![]() Johnson's " Great Society" era, Green assumed leadership on issues such as meat inspection, rat control, and tax reform and led the charge in Congress to eliminate the oil depletion allowance. ![]() Upon his election to Congress, Green and his wife Pat moved to Frankford. He was reelected to six successive Congresses and served until January 3, 1977. He also graduated from Villanova Law School.Īt the age of 25, Green was elected as a Democrat in a special election on April 28, 1964, to the Eighty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father. Joseph's Prep School and received his bachelor's degree from Saint Joseph's University in 1960. Kennedy frequently mention the senior Green as well. And the records of the administration of President John F. The Harry Truman Presidential Library website, for instance, contains a picture of the Green family meeting with Harry Truman in the White House. This upbringing gave Green and his siblings extraordinary access to top Democratic Party leaders. congressmen from Philadelphia at his death, was among the most powerful Democratic members of the U.S. ![]() Green grew up in the Kensington neighborhood's 33rd Ward with his brothers and sisters Mary, Anne, Michael, Dennis and Patrick. ![]() House of Representatives from 1964 to 1977 and as the 94th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1980 to 1984. William Joseph Green III (born June 24, 1938) is an American politician from Pennsylvania. ![]()
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