Biography

02/13/1855 - 09/24/1914

BLISS, Howard, a Representative from Beaver County; born, February 13, 1855 in South Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pa.; farmer and stock raiser; owner and publisher, The Argus and Radical; writer, Daily and Weekly Star; special correspondent, Pittsburgh Times and the Pittsburgh Leader; elected, sheriff, Beaver County (1903-1906); assistant burgess, Rochester (2 years); elected, burgess, Rochester (1 year); member, school board, Rochester (2 years); elected, delegate, Republican State Convention (1897, 1900); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1906; not a candidate for reelection to the House in the 1908 General election; editor and proprietor, The Beaver Republican; died, September 24, 1914 in Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; interred, Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum, Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.