Joseph M. McDade

Joseph Michael McDade ( born September 29, 1931 in Scranton, Pennsylvania ) is a former American politician. Between 1963 and 1999 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph McDade attended St. Paul 's School and the Scranton Preparatory School. Then he studied until 1953 at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Pennsylvania and his 1956 was admitted to the bar in 1957, he began to work in this profession. In 1962, he was the legal representative of the city Scranton. Politically, he joined the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1962 McDade was the tenth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Scranton on January 3, 1963. After 17 re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1999, a total 18 legislative periods. In this time were, among others, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and the end of the civil rights movement. McDade was for many years a member of the Appropriations Committee and Deputy Chairman of the Committee from time to time. He also sat in some sub-committees.

In 1992, he came into conflict with the law. He was accused, among other charges of bribery and conspiracy, but later acquitted. In 1998 he gave up another candidacy. Later, he was diagnosed with Parkinson 's disease.