Biography

06/27/1928 - 12/15/1971

Judge William John McLaughlin, III (D6) Philadelphia (Part) County 1965-1966

Early Life:

Judge William John McLaughlin, III, born June 27, 1928; son of William John Jr. and Edith Theobald Jones McLaughlin; Amherst College; University of Pennsylvania Law School; attorney, Norris, Lex, Hart and Ross, 1956-1963; partner, Cancelmo and McLaughlin; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, Special Election 1965-1966; elected, Judge, Court of Common Pleas, 1969-1971; married, Gaele McLaughlin; died, December 15, 1971 (age 43), Abington Memorial Hospital, Jenkintown, Montgomery County; interment, Abington Friends Cemetery, Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, Special Election, vacancy, death, Martin Silvert, June 10, 1965, elected, November 2, 1965-1966. 

Elected, Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Family Division, 1969-1971.

Cited:

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

Cox, Harold. Senate1790-1869 (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Thursday, December 16, 1971 · Page 46.

Philadelphia Daily News Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Thursday, December 16, 1971 · Page 17.

William J. McLaughlin III (1928-1971) - Find a Grave Memorial