Member Biography

Henry J. Propert 

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1951-1952       12 Republican
1953-1954       12 Republican
1955-1956       12 Republican
1957-1958       12 Republican
1959       12 Republican
1960       12 Republican
1961       12 Republican
1962       12 Republican
1963       12 Republican
1964       12 Republican

COUNTIES: Montgomery  


Biography

04/09/1906 - 01/09/1964


Henry J. Propert (R12) Montgomery County 1951-1964

Early Life:

Henry J. Propert, born April 9, 1906, Bethayres, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; son of Harry G. and Mary E. Dwyer Propert; Lower Moreland High School; studied business, banking, and accounting; employed by Main and Company Certified Accountants; treasurer, School District of Lower Moreland Township, 1929-1933; elected, tax collector, treasurer, Lower Moreland Township, 1937-1961; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1945-1950; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1951-1964; married, Mary C. Haldeman, twin daughters Phyllis and Elaine, son Elmer G.;  died, January 9, 1964, while in office of the Senate, Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interment, Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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

Chairman, Abington branch, YMCA board of managers; member, Friendship Lodge 400, Free and Accepted Masons; Benjamin Franklin consistory, Philadelphia; board member, Huntingdon Valley’s Memorial Baptist Church.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Treasurer, School District of Lower Moreland Township, 1929-1933.

Elected, tax collector, treasurer, Lower Moreland Township, 1937-1961.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1945-1950; appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on Corporations and Cooperatives, 1947-1948.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1951-1964; committee assignments, Appropriations, Banking (Chairman), Constitutional Change and Federal Relations, Finance (vice, chairman), Insurance, Judiciary General, Local Government; appointed, Commission on Interstate Cooperation, 1961-1962; appointed, Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, 1961-1964.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=2190

Cited:

The Pennsylvania Manual (1955-1956). Allen, A. (Editor). (Volume 92). The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 308, 310, 315. Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 301.

The Mercury (Pottstown, Pennsylvania) Saturday, January 11, 1964, page 3.

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