Biography

05/30/1875 - 03/31/1932

MERTENS, Charles A., a Representative from Erie County; born, May 30, 1875 in Erie, Erie County, Pa.; graduated, Erie High School, 1893; boiler shop worker (1893); school teacher (1893); law clerk, office of H. J. Curtze, Esq., Erie (1894-1897); appointed, State Improvement of Highways Committee (1896); lawyer (1897-1932); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1900; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1902); chairman, Erie County Republican Committee; owner, Erie Sailors, Ohio-Pennsylvania Baseball League team (1909-1911); chairman, executive committee, Ohio and Pennsylvania Baseball League (1909-1911); died, March 31, 1932, in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interred, Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.