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GREEN, William Joseph, (son of William Joseph Green, Jr.),
a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June
24, 1938; attended St. Josephs Prep School; B.A., St. Josephs College, 1960;
attended Villanova Law School; elected chairman of the Philadelphia County
Executive Committee; elected as a Democrat, by special election, April 28,
1964, to the Eighty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
his father, William Joseph Green, Jr.; reelected to the six succeeding
Congresses and served from April 28, 1964, until January 3, 1977; was not a
candidate in 1976 for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress but was an
unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate; elected mayor
of Philadelphia in 1979 and served from January 7, 1980, to January 2, 1984;
was not a candidate for reelection in 1983; resumed the practice of law; is a
resident of Philadelphia, Pa.
BibliographyGreen, William Joseph.
The Congressman. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969; Ralph Nader
Congress Project.
Citizens Look at Congress: William J. Green, Democratic Representative
from Pennsylvania. Washington, D. C.: Grossman Publishers,
1972.
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