Biography

06/14/1889 - 08/18/1960

First Lieutenant Edward Blair Bennett, Sr. (R37) Indiana and Jefferson Counties 1933-1936

Early Life:

First Lieutenant Edward Blair Bennett, Sr., born June 14, 1889, White Township, Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; son of Michael and Charlotte Amanda “Lottie” Richardson Bennett; public school education; engaged, contracting business, 1906; enlisted, First Lieutenant, United States Army, WW I; president, M. Bennett and Sons, contracting business; engaged, banking, mining, real estate; delegate, Republican State Committee, 1930; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1933-1936; president, First National Bank of Indiana, 1933-1960; married, Nelle Virginia McGregor Bennett, children, Edward B. Jr., Charlette, Virginia, Katherine; August 18, 1960 (aged 71) Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, interment, Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum, Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career:

President, M. Bennett and Sons, 1932, guided the firm in the construction of hundreds of miles of highways in Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland. Was instrumental in securing the Pennsylvania Highway Department barns and offices on North Fourth Street in Indiana, now the site of an S&T Bank office, 1928-1930.

President, First National Bank of Indiana, 1933-1960; president, Indiana Real Estate Company, Indiana Contracting Company, Indiana Equipment Company.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Delegate, Republican State Committee, 1930. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 37th district, Indiana and Jefferson Counties, 1933-1936.

Cited: 

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

The Indiana Gazette (Indiana, Pennsylvania) Thursday, August 18, 1960, page 1.

Business Hall of Fame (iccbhof.com)

Edward Blair Bennett Sr. (1889-1960) - Find a Grave Memorial