Biography

03/10/1887 - 08/11/1939

HERBST, Otto J., a representative from Erie County; born, March 10, 1887 in Erie, Erie County, Pa.; graduated, Erie High School, 1905; LL.B., Detroit College of Law, 1912; employed, business clerk (1905-1908); clerk, mayor William J. Stern (1912-1915); judicial secretary, Erie County Court (1915-1919); lawyer (1919-1939); Assistant District Attorney, Erie County (1920-1924); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1926; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1928); elected, District Attorney, Erie County (1928-1932); died, August 11, 1939 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interred, Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.