Member Biography

Stewart John Greenleaf Sr.

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1979       12 Republican
1980       12 Republican
1981       12 Republican
1982       12 Republican
1983       12 Republican
1984       12 Republican
1985       12 Republican
1986       12 Republican
1987       12 Republican
1988       12 Republican
1989       12 Republican
1990       12 Republican
1991       12 Republican
1992       12 Republican
1993       12 Republican
1994       12 Republican
1995       12 Republican
1996       12 Republican
1997       12 Republican
1998       12 Republican
1999       12 Republican
2000       12 Republican
2001       12 Republican
2002       12 Republican
2003       12 Republican
2004       12 Republican
2005       12 Republican
2006       12 Republican
2007       12 Republican
2008       12 Republican
2009       12 Republican
2010       12 Republican
2011       12 Republican
2012       12 Republican
2013       12 Republican
2014       12 Republican
2015       12 Republican
2016       12 Republican
2017       12 Republican
2018       12 Republican

COUNTIES: Bucks, Montgomery  


Biography

10/04/1939 - 02/09/2021


Stewart John Greenleaf, Sr., (R12) Bucks (Part) and Montgomery (Part) Counties, 1979-1982, (R12) Montgomery (Part) County, 1983-1992, (R12) Bucks (Part) and Montgomery (Part) Counties, 1993-2018

Early Life:

Stewart John Greenleaf, Sr., born October 4, 1939, Upper Moreland Township, son of Stewart W. and Belford Greenleaf; University of Pennsylvania (B.A.), 1961; University of Toledo (J.D.), 1966; attorney, partner, Elliot Greenleaf, Professional Corporation; chief, Appeals Division, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office; Assistant District Attorney, Montgomery County; law clerk, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County; member, Upper Moreland Township Committee; elected, commissioner, Upper Moreland Township, 1971-1975; board president, , Upper Moreland Township, 1973-1975; assistant public defender, Bucks County; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1977-1978, not a candidate for reelection, 1978; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1979-2018; chairman, Senate Impeachment Committee, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen, 1994; unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress, 2000; married, Cecilia "Kelly" Ackley, 1980, children, John “Billy” W. Greenleaf, Stewart J. Greenleaf, Jr., Christopher E. Greenleaf, Ryan M. Greenleaf; died, February 10, 2021, Meadowbrook, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interment, Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 1977-1978.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 10th district, Bucks (Part) and Montgomery (Part) Counties, 1979-1982, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 10th district, Montgomery (Part) County, 1983-1992, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 10th district, Bucks (Part) and Montgomery (Part) Counties, 1993-2018; appointed, board, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA), 1981-1982; appointed, Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, 1983-1994; chairman, Senate Impeachment Committee, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen, 1994; committee assignments, Appropriations, Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, Intergovernmental Operations, Judiciary (Chairman); not a candidate for reelection, left office November 30, 2018.

Unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress, 2000.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography: 

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy:

Bill Information - Senate Resolution 33; Regular Session 2021-2022 - PA General Assembly (state.pa.us)

Enacted from House Bill 1312, Monday July11, 2022, P.L. 725, No. 62, multiple designations in multiple counties - designation and related repeals; designating the interchange of Interstate 276, also known as the Pennsylvania Turnpike, with Pennsylvania Route 611, known as Exit 343, and the Willow Grove Interchange in Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County, as the Senator Stewart J. Greenleaf Memorial Interchange. 

2022 Act 62 (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "G""Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University

The Pennsylvania Manual, Ackley, G. (Editor). (1980-1981). (Volume 105). Department of General Services. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Biographies of Members of the Senate, page 69. 

The Pennsylvania Manual, (2017-2018). Bogden, S., (Editor).  McKain, A. (Editor). (Volume 123) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 3-32, 3-39; Biographies of Members of the Senate, page 3-18.

Stewart John Greenleaf (1939-2021) - Find a Grave Memorial