Adam T. Bower
Adam T. Bower
Sessions
Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
1939-1940 | Representative | Republican | ||
1941-1942 | Representative | Republican | ||
1943-1944 | Representative | Republican | ||
1945-1946 | Representative | Republican | ||
1947-1948 | Representative | Republican | ||
1949-1950 | Representative | Republican | ||
1951-1952 | Representative | Republican | ||
1953-1954 | Representative | Republican | ||
1955-1956 | Representative | Republican | ||
1957-1958 | Representative | Republican | ||
1959 | Representative | Republican | ||
1960 | Representative | Republican | ||
1961 | Representative | Republican | ||
1962 | Representative | Republican | ||
1963 | Representative | Republican | ||
1964 | Representative | Republican | ||
1965 | Representative | Minority Caucus Chairman | Republican | |
1966 | Representative | Minority Caucus Chairman | Republican | |
Counties | Northumberland |
Biography
02/11/1905 - 05/03/1974
BOWER, Adam Theodore, a Representative from Northumberland County; born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., February 11, 1905; graduated, Sunbury High School; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1939 term and served 13 more consecutive terms; elected, Minority Caucus Chair (1965-1966); appointed, Joint State Government Commission (1945-1956, 1965-1966; Sub-Committee on Strip Mining, 1945-1946; Sub-Committee on Personnel of the House of Representatives, 1945-1946; chair, Sub-Committee on Labor Laws, 1947-1948); appointed, State Highway and Bridge Authority Commission (1949-1952); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1966); elected, Chief Clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1967-1968); director of convention services, Pennsylvania’s Constitutional Convention (1967-1968); died, May 3, 1974 in Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania; interred, Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.