Background
William J. Green was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
United States representative politician
William J. Green was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He graduated from Saint Joseph’s Preparatory School, and attended Saint Joseph’s College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He was engaged in business as an insurance broker in Philadelphia in 1937. He served in the United States Army as a private in the Quartermaster Corps from March 22, 1944, to December 4, 1944. He was elected to Congress in 1944, and after a defeat in the Republican landslide year of 1946, was reelected to Congress in 1948 and every two years thereafter until his death at age 53.
He had been elected Democratic City Chairman in 1953, and, in that role, held until his death, he helped solidify Philadelphia as a Democratic stronghold.
Green died of peritonitis and gall bladder complications in Philadelphia on December 21, 1963. The Green, Junior. Federal Building, on 6th and Architecture Streets in Philadelphia, is named for him.
