James J. Manderino Explained

James J. Manderino
Speaker:82nd
State House:Pennsylvania
Term Start2:January 3, 1989
Term End2:December 26, 1989
Successor2:Bob O'Donnell
State House3:Pennsylvania
District3:58th
Term Start3:January 7, 1969
Term End3:December 26, 1989
Predecessor3:District created
Successor3:Herman Mihalich
State House4:Pennsylvania
District4:Westmoreland County
Term Start4:January 2, 1967
Term End4:November 30, 1968
Birth Date:May 6, 1932
Birth Place:Monessen, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Monessen, Pennsylvania
Party:Democrat
Residence:Monessen, Pennsylvania

James J. Manderino (May 6, 1932 – December 26, 1989)[1] [2] was an American Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Biography

James J. Manderino served as the 133rd Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1989. He was a Democrat from Monessen, Westmoreland County. A member of the House for twenty-three years, from 1967 to 1989, he served eight years as Majority Leader and was elected Speaker in 1989 after the retirement of Rep. Leroy Irvis.

Manderino had five children and nine grandchildren. His daughter, Kathy Manderino, was the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry from May 2015 until August 2017, having previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Philadelphia from 1993 through 2010.

Death and interment

Manderino died from a heart attack in Monessen, Pennsylvania on December 26, 1989,[3] and was interred at a cemetery in Monessen.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cox . Harold . Pennsylvania House of Representatives – 1989–1990. Wilkes University . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. November 3, 2004.
  2. Web site: House Resolution 248 P.n. 1479.
  3. News: James Manderino Dead at 57; House Speaker Stricken at Home . Philadelphia Daily News . 1989-12-26.