Biography

12/30/1898 - 03/18/1954

GARDNER, Ira H., a Representative from Huntingdon County; born, December 30, 1898 in Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pa.; attended, Alexandria High School; served, United States Army, 28th Division (World War I); accountant; deputy treasurer, Huntingdon County (1928, 1936-1943); elected, treasurer, Huntingdon County (1931-1934); chair, Huntingdon County Republican Committee (1934-1935); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1942 and 1944; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1946); senior field representative, Pennsylvania Tax Equalization Board; died, March 18, 1954 in Aspinwall, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery, Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.