| 词条 | William J. Green Jr. |
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| image name = William J. Green, Jr. (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg | caption = | state = Pennsylvania | district = 5th | term_start = January 3, 1949 | term_end = December 21, 1963 | preceded = George W. Sarbacher Jr. | succeeded = William J. Green III | term_start2 = January 3, 1945 | term_end2 = January 3, 1947 | preceded2 = C. Frederick Pracht | succeeded2 = George W. Sarbacher Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1910|03|05}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1963|12|21|1910|03|05}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | nationality= American | spouse = Mary Kelly | children = 6, including William III | relatives = Bill Green IV (grandson) | party = Democratic | alma_mater = St. Joseph's College }} William Joseph Green Jr. (March 5, 1910 – December 21, 1963) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. BiographyWilliam J. Green was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish immigrants.[1] He graduated from St. Joseph's Preparatory School, and attended St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, PA. He was engaged in business as an insurance broker in Philadelphia in 1937. He served in the United States Army as a private in the Quartermaster Corps from March 22, 1944, to December 4, 1944. He was elected to Congress in 1944, and after a defeat in the Republican landslide year of 1946, was reelected to Congress in 1948 and every two years thereafter until his death at age 53. He had been elected Democratic City Chairman in 1953, and, in that role, held until his death, he helped solidify Philadelphia as a Democratic stronghold. Green died of peritonitis and gall bladder complications in Philadelphia on December 21, 1963.[2] He was succeeded in Congress by his son, William J. Green, III, who was 25 years old at the time of his first election, and later became Mayor of Philadelphia. The William J. Green Jr. Federal Building, on 6th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia, is named for him. See also
References1. ^{{citation |url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGHW-T1X |title= United States Census, 1910 |website= FamilySearch |accessdate=March 25, 2018 }} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1963/12/22/page/46/article/rep-green-53-philadelphia-leader-dies |title=Rep. Green, 53, Philadelphia Leader, dies |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=December 22, 1963}} External links{{CongBio|G000421|William Joseph Green}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox| state=Pennsylvania | district=5 | before=Fred Pracht | years=1945–1947 | after=George Sarbacher| }}{{USRepSuccessionBox | state=Pennsylvania | district=5 | before=George Sarbacher | years=1949–1963 | after=Bill Green, III }}{{s-ppo}}{{s-bef|before=James Finnegan}}{{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee|years=1953–1963}}{{s-aft|after=Frank Smith}}{{s-end}}{{USCongRep-start|congresses= 79th & 81st–88th United States Congresses |state=Pennsylvania}}{{USCongRep/PA/79}}{{USCongRep/PA/81}}{{USCongRep/PA/82}}{{USCongRep/PA/83}}{{USCongRep/PA/84}}{{USCongRep/PA/85}}{{USCongRep/PA/86}}{{USCongRep/PA/87}}{{USCongRep/PA/88}}{{USCongRep-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, William J.}} 11 : 1910 births|1963 deaths|American people of Irish descent|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania|Quartermasters|Pennsylvania Democrats|Burials in Pennsylvania|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|Deaths from peritonitis|Politicians from Philadelphia|20th-century American politicians |
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