Biography

06/21/1903 - 06/02/1979

MACHMER, Lawrence C., a Representative from Berks County; born in Rockland Township, Berks County, Pa., June 21, 1903; graduated, Longswamp High School; graduated, Keystone State Normal School (now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania), 1921; teacher (1921-1959); justice of the peace, Rockland Township (1934-1973); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1959 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1961 term; president, Berks County Prison Board; elected, supervisor, Rockland Township; died, June 2, 1979 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, New Jerusalem Church Cemetery, Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.