Biography

01/06/1900 - 01/16/1982


MOOMAW, Paul Cephas, Sr., a Representative from Franklin County; born, January 6, 1900 in the city of Roanoke, Roanoke County, Va.; studied electrical engineering; served, United States Navy (World War I); served, Commission for Relief (post-World War I, France and Belgium); engaged, sales and engineering capacity, electric time and signal equipment business; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1934 and 1936; appointed, Local Government Commission (1935-1942); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1938, 1954); tax consultant; appointed, director, Joint State Government Commission (1941-1942); founder, Interstate Tax Service (1943); Secretary, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1955-1956, 1959-1960); executive director, Bureau of Social Security for Public Employees (1957-1958); vice president, National Conference of State Social Security Administrators (1958); Secretary, Pennsylvania State Senate (1961-1962); lobbyist; died, January 16, 1982; interred, Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. 
 


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