Biography

1886 - 12/11/1951

YESTER, William J., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pa. in 1886; optometrist; chairman, McKeesport Housing Council (1935-1951); vice chair, Housing Authority of McKeesport (1937-1951); president, McKeesport Community Council (2 years); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1941 term and served 5 more consecutive terms; appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on Corporations and Cooperatives (1947-1948); elected, controller, McKeesport (1945); died while in office, December 11, 1951 in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.