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  Whalley, J. Irving
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NameJ. Irving Whalley
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Windber, Pennsylvania , United States
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Born September 14, 1902
DiedMarch 08, 1980 (77 years)
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InfoWHALLEY, John Irving, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Barnesboro, Cambria County, Pa., September 14, 1902; attended the public schools and Cambria Rowe Business College; engaged in the automobile, banking and coal businesses; member of advisory board of Johnstown College, University of Pittsburgh; chairman of Somerset County Redevelopment Authority and Windber Planning Commission; member of Windber School Board 1935-1947; member of the State house of representatives 1951-1955 and served in the State senate 1955-1960; appointed by President Nixon to serve as delegate to United Nations for the 1969 session; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth and to the Eighty-seventh Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Douglas H. Elliott, and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (November 8, 1960-January 3, 1973); was not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; died March 8, 1980, at Pompano Beach, Fla.; interment in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Pa.

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  11/03/1970 PA District 12 Won 64.01% (+30.60%)
  05/19/1970 PA District 12 - R Primary Won 76.08% (+52.15%)
  11/05/1968 PA District 12 Won 67.46% (+35.95%)
  04/23/1968 PA District 12 - R Primary Won 71.41% (+42.82%)
  11/08/1966 PA District 12 Won 66.93% (+33.87%)
  11/03/1964 PA District 12 Won 58.57% (+17.13%)
  04/28/1964 PA District 12 - R Primary Won 77.65% (+55.30%)
  11/06/1962 PA District 12 Won 60.46% (+20.91%)
  11/08/1960 PA District 18 Won 62.32% (+24.63%)
  11/08/1960 PA District 18 - Special Election Won 61.87% (+23.74%)
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