Member Biography

Peter Graff III

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1933-1934       41 Republican
1935-1936       41 Republican

COUNTIES: Armstrong, Butler  


Biography

09/15/1886 - 06/26/1926


Peter Graff, III (R41) Armstrong and Butler Counties 1933-1936

Early Life:

Peter Graff, III, born September 15, 1886, Worthington, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; son of John Frank and Susan Lobinger Graff; public school education; Mercersburg Academy; Princeton University; engaged, manufacturing and mercantile business, Worthington; member, Worthington council; president, treasurer, Peter Graff and Company, woolen product manufacturers; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1928; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1933-1936; chicken farmer; married, Georgia Isabel Brown; died, June 26, 1942 (aged 55–56) Worthington, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; interment, Worthington Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Worthington, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 41st district, Armstrong and Butler Counties, 1933-1936; member, Local Government Commission, 1935-1936.

Legacy:

Son, John Frank Graff, Pennsylvania State Senate, 41st district, Armstrong and Butler Counties, 1913-1918. John Francis Graff  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

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

Latrobe Bulletin (Latrobe, Pennsylvania) · Saturday, June 27, 1942 · Page 5.

Peter Graff III (1886-1942) - Find a Grave Memorial