John T Van Sant

Sessions

Session Year	Position	District	Party
1955		16	Republican
1957		16	Republican
1959		16	Republican
1961		16	Republican
1963		16	Republican
1965		16	Republican
1967		16	Republican
1969		16	Republican

Counties	Lehigh

Biography

1915 - 1972

Born on November 2, 1915, Delano, the son of Homer M. and Frieda Sharkey Van Sant; educated in public schools of Delano and Hazleton; Westminster College of Fulton, Missouri; and Muhlenberg College, Allentown. John was sports and news director of radio station WSAN, Allentown; served in the US Navy, WWII, US, Hawaii, and Guam; member of the state House of Representatives, 1950-1954; member of the state Senate, 1955-1970. He married Alice Jane Ziegler. Senator Van Zant died on October 2, 1972.