Biography

09/23/1872 - 12/09/1965

HAWS, Edward, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; employed, Remington Typewriter Company (27 years); secretary and treasurer, General Underwriters, Incorporated; elected, common and select councils, Philadelphia (1909-1919); member 37th Ward Republican Executive Committee; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1921 term and reelected to serve 5 consecutive terms thereafter; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1932); supervisor, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue; died, December 9, 1965 in Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Chelten Hills Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.