Joseph S. Ammerman

Joseph S. Ammerman
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd district
In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979
Preceded by	Albert Johnson
Succeeded by	Bill Clinger
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 34th district
In office January 5, 1971 – January 4, 1977
Preceded by	Daniel Bailey
Succeeded by	Doyle Corman
Personal details
Political party	Democratic

Joseph Scofield Ammerman (July 14, 1924 – October 14, 1993) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Joseph Ammerman was born in Curwensville, PA. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA in 1948 and received his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law in 1950. He was a delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1952. He was the United States attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1961–1963, and a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1970 to 1977.

He was elected as a Democrat to the 95th Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978. After his term in the House, he served as judge, court of common pleas in Clearfield County, PA from 1986 to 1993.

References

• Joseph S. Ammerman at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Pennsylvania State Senate
Preceded by Daniel A. Bailey	Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 34th District 1971–1977	Succeeded by Doyle Corman
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Albert Johnson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979	Succeeded by Bill Clinger