Biography

12/25/1893 - 12/21/1970

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rossiter Ziesenheim (R49) Erie County 1933-1936 (R49) Erie County 1941-1944

Early Life:

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Rossiter Ziesenheim, born December 25, 1893, Girard Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania; son of Fred A. and Elizabeth J. Rossiter Ziesenheim; The Pennsylvania State College, (now, Pennsylvania State University) B.S. agriculture, 1915; University of Illinois, M.S., 1917; served, United States Air Force, World War I, 1917-1919; flight instructor; farmer; president, Erie County Farm Bureau; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1927-1932; not a candidate for reelection, 1933 term; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1933-1936; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, 1936; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1941-1944; married, Charlotte Voss Cross Ziesenheim, children, Joseph Cross Ziesenheim, Robert Cross Ziesenheim; died, December 21, 1970 (aged 76), Lake City, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interment, Girard Cemetery, Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1927-1932; not a candidate for reelection, 1933 term. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 49th district, Erie County, 1933-1936; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, 1936.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 49th district, Erie County, 1941-1944.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography: 

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

Cited:

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "Z" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

LTC Joseph Rossiter Ziesenheim (1893-1970) - Find a Grave Memorial