Member Biography

Frederick Lloyd Homsher 

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1939-1940       13 Republican
1941-1942       13 Republican
1943-1944       13 Republican
1945-1946       13 Republican
1947-1948       13 Republican
1949-1950       13 Republican

COUNTIES: Lancaster  


Biography

11/19/1885 - 05/03/1950


Frederick Lloyd Homsher (R13) Lancaster (Part) County 1938-1950

Early Life:            

Frederick Lloyd Homsher, born November 19, 1885, Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; son of John Galen and Harriet Violet Eager Homsher; merchant; married, Mary Elizabeth Bryson Homsher, children, Joseph Bert Homsher, John Bryson Homsher, Frederick Lloyd Homsher, Margaret Jane Homsher Hassel; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1938-1950; died, May 3, 1950 (age 64) while in office of the Senate, aboard a train en roue to sanatorium, near Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio; interment, Strasburg Mennonite Cemetery, Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate,13th district, Lancaster (Part) County, 1938-1950; filled vacancy, death, John Galen Homsher.

Legacy:

Succeeded father, John Galen Homsher Pennsylvania State Senate, 13th district, Lancaster (Part) County, 1909-1938.

John Galen Homsher  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

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

Frederick Lloyd Homsher (1885-1950) - Find a Grave Memorial