Earl Chudoff

Earl Chudoff
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 4th district
In office January 3, 1949 – January 5, 1958
Preceded by	Franklin J. Maloney
Succeeded by	Robert N. C. Nix Sr.
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1941–1948
Personal details
Born	(1907-11-15)November 15, 1907 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	May 17, 1993(1993-05-17) (aged 85)
Political party	Democratic

Earl Chudoff (November 15, 1907 – May 17, 1993) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography[]

Earl Chudoff was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in economics in 1929 and from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1932. He worked as a building and loan examiner for the Pennsylvania State Department of Banking from 1936 to 1939. He served as chief boatswain's mate in the United States Coast Guard Reserve from December 1942 to September 1945. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1941 to 1948.

Chudoff was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress, defeating incumbent Republican Congressman Franklin J. Maloney, and was re-elected to the four succeeding Congresses, beginning on January 3, 1949. He resigned on January 5, 1958, having been elected judge of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas No. 1 (defeating the incumbent, Joseph L. Kun in the 1957 election). He served in that capacity until his resignation in 1974. He died in Philadelphia in 1993.

See also[]

• List of Jewish members of the United States Congress

References[]

• United States Congress. "Earl Chudoff (id: C000386)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-5-17
• "Earl Chudoff, Representative From Pa., Dies", The Washington Post, May 19, 1993.