Joe Kolter | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's4th district | |
| In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Charles F. Dougherty |
| Succeeded by | Ron Klink |
| Member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives from the14th district | |
| In office January 7, 1969 – November 30, 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Barry L. Alderette |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Paul Kolter (1926-09-03)September 3, 1926 McDonald, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | September 8, 2019(2019-09-08) (aged 93) Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Dorothy |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Geneva College (BS) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1944–1947 |
Joseph Paul "Joe" Kolter (September 3, 1926 – September 8, 2019) was an American politician who served as aDemocratic member of theUnited States House of Representatives forPennsylvania from 1983 to 1993.
Kolter was born inMcDonald, Ohio.[1] He graduated fromNew Brighton High School in 1944 andGeneva College in 1950.
He served in theUnited States Army Air Forces from 1944 to 1947.[2]
He was aNew Brighton city councilman from 1961 to 1965, and a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives from 1969 to 1982.[1]
A Democrat, Kolter was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982, defeating incumbentEugene Atkinson, aRepublican who had been elected twice as a Democrat, but switched parties in 1981. He was reelected four times, before he was defeated in the Democratic primary byRon Klink in 1992.[2]
Kolter was implicated in theCongressional Post Office scandal that also ensnaredWays and Means Committee chairmanDan Rostenkowski of Illinois. He pleaded guilty to conspiring with theHouse Postmaster to embezzle $9,300 in taxpayer funds and received a six-month prison sentence.[2][3][4] Kolter was also fined $20,000 and ordered to payrestitution for the amountconverted.[5]
Kolter died on September 8, 2019, at age 93, inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania.[2][6]
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