Biography

11/21/1939 - 01/22/1987

R. (Robert) Budd Dwyer (R50) Crawford, Erie (Part), Mercer, Counties, 1971-1972 (R50) Crawford (Part), Erie (Part), Mercer, Counties, 1973-1981

Early Life:

R. (Robert) Budd Dwyer, born November 21, 1939, Saint Charles, Saint Charles County, Missouri; son of Robert M. and Alice M. Dwyer; Townville High School; attended Theil College; Allegheny College, A.B.,  economics, 1961; Allegheny College, M.A., education and political science, 1963; teacher, assistant football coach, Cambridge Springs High School; deputy game protector, Pennsylvania State Game Commission, 1961-1964; director, Crawford County Young Republicans; Crawford County Community Ambassador to Poland, 1963; elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1965-1970; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1971-1981; Pennsylvania State Treasurer, 1983-1987; married, Joanne M. Grappy Dwyer, children, Rob, Deedee; died, January 22, 1987 (age 47 years, 62 days), committed suicide, gunshot, model 19 .357 magnum, while on television, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interment, Blooming Valley Cemetery, Blooming Valley, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1965-1970.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 50th district, Crawford, Erie (Part), Mercer, Counties, 1971-1972; 50th district, Crawford (Part), Erie (Part), Mercer, Counties, 1973-1981; appointed, Pennsylvania Commission on Interstate Cooperation (1977-1978); resigned, January 20, 1981.

Elected, Pennsylvania State Treasurer, 1981-1987; gubernatorial appointee, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, 1981-1986; gubernatorial appointee, board, Public School Employees’ Retirement System, 1981-1986; gubernatorial appointee, Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Board, 1981-1986; gubernatorial appointee, board, State Employees’ Retirement System, 1981-1986; gubernatorial appointee, Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, 1981-1986; gubernatorial appointee, State Public School Building Authority, 1981-1986.

Legacy:

Convicted, eleven counts of bribery, conspiracy, mail fraud, perjury and interstate transportation in aid of racketeering, one mail-fraud charge, dismissed, December 18, 1986, never sentenced.

Cited:

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

Robert Budd Dwyer (1939-1987) - Find a Grave Memorial