Biography

12/22/1860 - 09/30/1934

MATT, John T., a Representative from Bedford County; born, December 22, 1860 in West Virginia; attended, Allegany High School, Cumberland, Md.; cigar maker and manufacturer; manager, general merchandise store; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1910 and 1912; resigned from the House, March 1, 1914; appointed, deputy revenue collector, Pennsylvania Treasury Department (1914-1917); member, Democratic State Committee; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1922, 1924); loan appraiser, Bedford County; died, September 30, 1934 in Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Everett Cemetery, Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.