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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaEdward Lewis SITTLER, Jr.
(1908-1978)
SITTLER, Edward Lewis,
Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Greensburg,
Westmoreland County, Pa., April 21, 1908; moved with his parents to
Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., in August 1908; attended the public
schools; A.B., Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1930;
salesman for an ice cream company 1931-1937; elected to the
Uniontown School Board in 1934 and served as president of the board
in 1936 and 1937; became field underwriter for Mutual Life
Insurance Co. of New York in 1937; enlisted as a private in the
United States Army in February 1943 and served in the Ordnance
Department in the European Theater until released to the Inactive
Reserve as a captain in August 1946; mayor of Uniontown 1948-1951;
elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second Congress (January 3,
1951-January 3, 1953); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1952 to the Eighty-third Congress; resumed insurance business;
served as Republican State committeeman for Fayette County,
1960-1972; minority Fayette County Commissioner, 1968-1971; resided
in Uniontown, Pa., until his death in Pittsburgh, Pa., December 26,
1978; interment in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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