Biography

08/10/1886 - 09/11/1957


BENNETT, Irwin W., a Representative from Carbon County; born August 10, 1886 in Lynn Township, Carbon County, Pa.; owner and operator, auto repair shop; elected, justice of the peace (1913-1929); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1939 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1941 term; died, September 11, 1957 in Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Hill Cemetery, Weissport, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
 


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