Ben H. Wilson, JR.

Ben H. Wilson, JR.

Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1967 Representative Republican
1968 Representative Republican
1969 Representative 144 Republican
1970 Representative 144 Republican
1971 Representative 144 Republican
1972 Representative 144 Republican
1973 Representative 144 Republican
1974 Representative 144 Republican
1975 Representative 144 Republican
1976 Representative 144 Republican
1977 Representative 144 Republican
1978 Representative 144 Republican
1979 Representative 144 Republican
1980 Representative 144 Republican
1981 Representative 144 Republican
1982 Representative 144 Republican
1983 Representative 144 Republican
1984 Representative 144 Republican
1985 Representative 144 Republican
1986 Representative 144 Republican
1987 Representative 144 Republican
1988 Representative 144 Republican
Counties Bucks

Biography

01/25/1925 - 03/16/1988


WILSON, Benjamin H., Jr., a Representative from Bucks County; born in Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, Pa., January 25, 1925; graduated, Mt. Carmel High School; B.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 1949; served, Air Corps, United States Army (1943-1946, World War II); real estate broker; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1966 and served 10 more consecutive terms; appointed, board, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) (1981-1988); appointed, Special Bipartisan Committee to Study the Impact on Pennsylvania Consumers of the Divestiture of AT&T (1984); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Auditor General (1980); died while in office, March 16, 1988 in the Bahamas.

 

Archival Collections

Papers of Ben H. Wilson, Jr., 1977-1986, Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives, Harrisburg.


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