Biography

10/03/1881 - 06/26/1933

Fletcher Wilbur Stites (R12) Montgomery County 1923-1926 

Early Life: 

Fletcher Wilbur Stites, born October 3, 1881, Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey; son of Edgar Page and Sarah Elizabeth Edmunds Stites; Cape May High School, 1898; Taylor University, Upland Indiana; University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1904; Juniata College, honorary doctorate of law, LL.D., 1928; admitted, Montgomery County bar, lawyer; elected, solicitor, Narberth, Montgomery County; married, Edith Gillespie Austin Stites, 1906; elected, burgess, Narberth, 1908-1913; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1917-1918; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1923-1926; died, June 26, 1933 (aged 51), Narberth, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interment, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, solicitor, Narberth, Montgomery County. 

Elected, burgess, Narberth, 1908-1913.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1917-1918; not a candidate for reelection, House, 1918; appointed chair, prison systems investigative commission. 

Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1920.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th District, Montgomery County, 1923-1926; member, Appropriations Banks and Building and loan Associations, Education, Insurance, Judiciary General, Judiciary Special, Law and Order, Public Health and Sanitation and Public Roads and Highways Committees. 

Legacy: 

Fourth cousin, George Augustus Vare, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1st district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1897-1908. 

George Augustus Vare  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Fourth cousin, Edwin Hornberger Vare Sr., Pennsylvania State Senate, 1st district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1909-1922. 

Edwin Hornberger Vare Sr. - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Fourth cousin, William Scott Vare, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1st district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1923-1924. 

William Scott Vare  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Registered, World War I military draft.

Cited: 

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

Whitmore, R.E., (Compiler). (1923-1924). The Pennsylvania Manual, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 983, 990, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 965.

Fletcher Wilbur Stites (1881-1933) - Find a Grave Memorial