Biography

05/03/1876 - 12/21/1939

HOOVER, Ralph, a Representative from Bedford County; born, May 3, 1876 in Napier Township, Bedford County, Pa.; farmer; steel mill worker (7 years); director, Bedford County Trust Company; appointed, auditor, Bedford County (1918); elected, auditor, Bedford County (1919-1920); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1920; not a candidate for reelection to the House in the 1922 General election; died, December 21, 1939 in Snake Spring Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Ritchey Cemetery, Snake Spring Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.