Biography

07/07/1858 - 06/16/1940

HERTZLER, William H., a Representative from Juniata County; born in Old Port, Juniata County, Pa., June 7, 1858; attended, Airy View Academy; graduated, Washington and Jefferson College, 1881; graduate, Yale University, 1885; chair, Perry County Republican Committee (1881-1882);  elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1889 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1891 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1897-1902); private secretary, Congressman Thad M. Mahon (1902-1905); private secretary, Congressman Benjamin K. Focht (1905-1911); president, First National Bank of Mifflintown (1909-1940); Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth (1911-1915); file clerk, United States House of Representatives (1919-1933); died, June 16, 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania.