Biography

12/06/1841 - 03/27/1924


WHITLEY, Benjamin B., a Representative from Erie County; born, December 6, 1841 in Millcreek township, Erie County, Pa.; farmer; elected, commissioner, Erie County (1882-1888); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1889 and 1891 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1893 term; elected, chair, Erie County Republican Committee (1892); died, March 27, 1924 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interred, Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.


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