Biography

01/08/1894 - 08/09/1968

Elmer Joseph Holland (D38) Allegheny (Part) County 1943-1956

Early Life:

Elmer Joseph Holland, born January 8, 1894, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;  attended the public schools, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; University of Montpelier, France; Saumur Cavalry School, France, 1919; second lieutenant, Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, First World War I; engaged, sales and advertising manager, glass manufacturer 1915-1933; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1934-1942; appointed, superintendent, highways and sewers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1940-1942; elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, 1942-1943; major, European Theater of Operations, World War II; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1943-1956; elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, 1956-1968; died, August 9, 1968 (age 74 years, 214 days), in the office of Congress, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland; interment, Arlington National Cemetery, city of Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1934-1942; Legislative Committee to Study the Public School System, 1935-1936; not a candidate for reelection, 1942.

Appointed, superintendent, highways and sewers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1940-1942.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 38th district, Allegheny (Part) County, 1943-1956; appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on Alcoholism, 1947-1948; resigned, February 7, 1956; George Sarraf seated to fill vacancy, December 17, 1956.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, Special Election, Seventy-seventh Congress, 33rd district, vacancy, resignation, Joseph A. McArdle, 1942-1943; not a candidate for renomination, 1942.

Elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, Special Election, Eighty-fourth Congress, vacancy, death, Vera Buchanan, 30th district, 1956; reelected, Eighty-fifth, Eighty-sixth, Eighty-seventh, 30th district, Eighty-eighth, Eighty-nineth, Ninetieth Congresses, 1956, until his death, August 9, 1968.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=1931

Cited:

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

Elmer Joseph Holland (1894-1968) - Find a Grave Memorial