1. Raymond Francis Lederer was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1977 to 1981.
11 Facts About Raymond Lederer
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Raymond Lederer was convicted of taking bribes in the 1980 Abscam scandal.
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Raymond Lederer attended Saint Joseph's College of Philadelphia from 1960 to 1965, the Community College of Philadelphia from 1967 to 1969 and Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, in 1972.
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Raymond Lederer worked as an assistant engineer for the Pennsylvania Department of Highways in 1957.
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Raymond Lederer was a probation officer and later served as director of the Philadelphia Probation Department, during the period from 1967 to 1974.
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Raymond Lederer was a board member of the Pennsylvania Committee on Probation.
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Raymond Lederer was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where he served from 1974 to 1977.
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Raymond Lederer represented the same part of Philadelphia that had been served by both his father, Miles, and older brother, William.
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Raymond Lederer was videotaped at a motel in New York on September 11,1979, at a meeting with two undercover agents who presented themselves as representatives of a supposed Arab sheik.
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Raymond Lederer resigned the following day, citing "personal legal problems" that interfered with his ability to serve his constituents.
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Raymond Lederer died on December 1,2008, of lung cancer at age 70 and is interred at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.