Biography

10/06/1842 - 09/25/1930

TRACH, Reuben H., a Representative from Northampton County; born in Bushkill Township, Northampton County, Pa., October 6, 1842; teacher (1862-1872); operated, Trach’s Academy (1872-1885); clerk and deputy clerk, Quarter Sessions Court, Northampton County (1886-1892); deputy treasurer, Northampton County (1894-1897, 1903-1906); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1912; reelected to the House for 2 more nonconsecutive terms in 1914 and 1918; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1916); employed, Werner Company; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1920); solicitor, Easton Printing Company (4 years); died, September 25, 1930 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut; interred, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.