Biography

10/10/1904 - 01/02/1988

BENDER, Peter F., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, October 10, 1904; supervisor, Westinghouse Electric Corp.; elected, council, Swissvale;  elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1946; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1948); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1952); appointed, board of directors, Slippery Rock State College (1965-1973); died, January 2, 1988 in Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, New St. Joseph Cemetery, North Vesailles, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.