Biography

04/09/1860 - 07/23/1937

Clarence W. Wolf, Sr. (R7) Philadelphia (Part) County 1909-1912

Early Life:

Clarence W. Wolf, Sr., born April 9, 1860, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; son of Elias and Amelia Mayer Wolf; public school education; engaged, printing business, envelope manufacturing; banker, director of several manufacturing businesses; presidential elector, 1900; married, Clara Bamberger Wolf, (d.1909), children, Clarence Wolf Jr. and Benjamin Wolf; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1909-1912; died, July 23, 1937; Jewish Hospital for the Aged, Infirmed and Destitute (now Einstein Medical Center), heart ailment, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Mount Sinai Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career:

Founded, president, private banking house, Wolf Brothers and Company, along with his four brothers, 1899; president, Hercules Cement Corporation; director, National Edgebox Company, Standard Machine Company, Superior Zinc Corporation; board of directors, vice president, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, 1907-1909; member, Philadelphia Stock Exchange. 

President, Mercantile Club, Pennsylvania Society of State Senators; honorary director of Congregation Rodeph Shalom; member, Freemasons, Elks, Third Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 7th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1909-1912; committee assignments, Banks and Building and Loan Association, Corporations, Finance, Insurance, Judicial Apportionment, Judiciary Special, Public Grounds and Buildings, Public Printing (Chairman).

Cited:

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

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1912). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1003, 1010-1013, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 984.

Clarence W. Wolf (1860-1937) - Find a Grave Memorial