Biography

10/21/1879 - 08/18/1940

WILLERT,  William J., a Representative from Erie County; born, North East Township, Erie County, Pa., on October 21, 1879; attended, North East Township public schools; clerk, grocery store (1893-1903); proprietor, grocery store (1903-1906); manager, Erie Wholesale Grocery Company (1906-1909); supervisor, United States territory, Cleveland Macaroni Company (1909-1912); lobbyist, food manufacturers (1912-1918); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1918; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1920); notary public, Erie County (1921-1925); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1924); died, August 18, 1940 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interred, Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.