3.2%. The United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct voted to expel him on April 28, 1981. Lederer resigned the following day, citing "personal legal problems" that interfered with his ability to serve his constituents. Joseph F. Smith ran in the Democratic Party primary in a race to succeed Lederer in a special election. After losing in the primary to David B. Glancey, chairman of the Democratic City Committee, Smith ran in the July 1981 special election as both an Independent and as a Republican (with the approval of the Republican Party) and defeated Glancey, having promised in his campaign to caucus with the Democrats if elected. Lederer served ten months in Allenwood Federal Prison. He later worked as a roofer. Lederer died on December 1, 2008, of lung cancer at age 70 and is interred at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. See also List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes List of federal political scandals in the United States References External links |- 1938 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American politicians Abscam Burials at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Deaths from lung cancer in Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania politicians convicted of crimes Pennsylvania State University alumni Politicians convicted of bribery under 18 U.S.C. § 201 Politicians convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States Pennsylvania politicians convicted of corruption Politicians convicted of illegal gratuities under 18 U.S.C. § 201 Politicians convicted under the Travel Act Politicians from Philadelphia Saint Joseph's University alumni