Biography

12/09/1842 - 07/03/1924

RIEGEL, John H., a Representative from Berks County; born, December 9, 1842 in Upper Bern, Berks County, Pa.; attended, Ursinus College; teacher and principal (12 years); elected, justice of the peace, Reading (10 years); elected, auditor, Reading (8 years); elections officer, Berks County (10 years); surveyor and conveyancer; cigar manufacturer; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1878 and 1880; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1882); died, July 3, 1924 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.