Biography

09/18/1904 - 12/21/1990

Lieutenant Colonel Eustace Herschel Bane (D32) Fayette County 1951-1955

Early Life:

Lieutenant Colonel Eustace Herschel Bane, born September 18, 1904, North Union Township, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; son of David E. and Nellie Ramage Bane; Pennsylvania State (University) College, (A.B.), 1927; University of Pittsburgh Law School, (LL.B.), 1930; lieutenant colonel, 12th Army Air Force, United States Army, African, Italian, French Campaigns, World War II, 1940-1944; attorney; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1947-1950; not a candidate for reelection, 1950; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1951- resigned, December 31, 1955; appointed, Local Government Commission, 1953-1954; elected, judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County, 1956-1976, president judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County, 1959-1976; died, December 21, 1990 (aged 86), Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Michigan; interment, Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Oliver, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1947-1950; appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on Uniform Practice and Procedure, 1947-1948; not a candidate for reelection, 1950.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 32nd district, Fayette County, 1951-1955; appointed, Local Government Commission, 1953-1954; resigned, December 31, 1955.

Elected, judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County, 1956-1976, president judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County, 1959-1976.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=1640

Cited:

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

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181036289/eustace-herschel-bane