Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1953-1954 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 Republican
1966 Representative Republican
1967 Representative Republican
1968 Representative Republican
Counties Indiana

Biography

01/27/1921 - 12/13/1999


BUCHANAN, William G., a Representative from Indiana County; born in Rayne Township, Indiana County, Pa., January 27, 1921; graduated, Marion Center High School; B.S., Indiana State Teachers College (now Indiana University of Pennsylvania), 1942; M.Litt., University of Pittsburgh; served, United States Army Air Force (1943-1946, World War II); teacher, American history, Purchase Line High School; cooperating supervising teacher and coordinator, Indiana State College; member, Young Republican Club of Indiana County; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1952; reelected in 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, and 1966; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1954, 1968); member, board of directors, Indiana School District (20 years); appointed, chair, State Board of Private Academic Schools (1972-1989); instructor, political science, The Pennsylvania State University; regional director, Region II, Pennsylvania School Board Association (1993-1999); died, December 13, 1999 in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.


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