Biography

08/04/1878 - 12/12/1962

Brigadier General Samuel Blair Wolfe (R27) Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties 1947-1962

Early Life: 

Brigadier General Samuel Blair Wolfe, born August 4, 1878, Union County, Pennsylvania; son of Jacob A. and Sarah Jane Stine Wolfe; Kellers Business College; adjutant, Company A, 12th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, Spanish-American War, Mexican Border Campaign, 1895-1916; captain, Troop M, 1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry National Guard, 1916-1917; squadron commander, 4th Regiment, United States Cavalry, United States Army, World War I, 1918-1919; colonel commander, 2nd Squadron, 103rd Regiment, United States Cavalry, United States Army, 1927-1937; colonel commander, Troop A, 103rd Cavalry, Pennsylvania National Guard, 1937-1941; brigadier general, 190th Field Artillery, Pennsylvania National Guard, 1940-1941; manager, associate editor, Lewisburg Saturday News, 1909-1933; secretary, Congressman Benjamin K. Focht, 1919-1920; president, Lewisburg Chair and Furniture Company; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1921-1922 term, not a candidate for reelection, 1922; state prohibition officer, Pittsburgh office, 1921; appointed, chief assistant, State Prohibition Office, 1921; elected, council, Lewisburg, 1927-1933; elected, burgess, Lewisburg, 1933-1941; unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress, 1937; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1947-1962, appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Agencies, 1947-1948; married, Bertha Gellinger Wolfe; died, December 12, 1962 (aged 84), while in the office of Senate, Kelly Township, Union County, Pennsylvania; interment, Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1921-1922 term; not a candidate for reelection, 1922.

Elected, council, Lewisburg, 1927-1933; elected, burgess, Lewisburg, 1933-1941. 

Unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress, 1937. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 27th district, Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties, 1947-1962; appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Agencies, 1947-1948; died, December 12, 1962 (aged 84), while in the office of Senate.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

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

Cited:

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

Cox, Harold. Senate1790-1869 (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Samuel B. Wolfe (1878-1962) - Find a Grave Memorial