Biography

01/31/1871 - 04/28/1960

DRUM, Philip Leo, a Representative from Luzerne County; born in Drums, Luzerne County, Pa., January 31, 1871; attended, Wyoming Seminary, Pa.; graduated, Bloomsburg Literary Institute and Normal School (now Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania), 1893; attended, Lafayette College, 1897; LL.B., University of Pennsylvania School of Law, 1900; teacher, Upper Lehigh school district (2 years); teacher, Carlisle Indian School (1894); teacher, Bloomsburg State Normal School (now Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania) (1895-1896); lawyer; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1901 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1902); appointed, oil inspector, Luzerne County (1905-1909); solicitor, Nescopeck (1905-1906); unsuccessful campaign, controller, Luzerne County (1911); member, Board of Viewers, Luzerne County (25 years); died, April 28, 1960 in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.