Joseph M. Gaydos

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Joseph Matthew Gaydos (born July 3, 1926) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Joe Gaydos was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania. He attended Duquesne University and graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1951. He served during World War II in the Pacific theater with the United States Navy Reserve, 1944–1946. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967 to 1968. He has served as Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Assistant Solicitor of Allegheny County, and general counsel to United Mine Workers of America, district five.

He was elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the 90th and to the 91st Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Elmer J. Holland. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1992.

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• Joseph M. Gaydos at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-08

Preceded by Elmer J. Holland

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1968–1993

Succeeded by Peter H. Kostmayer