Biography

11/20/1904 - 08/01/1982

SCHMIDT, Theodore H., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, Turtle Creek, Allegheny County, Pa. on November 20, 1904; graduated, The Pennsylvania State (University) College, 1926; graduated, University of Pittsburgh Law School, 1929; attorney; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1948; reelected to 2 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1954); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1954-1957); not a candidate for reelection, State Senate (1958); hearing examiner, Pennsylvania Department of Welfare (1970-1980); died, August 1, 1982 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Beth Shalom Cemetery, Shaler, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.