Biography

11/19/1882 - 10/24/1960

WEIDEMANN, Thomas, a Representative from Delaware County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 19, 1882; attended, Philadelphia public schools; chief oil buyer, Atlantic Refining Company; elected commissioner and president, Haverford Township; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1929 term and reelected to serve 4 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Local Government Commission (1935-1940); not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1939 term; elected, treasurer and tax collector, Haverford Township (1938-1954); died, October 24, 1960 in Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.