Biography

04/20/1860 - 02/20/1928

CHRISTMAN, Harvey, a Representative from Montgomery County; born in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pa., April 20, 1860; laborer, bone mill; boater, Schuylkill Canal; miller; roadmaster, Linfield (1 year); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Linfield (1 term); deputy collector, Internal Revenue Service (5 years); elected, justice of the peace (3 terms); chair, Montgomery County Democratic Party (10 years); director, National Bank at Royersford (1909-1928); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1915 and 1917 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1919 term; died, February 20, 1928 in Linfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interred, Limerick Church Burial Ground, Limerick, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.