Biography

01/15/1916 - 09/13/1965

McDEVITT, Daniel F., a Representative from Berks County; born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., January 15, 1916; staff sergeant, United States Army (1942-1946, World War II; Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars recipient); self-employed; elected, city council, Reading (1954-1955); elected, mayor, Reading (1956-1960); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve in the 1961 and 1963 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the Hosue for the 1965 term; died, September 13, 1965, in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale, Berks County, Pennsylvania.