Member Biography

Marvin V. Keller 

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1959       10 Republican
1960       10 Republican
1961       10 Republican
1962       10 Republican
1963       10 Republican
1964       10 Republican
1965       10 Republican
1966       10 Republican
1967       10 Republican
1968       10 Republican
1969       10 Republican
1970       10 Republican

COUNTIES: Bucks  


Biography

09/19/1906 - 10/19/1976


Marvin V. Keller (R10) Bucks County 1959-1970 

Early Life:

Marvin V. Keller, born September 19, 1906, Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Rider College; building contractor; director, Newtown Title and Trust Company; director, Langhorne Federal Savings and Loan Association; elected, treasurer, Newtown Borough School District, 1940-1966; elected, Register of Wills, Bucks County, 1944-1948; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1949-1958, not a candidate for reelection, 1958; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1959-1970; appointed, Commission on Interstate Cooperation, 1963-1966; appointed, Local Government Commission, 1963-1970 chair, Local Government Commission, 1967-1970; elected, delegate, Republican National Convention, 1964; elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1967-1968; died, October 20, 1976, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; interment, Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, advisory committee, Central Penn National Bank of Philadelphia, member, Newtown Joint Municipal Authority, president, Newtown Exchange Club, Newtown Masonic Lodge, Newtown Methodist Church.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Register of Wills, Bucks County, 1944-1948. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1949-1958, not a candidate for reelection, 1958.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 10th district, Bucks County, 1959-1970; committee assignments, Elections and Reapportionment (Chairman), Highways (Vice Chairman), Law and Order; appointed, Commission on Interstate Cooperation, 1963-1966; appointed, Local Government Commission, 1963-1970, chairman, Local Government Commission, 1967-1970.

Elected, delegate, Republican National Convention, 1964.

Elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1967-1968.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

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

Cited: 

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

Marvin V Keller (1906-1976) - Find a Grave Memorial