Biography

02/02/1881 - 07/21/1966

GATES, Herbert G., a Representative from Armstrong County; born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa., February 2, 1881; attended, Kittanning Academy; attended, Eastman College; secretary-treasurer, Armstrong County Trust Company; president, Armstrong County Bankers Association (17 years); president, Kittanning Thrift Bank; elected, president, Kittanning Board of Education; organizer, Armstrong County Red Cross; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1934; reelected in 1938, 1940, and 1942; resigned from the House, May 31, 1943; elected, prothonotary, Armstrong County (1943-1960); died, July 21, 1966 in Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, Florida; interred, Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.