Michael Edward Cassidy is a former Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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He was the youngest representative in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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 in history.

Michael Cassidy won his first primary for the 80th district in Blair County at the age of 20. When he was sworn in, he had celebrated his 21st birthday only two months before, making him able to serve in the House according to the Pennsylvania Constitution

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Currently, Cassidy is the executive director to the Democratic Human Services Committee under Representative Mark B. Cohen

Mark B. Cohen

Mark B. Cohen is a Democratic politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Succeeding Eugene Gelfand, he has represented Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 202 in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since June 10, 1974, making him the most senior member in the Pennsylvania...

and the managing editor for Commonwealth: A Journal of Political Science.

Published works

• Looking back at the Legislative Modernization Movement in Pennsylvania: Remarks of Herbert Fineman, Former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives with introduction and commentary” COMMONWEALTH: A Journal of Political Science. 2003 Vol. 12. p. 87-110

• Roundtable Discussion as Oral History: The Legislative Modernization panel at the 2003 Pennsylvania Political Science Association Annual Meeting” Pennsylvania Political Scientist. Newsletter of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association. June 2007.