Biography

09/02/1867 - 07/05/1944

SCHLEITER, Edward J., a Representative from Beaver County; born, September 2, 1867 in New London, New London County, Ct.; partner, C. Schleiter’s Sons, marble and granite memorial manufacturers; president, St. Clair National Bank; president, Freedom National Bank; vice-president, Ambridge National Bank; elected, council president, Freedom Borough (1910-1924); elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1912); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1922; unsuccessful campaign for election to the House (1906, 1924); died, July 5, 1944 in Freedom, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; interred, Oak Grove Cemetery, Freedom, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.