Biography

01/22/1895 - 06/15/1960

MAHAN, Samuel McCandless, a Representative from Butler County; born, January 22, 1895 in Clinton Township, Butler County, Pa.; educated, public schools, Butler County; served, United States Army (World War I); operator, builders’ supply and contracting business (25 years); elected, commissioner, Butler County (4 years); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1952; reelected and served 3 more consecutive terms; died while in office, June 15, 1960 in Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania; interred, Butler County Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania.