Donald Allen Bailey

A Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., July 21, 1945; attended the public schools of Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties; graduated, Greensburg (Pa.) High School, 1963; B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1967; J.D., Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1976; served in the United States Army, first lieutenant, Vietnam, 1967-1970; admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1976 and commenced practice in Greensburg, Pa., and before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; other past occupations; J. & L. Steel Corp., laborer, steel and construction industry, painter, plant security, and assembly line worker; Democratic State committee, administrative head and registration chairman; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and the Ninety-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1983); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1986; Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1985-1989; unsuccessful candidate for renomination for Auditor General of Pennsylvania in 1990 and for nomination for Auditor General in 1992; is a resident of Greensburg, Pa.