Thomas M. Nolan Politician
Thomas Martin Nolan (born October 24, 1916 - April 7, 1989) is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and Pennsylvania House of Representatives.He represented the 34th legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1969 to 1970. He was elected to represent the 44th senatorial district in the Pennsylvania Senate in 1970.During the 1971 debate over the institution of Governor Milton Shapp's proposed 5% state income tax, Nolan was one of two democratic holdouts in the Pennsylvania Senate; when the amount was reduced to 3.5%, Nolan eventually agreed to vote in favor of it. Nolan's brother Edward was offered bribe in exchange for convincing his brother to vote in favor of the tax. The matter was referred to the FBI, the Allegheny County District Attorney, and U.S. Attorney Richard Thornburgh. He left the Senate in 1978.He and three other defendants, including Vince Fumo and Pete Carmiel, were convicted of placing "ghost workers" on state payroll. The charges were later thrown out.
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