Biography

05/15/1892 - 12/13/1971

HOLMES, Elmer E., a Representative from Carbon County; born May 15, 1892 in Seek, Schuylkill County, Pa.; graduated, Temple University; corporal, 158th Aero Squadron, "S.S. Tuscania," United States Army (1918-1919, World War I); dental and medical supplies salesman; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1943 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1945 term; bakery owner; died, December 13, 1971 in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; interred, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.