Joseph Paul Kolter

A Representative from Pennsylvania; born in McDonald, Ohio on September 3, 1926; graduated from New Brighton High School, New Brighton, Pa., 1944; B.S., Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pa., 1950; served in the United States Army, 1944-1947; accountant, teacher, New Brighton city councilman, 1961-1965; State representative, 1969-1982; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1993); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress; is a resident of New Brighton, Pa.