Biography

05/09/1904 - 04/05/1990

McCANDLESS, Albert L., a Representative from Butler County; born in Butler, Butler County, Pa., May 9, 1904; farmer; factory worker, shell-maker during World War II; school supervisor, Butler County (1927-1932); school director, Butler County (1943-1951); chief deputy sheriff, Butler County (1946-1947); elected, commissioner, Butler County (1948-1955); member, Butler County Republican Committee; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1958; reelected to the House for 2 more consecutive terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1964); died, April 5, 1990 in Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greenlawn Burial Estates, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania.