Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
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 Republican
1966 Representative Republican
Counties Allegheny

Biography

03/19/1899 - 07/31/1967


GIBB, Laurence V., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pa. on March 19, 1899; attended, Pittsburgh School of Accounting; attended, Duquesne University; private, Battery B, 107th Field Artillery, 28th Division, United States Army (World War I); captain, Air Corps, United States Army (1942-1945, World War II); squadron commander, Air Force Technical Training Command; engaged in real estate and insurance business (25 years); auditor and investigator, Controller's office, Allegheny County (1936-1939); Workmen’s Compensation referee, Allegheny County (1939-1950); justice of the peace, Sewickley (36 years); chair, Sewickley Republican Committee (1930-1967); member, Republican State Committee (1948-1956); special investigator, District Attorney’s office, Allegheny County (1952-1956); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1954; reelected to serve 5 more consecutive terms; appointed, Joint Committee to Investigate the Knox Mine Disaster (1959); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1966); tax collector, Borough of Sewickley (1956-1958); elected, burgess/mayor, Sewickley (1957-1965); died, July 31, 1967 in Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Sewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.


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