Biography

02/22/1867 - 10/21/1938

Patrick Frances Joyce (R21) Luzerne (Part) County 1921-1928 

Early Life:

Patrick Frances Joyce, born February 22, 1867, Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; son of Peter and Bridget Gavin Joyce; public school education; Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania; secretary, Pittston Borough Council; member, president of Pittston’s first Common Council, 1894-1899; president of the Select Council, 1899-1901; Pittston city treasurer, eight years; engaged, retail and wholesale liquor business; owner, Howell and King Brewery; engaged horse breeding, real estate, public utility development, Pittston; philanthropist; president, Poor Board for twenty years; constructed, Ransom Home and Hospital; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1921-1928; married, Mary Veronica Henchcliff Joyce, 1912, children, Edward Joyce, Joseph Patrick Joyce, Mary Patricia Joyce Gill, George Patrick Joyce, Frances Joyce Germann; died, October 21, 1938 (aged 71), Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Mary Help of Christians Cemetery, Pittston Junction, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Secretary, Pittston Borough Council; member, president of Pittston’s first Common Council, 1894-1899; president of the Select Council, 1899-1901; Pittston city treasurer, eight years. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate,21st district, Luzerne (Part) County, vacancy, death, Sterling Ross Catlin, March 23, 1919; committee assignments, Appropriations, City Passenger Railways, Corporations, Elections, Exposition Affairs, Finance, Judiciary General, Legislative Apportionment, Library, Municipal Affairs, New Counties and County Seats (Chairman), Public Roads and Highways, Railroads, 1921-1928.   

Cited:

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

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1924). Whitmore, R.E., (Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 983, 989, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 963.

Senator Patrick Francis Joyce (1867-1938) - Find a Grave Memorial

Patrick Frances Joyce (1867-1938) - Find a Grave Memorial