Biography

02/01/1909 - 04/03/1971

RAUSCH, Paul C., a Representative from Lehigh County; born, February 1, 1909 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa.; graduated, Allentown High School; graduated, Muhlenberg College, 1931; graduate studies, Muhlenberg College, 1932; specialist, 3rd class, United States Navy (1944-1946, World War II); life insurance salesman, bookkeeper; unsuccessful campaign, city council, Allentown (1935); appointed, assessor, Bureau of Water, Allentown (1936-1941); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1938); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1940; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1942, 1944); social science teacher, Allentown School District (27 years); unsuccessful campaign, council, Allentown (1969); died, April 3, 1971 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greenwood Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.