Biography

07/08/1875 - 03/06/1947

HOWELL, Charles M., a Representative from Lancaster County; born, July 8, 1875 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.; graduated, Lancaster High School, 1892; reporter, Lancaster Examiner; reporter and managing editor, Lancaster Intelligencer; manager, Colonial Theater; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1923 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1924); elected, common council, Lancaster (1925-1930); postmaster, United States Post Office, Lancaster (1934-1947); died, March 6, 1947 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interred, Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.