Biography

10/21/1887 - 10/15/1978

Guy Alvin Leader, Sr. (D28) York County 1943-1950

Early Life:

Guy Alvin Leader Sr., born October 21, 1887, Hametown, Shrewsbury Township, York, York County, Pennsylvania; son of George Michael Leader and Susan A Myers; York Collegiate Institute, teacher certificate, 1900; teacher, all eight grades, Jessop School, York Township, 1900-1910; married, Beulah Naomi Boyer, 1909, children, Mary Elizabeth Leader Hovis, Paul Henry Leader, George Michael Leader, Guy Alvin Leader, Henry Boyer Leader, Margaret Jean Leader Eisenhart, Ruth Lois Leader Collins; engaged, poultry farming, raising cattle; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate 1943-1950; died, October 15, 1978, York, York County, Pennsylvania; interment, Salem Union Cemetery, Jacobus, York County, Pennsylvania.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

President, Pennsylvania Poultry Association where was pioneer poultry industry vaccination and formulation feeds programs; Member, White Rose Lodge Free and Accepted Masons, fifty plus years; 32^nd degree Mason; Harrisburg Consistory, 3^rd and 4^th Body of Mason; Building Committee, Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church, South George Street, York, Pennsylvania.  

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 28^th district, York County, 1943-1950.

Legacy:

Father of Pennsylvania State Senator, Governor George Michael Leader.

Cited:

Record Advertiser (Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania) Wednesday, October 18, 1978, page 2.

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