Biography

11/02/1881 - 05/23/1967

REISING, Peter Paul, a Representative from Beaver County; born in Greenville, Floyd County, In., November 2, 1881; attended, I.C.S. correspondence course; attended, Carnegie Tech Night Course (2 years); public speaking, dramatics and commercial law (1 year); railroad conductor; elected, council, Conway, Pa. (1909-1913); ward committeeman and chairman, Beaver Borough Democratic Committee; railroad yardmaster (8 years); author, numerous articles published in labor magazines; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1934 and 1936; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1938); died, May 23, 1967 in Harmony, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania; interred, Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum, Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.