Biography

11/17/1904 - 06/25/1992

Herbert Joseph McGlinchey (D5) Philadelphia County 1965-1972

Early Life:

Herbert Joseph McGlinchey, born November 7, 1904, Philadelphia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; manufacturers’ agent; supervisor, labor and industry, eastern district of Pennsylvania, 1935-1937; business executive; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1936; elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, Seventy-ninth Congress, 1945-1947,unsuccessful candidate for reelection, Eightieth Congress, 1946; unsuccessful candidate, United States House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, 1948; unsuccessful candidate, United States House of Representatives, Eighty-fifth Congress, 1956; member, Pennsylvania Tax Equalization Board, 1957-1963; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1965-1972; consultant; died, June 25, 1992, Galloway Township, New Jersey; interment, Holy Cross Cemetery and Chapel Mausoleum, Mays Landing, Atlantic County, New Jersey.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1936.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, Philadelphia County, 1965-1972.

Continued Government Service/National Politics: 

Elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, Seventy-ninth Congress, 1945-1947, unsuccessful candidate for reelection, Eightieth Congress, 1946. 

Unsuccessful candidate, United States House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, 1948.

Unsuccessful candidate, United States House of Representatives, Eighty-fifth Congress, 1956.

Cited:

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

Hon. Herbert J. McGlinchey (1904-1992) - Find a Grave Memorial