Anthony Cavalcante was an United States

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 Representative for Pennsylvania.

Biography

Anthony Cavalcante was born in Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania

Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania

Vanderbilt is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 553 at the 2000 census. The town is named for the railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt...

. He served overseas with Company D, One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, Twenty-eighth Division

U.S. 28th Infantry Division

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, from May 3, 1918 to May 6, 1919, and was awarded the Purple Heart

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. He was a student at Bucknell University

Bucknell University

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 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Lewisburg is a borough in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States, south by southeast of Williamsport and north of Harrisburg. In the past, it was the commercial center for a fertile grain and general farming region. The population was 5,620 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Union...

, in 1920 and 1921 and Penn State College in 1921.

He graduated from the law school of Dickinson College

Dickinson College

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 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

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 in 1924. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate

Pennsylvania State Senate

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 from 1935 to 1943. He worked as chief counsel for United Mine Workers of America, District Four of German Township

German Township, Pennsylvania

German Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,595 at the 2000 census. McClellandtown is the township's largest village...

 School District, German Township Road Supervisors, and South Union Township

South Union Township, Pennsylvania

South Union Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,337 at the 2000 census.Villages within the township include Hopwood, Hatfield, Hutchinson, Chadville, South Uniontown, Leith, and Revere....

 Road Supervisors.

Cavalcante was elected as a Democrat to the 81st Congress in 1948, defeating incumbent Republican Congressman William J. Crow

William J. Crow

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950

United States House election, 1950

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, defeated by Republican Edward L. Sittler. After his time in Congress he was engaged in the practice of law, and died in Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Population in 1900, 7,344; in 1910, 13,344; in 1920, 15,692; and in 1940, 21,819. The population was 10,372 at the 2010 census...

, aged 69.