to 1974. He was a Pennsylvania State Senator from 1974 to 1988. He was appointed to be a judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in 1990 and was elected to a full term in 1991. He died November 1, 2023.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania Senate - 1973-1974. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University . 2004 .
- Web site: James Reeves Kelley Judge Profile on Martindale.com. www.martindale.com. 4 April 2023.
- http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB2A1E5C58BC1FC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Newsbank archives
- Web site: Cox . Harold . Senate Members K . Wilkes University . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
- Web site: Honorable James R. Kelley . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100914161048/http://www.aopc.org/T/Commonwealth/CommonwealthCourtJudges/JudgeKelley.htm . 2010-09-14 .
- Web site: Remembering the life of HONORABLE JUDGE JAMES R. KELLEY . 2023-11-17 . obituaries.post-gazette.com . en.
