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Biography

Private Milton C. Heidelbaugh (R13) Lancaster County 1901-1908

Early Life: 

Private Milton C. Heidelbaugh, born April 19, 1843, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; son of John and Margaret Elizabeth Bender Heidelbaugh; Maple Grove Academy; private, Company C, 50th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil War, 1863; store clerk; teacher (3 years); proprietor, general store (20 years); engaged, lumber business; married, Harriett Elizabeth Thompson, 1869, children, George Ferre Heidelbaugh, John Milton Heidelbaugh, Mary Blanche Heidelbaugh Anderson, Jacob Howard Heidelbaugh, Margaret Lelia Heidelbaugh, William Wharton Heidelbaugh; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1885-1886; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1893-1900; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1901-1908; appointed, trustee, Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home, Erie, 1907-1908; died, February 10, 1908 (aged 64), in the office of Senate, city of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interment, Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Private, Company C, 50th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg, 1863; store clerk; teacher (3 years); proprietor, general store (20 years); engaged, lumber business. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1885-1886, not a candidate for reelection 1886. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1893-1900, not a candidate for reelection 1900. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1901-1908; committee assignments, Appropriations, Banks and Building and Loan Association, Corporations, Insurance, Judicial Apportionment, Public Grounds and Buildings, Mines and Mining and Military Affairs.  

Appointed, trustee, Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home, Erie, 1907-1908.

Pennsylvania 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, (1908). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 909, 915-917, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 887.

Milton C Heidelbaugh (1843-1908) - Find a Grave Memorial