Member Biography

Daniel A. Bertolet 

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1828-1829       6 Democrat
1829-1830       6 Democrat
1830-1831       6 Democrat
1831-1832       6 Democrat

COUNTIES: Berks, Schuylkill  


Biography

06/11/1781 - 09/20/1868


Daniel A. Bertolet, Sr. (D6) Berks and Schuylkill Counties 1828-1832 

Early Life:

Daniel Bertolet, Sr., born June 11, 1781, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania; son of Daniel DeTurk Bertolet and Maria Bertolet; married, Maria Hoch Griesemer Bertole, children, Samuel G Bertolet, Jacob G Bertolet, Abraham Bertolet, Daniel G Bertolet, Isaac Bertolet, Peter G Bertolet, Mary Miller, Esther Levan, Hannah Guldin; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1824; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1825-1828; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1828-1832; died, September 20, 1868 (aged 87), Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, interment, Bertolet Union Cemetery, Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties, 1824.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Berks and Schuylkill Counties, 1825-1828.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Berks and Schuylkill Counties, 1828-1832.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B"Wilkes University Election Statistics ProjectWilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Daniel Bertolet Sr. (1781-1868) - Find a Grave Memorial