Member Biography

George T. Weingartner 

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1909-1910       47 Republican
1911-1912       47 Republican
1925-1926       47 Republican
1927-1928       47 Republican
1929-1930       47 Republican
1931-1932       47 Republican

COUNTIES: Beaver, Lawrence  


Biography

08/24/1875 - 03/31/1949


George T. Weingartner (R47) Beaver and Lawrence Counties 1909-1912 (R47) Beaver and Lawrence Counties 1925-1932

Early Life:

George T. Weingartner, born August 24, 1875, Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; son of George A. and Martha Warnock Weingartner; Rose Point Academy, 1896; taught school four years; student, law office of Robert K. Aiken, Esquire; admitted, Lawrence County Bar, 1899; attorney, senior member, Weingartner and Mercer; married, Anna Hazen, 1901, daughters, Martha, Elizabeth; member, secretary, Lawrence County Republican Committee, 1902-1903; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1905-1908; not a candidate for reelection, 1908; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1909-1912; elected, chairman, Victory Liberty Loan, 1918; elected, commissioner, Lawrence County, 1919-1926; chair, Lawrence County Republican Committee, 1920-1924; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1925-1932; director, Lawrence Savings and Trust Company; director, Blair Strip Steel Company; director, New Castle Hotel Company; president, Weingartner Realty Company; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1941-1942; not a candidate for reelection, 1942; died, March 31, 1949 (aged 73), New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; interment, Oak Park Cemetery, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Member, secretary, Lawrence County Republican Committee, 1902-1903.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1905-1908; not a candidate for reelection, 1908.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 47th district, Beaver and Lawrence Counties, 1909-1912; committee assignments, Canals and Inland Navigation, Exposition Affairs, Judiciary General, Library, Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water.

Elected, chairman, Victory Liberty Loan, 1918.

Elected, commissioner, Lawrence County, 1919-1926; chair, Lawrence County Republican Committee, 1920-1924.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 47th district, Beaver and Lawrence Counties, 1925-1932.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1941-1942; not a candidate for reelection, 1942. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members W"Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1912). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1004, 1010-1013, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 984.

New Castle News (New Castle, Pennsylvania) Friday, April 1, 1949

20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Honorable Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1908.

George T. Weingartner (1875-1949) - Find a Grave Memorial