Biography

06/19/1904 - 07/11/1980

BRUNNER, Charles Haupt, Jr., a Representative from Montgomery County; born in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., June 19, 1904; attended, Norristown High School, 1918-1920; attended, Haverford School, 1920-1923; A.B., Colgate University, 1927; LL.B., Temple University Law School, 1931; attorney-at-law; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1939 term; reelected to the House to serve 5 consecutive terms thereafter; elected, Majority Whip (1947-1948); elected, Majority Leader (1949-1950); appointed, Joint State Government Commission  (1945-1950: Subcommittee on the Revision of the Penal Code, 1945-1946: Subcommittee on Penal Laws, 1947-1948: Subcommittee on Alcoholism, chair, 1947-1948: Executive Committee, 1947-1948); appointed, General State Authority (1949-1950); appointed, Commission on Interstate Cooperation (1949-1950: Subcommittee on Conservation and Subcommittee on Interstate Waters, Potomac River Basin); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1950); died, July 11, 1980 in Salford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interred, Riverside Cemetery, Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.