DAVID WHITEHOUSE BECHTEL

BECHTEL, David Whitehouse, a Representative from Schuylkill County; born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., December 9, 1895; graduated, Pottsville High School, 1914; graduated, Dickinson College School of Law; served, United States Navy (1918-1919, World War I); lawyer; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1929 term; reelected to  serve 2 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1935 term; unsuccesful campaign, United States Congress (1934); died, February 16, 1967 in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.