Biography

07/07/1893 - 01/10/1939


SHENKEL, Jacob W., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, July 7, 1893 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; educated in public schools; accountant; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1932; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House in the 1934 General election; died, January 10, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
 


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