Joseph S. Ammerman
{{Short description|American politician (1924–1993)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Joseph S. Ammerman
|image = Joseph S. Ammerman.jpeg
| state = Pennsylvania
| district = 23rd
| term_start = January 3, 1977
| term_end =January 3, 1979
| predecessor = Albert Johnson
| successor =Bill Clinger
| state_senate2 = Pennsylvania
| district2 = 34th
| term_start2 =January 5, 1971
| term_end2 = January 4, 1977{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = Pennsylvania Senate - 1977-1978| work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| publisher = Wilkes University | year =2004 | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/161S.pdf}}
| predecessor2 =Daniel Bailey
| successor2 = Doyle Corman
| office3 = United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania
| term_start3 = 1961
| term_end3 = 1963
| appointer3 = John F. Kennedy
| predecessor3 = Hubert Irving Teitelbaum
| successor3 = Gustave Diamond
| children =
| constituency =
| party = Democratic
| birth_name=Joseph Scofield Ammerman
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|7|14}}
| birth_place =Curwensville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date={{death date and age|1993|10|14|1924|7|14}}
| death_place=Curwensville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| education=Dickinson College
Penn State Dickinson Law (JD)
| occupation =
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| website =
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Joseph Scofield Ammerman (July 14, 1924 – October 14, 1993) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for one term from 1977 to 1979.
Early life
Joseph Ammerman was born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=19 July 2009|title=Former Judge Joins Peers on Walls of Clearfield County Courthouse|url=https://gantdaily.com/2009/07/19/former-judge-joins-peers-on-walls-of-clearfield-county-courthouse/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-29|website=GantNews|language=en-US}} He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1948 and received his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law in 1950.
Career
He was a delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1952. In 1953, he was elected to the position of district attorney of Clearfield County. He was the United States attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1961 to 1963, and a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1970 to 1977.
In 1976, he was elected as a Democrat to the 95th Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978.
After his term in the House, he served as judge, court of common pleas in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania from 1986 to 1993.
Death and legacy
References
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External links
- {{CongBio|A000177}}
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Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:Dickinson School of Law alumni
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Category:Democratic Party Pennsylvania state senators
Category:People from Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Category:United States attorneys for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Category:20th-century Pennsylvania state court judges
Category:Judges of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas
Category:Military personnel from Pennsylvania
Category:20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly
Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives