Biography

07/07/1858 - 06/16/1940

William Garman Hertzler (R31) Juniata, Mifflin and Perry Counties 1897-1900

Early Life:

William Garman Hertzler, born June 7, 1858, Old Port, Juniata County, Pennsylvania; son of Noah and Susanna Garman Hertzler; Airy View Academy Port Royal, Pennsylvania; Washington and Jefferson College, 1881; Yale University, 1885; studied law under Honorable Louis E. Atkinson, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania; chair, Perry County Republican Committee, 1881-1882; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1889-1890 term, unsuccessful campaign for reelection, 1891 term; nominated, Juniata County, Constitutional Convention, but declined to be a candidate, 1891; elected, secretary, school board, Juniata County, 1891-1900; engaged in merchandising; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1897-1900; private secretary, Congressman Thad M. Mahon, 1902-1905; private secretary, Congressman Benjamin K. Focht, 1905-1911; president, First National Bank of Mifflintown, 1909-1940; Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1911-1915; file clerk, United States House of Representatives, 1919-1933; married, Mollie Kauffman Hertzler, children, Penrose Hertzler; died, June 16, 1940 (aged 82), Old Port, Juniata County, Pennsylvania; interment, Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Chair, Perry County Republican Committee, 1881-1882.

Nominated, Juniata County, Constitutional Convention, but declined to be a candidate, 1891.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1889-1890 term, unsuccessful campaign for reelection, 1891 term. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 31st district, Juniata, Mifflin and Perry Counties, 1897-1900; committee assignments, Agriculture, Corporations, Education, Game and Fisheries, Insurance, Judiciary Special, Law and Order, Public Grounds and Buildings, Public Health and Sanitation (Chairman), Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water, Railroads and Street Passenger Railways.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

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

Cited: 

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

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1900). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1186, 1192-1194, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1160.

William Garman Hertzler (1858-1940) - Find a Grave Memorial