Biography

02/12/1863 - 08/21/1921

REIFF, Lot W., a Representative from Berks County; born in Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., February 12, 1863; attended, Oley Academy; attended, Keystone State Normal School (now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania); officer, Customs Battalion, United States Navy, Philadelphia; teacher; school director, Oley Township; elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1890, 1898); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1899 and 1901 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1903 term; elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1904, 1908, 1912); secretary-treasurer, Berks County Fire Insurance Company; died, August 21, 1921 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Friedens Church Cemetery, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.