Biography

01/13/1905 - 01/27/1971

Judge William Irvin Troutman (R27) Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties 1945 

Early Life:

Judge William Irvin Troutman, born Shamokin, January 13, 1905, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1927; University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, LL.D., 1930, attorney, admitted to the bar; commenced practice in Shamokin, Pennsylvania; special attorney for Pennsylvania, 1939-1943; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, 1943- resigned, January 2, 1945; Pennsylvania State Senate, 1945; elected, judge, Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1946-1966; not a candidate for reelection; senior judge, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1966-1971; married, Emeline B. Lark; died, January 27, 1971 (age 66 years, 14 days), Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; interment, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Coal Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Special attorney for Pennsylvania, 1939-1943.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, Northumberland, Snyder, Union Counties, resigned, December 18, 1945.

Elected, judge, Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, for a ten-year term, assumed his duties on January 7, 1946; reelected. November 1955 for term ending January 1966 not a candidate for reelection. 

Senior judge, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1966-1971. 

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, 1943- resigned, January 2, 1945; did not seek renomination, Seventy-ninth Congress, 1944. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold Senate Members "T" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Cox, Harold Senate1790-1869 (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

William I. Troutman (1905-1971) - Find a Grave Memorial