Biography

03/23/1883 - 09/22/1956

McDERMOTT, Patrick, a Representative from Cambria County; born, March 23, 1883 in Crown Hill, Kanawha County, Va.; miner, Rich Hill Coal Company; elected, council, Hastings Borough (1913); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1923 and 1925 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1927 term; elected, coroner, Cambria County (1940-1948); died, September 22, 1956; interred, Saint Bernard Cemetery, Hastings, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.