Joseph M Hoeffel

A Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 3, 1950; graduated from William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, Pa.; B.A., Boston University, Boston, Mass., 1972; J.D., Temple University of Law, Philadelphia, Pa., 1986; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1977-1984; Montgomery County, Pa., commissioner, 1992-1998; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-January 3, 2005); not a candidate for reelection in 2004, but was an unsuccessful candidate to the United States Senate in 2004.