Joshua Eilberg

A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Pa. , February 12, 1921. Graduated from Central High School, Philadelphia, Pa. , 1936. B. S. , Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. LL. B. , Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pa. United States Naval Reserve. Lawyer, private practice. Assistant district attorney, city of Philadelphia, Pa. , 1952-1954. Member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1954-1966, and majority leader, 1965-1966. Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1960, 1964, and 1968. Democratic ward leader, fifty-fourth ward, city of Philadelphia, Pa. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1979). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978. Convicted on February 24, 1979, of receiving compensation for services rendered by a federal agency. Received probation and was fined. Died on March 24, 2004 in Philadelphia, Pa. Interment in Montefiore Cemetery, Fox Chase, Pa.