Leonard Eugene Sweeney (July 5, 1943 – November 26, 2018) was a former Democratic member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

. Sweeney was accused of filing false insurance claims, charged with fraud, convicted and sentenced to at least six months in jail and fined $3,000. Since no Pennsylvania Representative may serve when convicted, he was asked to step down from the seat to which he was newly elected. When he refused, the House voted 176–1 to remove him immediately. Sweeney appealed the ruling and lost.Sweeney v. Tucker ,
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Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1943 births Living people Politicians from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania politicians convicted of crimes People expelled from United States state legislatures 20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly {{Pennsylvania-PARepresentative-stub