Biography

09/10/1878 - 04/29/1955

HECHT, Herman Lyon, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, September 10, 1878 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; attended, Temple College (now Temple University); lawyer (1901-1955); elected, school board (1905-1906); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1906, 1908, and 1910; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1912); reelected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1916; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1918); died, April 29, 1955 in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Sinai Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.