Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1965 Representative Democrat
1966 Representative Democrat
1967 Representative Democrat
1968 Representative Democrat
1969 Representative 54 Democrat
1970 Representative 54 Democrat
1971 Representative 54 Democrat
1972 Representative 54 Democrat
1973 Representative 54 Democrat
1974 Representative 54 Democrat
1975 Representative 54 Democrat
1976 Representative 54 Democrat
1977 Representative 54 Democrat
1978 Representative 54 Democrat
1979 Representative 54 Democrat
1980 Representative 54 Democrat
Counties Armstrong, Butler, Westmoreland

Biography

05/08/1912 - 02/20/1993


Westmoreland County (1967-1972), Armstrong, Butler and Westmoreland Counties (1973-1980)

SCHMITT, Chester L., a Representative from Armstrong, Butler, and Westmoreland Counties; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., May 8, 1912; S.R.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1960; real estate, insurance broker and appraiser; teacher, The Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington Center; elected, council, New Kensington (1950-1954); campaign chair, Clark-Dilworth Campaign; county vice chair, Kennedy-Johnson Campaign; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1964; served 7 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, Special Committee to Investigate the Energy Crisis (1973); appointed, Select Committee to Review Insurance Regulations (1974); appointed, Select Committee on Three Mile Island (1979); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1980); died, February 20, 1993 in New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Joseph Church Cemetery, New Kensington, Wesstmoreland County, Pennsylvania.


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