Stewart Greenleaf

Infobox State Senator


name = Stewart J. Greenleaf
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state = Pennsylvania
state_senate = Pennsylvania
district = 12th
term_start = 1978
term_end = present
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successor = Incumbent
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party = Republican
birth_date = Birth date and age|1939|10|04|mf=y
birth_place =Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania, University of Toledo College of Law
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residence =Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
spouse = Kelly
religion = Presbyterian
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Stewart J. Greenleaf is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 12th District since 1979. His district includes portions of Montgomery and Bucks Counties.

Biography

Greenleaf is a 1961 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received his juris doctor from the University of Toledo College of Law. He served as an assistant district attorney in Montgomery County from 1970 to 1977 and also an assistant public defender in Bucks County. Greenleaf continues to serve as a partner in his law firm, Elliott Greenleaf, whose attorneys include Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce L. Castor, Jr. and former State Rep. Melissa Murphy Weber.

Career

In 1971, Greenleaf was elected as a Commissioner for Upper Moreland Township, Pennsylvania. After one term, Greenleaf was elected to a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1976. He served a single term in the house before winning his bid for the State Senate in 1978. Greenleaf has been re-elected seven times, most recently over Democrat Jeff Albert in 2006.

Greenleaf considered a run for Congress in 1993, briefly forming an exploratory committee to take on Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky. However, he dropped out before the county endorsement convention. [cite news |first=Heidorn Jr. |last= Rich|authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title= "Margolies-Mezvinsky Ahead in Fund-Raising" |format= |work=Philadelphia Inquirer |publisher= |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date= 1994-8-28|accessdate= |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] In 2000, Greenleaf did run for Congress, attempting to defeat Rep. Joe Hoeffel. Hoeffel won the race with nealy 53% of the vote to Greenleaf 46%. [ [http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=2&OfficeID=11 Pennsylvania Department of State, Election Returns, 11/7/2000] ]

Senator Greenleaf is Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and serves on the Appropriations, Banking & Insurance, Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure and Environmental Resources & Energy Committees.

Greenleaf has strongly supported an indoor smoking ban for the state of Pennsylvania, introducing smoking ban legislation in every session since 1993. [ [http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6182465 Mark Levy, "Pa. lawmakers advance smoking ban", Associated Press, posted at abclocal.go.com, 6/3/2008] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate_bio.cfm?districtnumber=12 Pennsylvania State Senate - Stewart Greenleaf] official PA Senate website
* [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=5225 Project Vote Smart - Senator Stewart Greenleaf (PA)] profile]