Biography

05/22/1872 - 06/30/1930

HAAG, Harry O., a Representative from Schuylkill County; born in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pa., May 22, 1872; graduated, Millersville State Normal School (now Millersville University of Pennsylvania), 1892; graduated, Georgetown University; principal, Blackwood schools (3 years); lawyer; clerk, United States Treasury Department; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1899 and 1901 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1903 term; unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1904); chair, Schuylkill County Democratic Committee; appointed, first Assistant District Attorney, Schuylkill County (1905); president, Tremont National Bank (1922); died, June 30, 1930 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Charles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.