Biography

07/14/1895 - 04/19/1962

FREED, Tilghman Albert, a Representative from Lehigh County; born, July 14, 1895 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa.; attended, Philadelphia School of Real Estate; sergeant, United States Army (1918-1919, World War I); silk weaver; mechanic, auto repair shop; proprietor, I.X.L. Tire and Supply Company; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1939, 1943 and 1945 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1941 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1947 term; realtor; instructor of real estate law and conveyance; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1951-1954); usuccesful campaign, United States Congress (1956); died, April 19, 1962 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; interred, Green Mount Cemetery, Bath, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.