Stewart Greenleaf is a 1961 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received his JD from the University of Toledo College of Law.
14 Facts About Stewart Greenleaf
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Stewart Greenleaf served as an assistant district attorney in Montgomery County from 1970 to 1977 and as an assistant public defender in Bucks County.
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In 1971, Stewart Greenleaf was elected as a Commissioner for his hometown of Upper Moreland Township, Pennsylvania.
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Stewart Greenleaf served a single term in the house before winning his bid for the State Senate in 1978.
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Stewart Greenleaf considered a run for US Congress in 1993, briefly forming an exploratory committee to challenge Marjorie Margolies.
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In 2000, Stewart Greenleaf ran for Congress against incumbent Joe Hoeffel.
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Stewart Greenleaf had represented much of the eastern portion of the congressional district for almost a quarter-century.
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Stewart Greenleaf did not have to give up his state senate seat to run for Congress; Pennsylvania state senators serve staggered four-year terms, and Stewart Greenleaf was not up for reelection until 2002.
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Stewart Greenleaf endorsed his son, former Montgomery County controller Stewart Greenleaf Jr.
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Stewart Greenleaf continued to serve as a partner in his law firm, Elliott Stewart Greenleaf, whose attorneys include Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce Castor and former State Rep.
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Stewart Greenleaf signed up to be on the presidential ballot for the Republican Party's New Hampshire primary.
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Stewart Greenleaf explained that he did so to focus the debate of the election on the balancing of the federal budget.
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Stewart Greenleaf won four write-in votes in the Democratic primary, all of which he received in Canaan.
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Stewart Greenleaf died at Holy Redeemer Hospital in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, on February 9,2021, at age 81.