Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
1957-1958 | 17 | Republican | ||
1959 | 17 | Republican | ||
1960 | 17 | Republican | ||
1961 | 17 | Republican | ||
1962 | 17 | Republican | ||
1963 | 17 | Republican | ||
1964 | 17 | Republican |
COUNTIES: Lancaster, Lebanon
Thomas Alexander Ehrgood, Sr. (R17) Lancaster (Part) and Lebanon Counties 1957-1964
Thomas Alexander Ehrgood, Sr., born November 27, 1923, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; son of Judge Allen Harry and Katharine Reinoehl Witmeyer Ehrgood; Lebanon public schools education; Lebanon High School, 1941; Deerfield Academy, 1942; Amherst College, history, (A.B.), 1946; Dickinson School of Law, (now Pennsylvania State Dickinson Law), LL.B., 1951; attorney, Ehrgood and Ehrgood, 1952-2006; ensign, United States Navy, World War II, Pacific Campaign, destroyer escort United States Ship Willis, as well as several landing craft, tank, LCTs; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1955-1956; not a candidate for reelection, 1957; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1957-1964; unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, 1966; received the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Distinguished Service Award, 1960; married Polly Caruthers, 1948, children, children Mary C. Ehrgood, Thomas A. Ehrgood Jr., Daniel G. Ehrgood, Andrew J. Ehrgood,; died, March 2, 2007 (aged 83), Lebanon Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interment, Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1955-1956; not a candidate for reelection, 1957.
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate,17th district, Lancaster (Part) and Lebanon Counties, 1957-1964.
Unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, 1966.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:
https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=1320&body=H
Cited:
Thomas Alexander Ehrgood (1923-2007) - Find a Grave Memorial