Biography

05/25/1845 - 05/08/1921

LESH, Nathan M., a Representative from Monroe County; born, May 25, 1845 in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pa.; attended, Wyoming Seminary; farmer; teacher; principal; engaged, mercantile business; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Sciota, Pa. (1885-1889); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1888 and 1890; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1892); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1894); died, May 8, 1921 in Hamilton, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; interred, Stroudsburg Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.