Biography

06/18/1888 - 01/16/1956

GELNETT, Amos Long, a Representative from Perry County; born, June 18, 1888 in Monroe Township, Juniata County, Pa.; teacher; businessman; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1925 term; reelected to the House to serve the 1927 and 1929 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1931 term; elected, delegate, Republican National Convention (1948); died, January 16, 1956 in Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania; interred, Newport Cemetery, Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania.