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Arthur L Haywood III

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Political party
  
Democratic

Role
  
Politician

Name
  
Arthur Haywood


Children
  
Three

Spouse(s)
  
Julie Haywood

Party
  
Democratic Party

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Alma mater
  
Morehouse College London School of Economics University of Michigan Law School

Residence
  
Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Education
  
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Michigan Law School, Morehouse College

Arthur L. "Art" Haywood is a Pennsylvania politician. A Democrat, he is currently the Pennsylvania State Senator for the 4th district. Prior to being elected to the State Senate in the 2014 election, Haywood practiced law and served as a commissioner in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania.

Biography

Haywood is a native of Toledo, Ohio, and attended Morehouse College. He earned a law degree at the University of Michigan Law School and studied at the London School of Economics as a Marshall Scholar. He began practicing law and moved to Philadelphia in 1985, where he served as a Cheltenham Township commissioner. Haywood was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in the 2014 election. He and his wife, Julie Billingslea, married in 1989 and have three adult children. In 2016 Haywood became the first elected official in Pennsylvania to endorse presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

References

Arthur L. Haywood III Wikipedia