Member Biography

Eugene Francis Scanlon Sr.

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1975       42 Democrat
1976       42 Democrat
1977     Majority Whip 42 Democrat
1978     Majority Whip 42 Democrat
1979     Majority Whip 42 Democrat
1980     Majority Whip 42 Democrat
1981     Minority Whip 42 Democrat
1982     Minority Whip 42 Democrat
1983     Minority Whip 42 Democrat
1984     Minority Whip 42 Democrat
1985       42 Democrat
1986       42 Democrat
1987       42 Democrat
1988       42 Democrat
1989       42 Democrat
1990       42 Democrat
1991       42 Democrat
1992       42 Democrat
1993       42 Democrat
1994       42 Democrat

COUNTIES: Allegheny  


Biography

12/19/1924 - 03/10/1994


Captain Eugene Francis Scanlon, Sr. (D42) Allegheny (Part) County 1975-1994

Early Life:

Captain Eugene Francis Scanlon, Sr., born December 19, 1924, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; son of William E. Marie Agatha Garrity Scanlon; Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School; University of Pittsburgh, (B.A.), 1950; University of Pittsburgh Law School, (LL.B.), 1953; captain, United States Army, World War II, 1943-1946; Korean War, 1950-1952; attorney; case editor and author, University of Pittsburgh Law Review; Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General, 1955-1963; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Special Election, April 23, 1968; sworn-In on May 27, 1968 to serve the remaining 1967 term; reelected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1969-1973; appointed, Speaker's Committee on Tax Reform, 1970; not a candidate for reelection to the House, 1974; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1975-1994; elected, Senate Majority Whip, 1977-1980; elected, Senate Minority Whip 1981-1984; appointed, Joint State Government Commission, 1979-1984; married, Ann Elizabeth Boyle; died March 10, 1994, while in office of Senate, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Special Election, April 23, 1968; sworn-In on May 27, 1968, to serve the remaining 1967 term; reelected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1969-1973; appointed, Speaker's Committee on Tax Reform, 1970; not a candidate for reelection, 1974.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1975-1994; elected, Senate Majority Whip, 1977-1980; elected, Senate Minority Whip 1981-1984; appointed, Joint State Government Commission, 1979-1984; died, March 10, 1994; Jack Wagner, seated May 24, 1994.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

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

Cited:

Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members "S"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Eugene Francis Scanlon Sr. (1924-1994) - Find a Grave Memorial