Biography

03/05/1819 - 07/25/1898

NICE, Decatur E., a Representative from Schuylkill County; born, March 15, 1819 in Hamburg, Berks County, Pa.; attended, Milton Academy; attended, University of Vermont; graduated, law, Dickinson College, 1841; lawyer (1841-1898); elected, District Attorney, Schuylkill County (1843-1844); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1868 and 1869 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1870 term; elected, Democratic National Conventions; elected, council president, Pottsville (3 years); died, July 25, 1898 in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; interred, Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Cemetery, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.