Biography

03/04/1878 - 10/10/1948

McCANDLESS, James T., a Representative from Butler County; born, March 4, 1878 in Center Township, Butler County, Pa.; attended, Prospect Academy; attended, West Sunbury Academy; attended, Grove City College; attended, Butler Business College; elected, prothonotary, Butler County (1916-1923); elected, supervisor, Butler Township; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1932; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1934); farmer; died, October 10, 1948 in Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania; interred, Rose Hill Cemetery, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania.