Biography

04/27/1893 - 04/29/1981

JIM, Charles J., a Representative from Westmoreland County; born, Whitney, Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pa. on April 27, 1893; graduated, business administration, Greensburg Business School; appliance and furnace equipment salesman; unsuccessful campaigns, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1934, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1944, and 1946); theater owner; junior interviewer, Bureau of Unemployment Compensation and Employment Service, Latrobe (1937-1938); clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1941-1942); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat for 5 nonsuccessive terms in 1948, 1952, 1956, 1958 and 1960; chief postmaster, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1955-1956); elected, auditor, Latrobe Borough (1955-1961); died, April 29, 1981 in Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Vincent Cemetery, Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.