Biography

11/16/1877 - 09/07/1936

Herman Philip Brandt (R40) Allegheny (Part) County 1929-1934

Early Life:

Herman Philip Brandt, born November 16, 1877, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; son of Peter and Margaret Schnabel Brandt; common schools’ education; Pennsylvania College of Embalming; owner, H.P. Brandt Funeral Home; justice of peace, sixteen years; alternate delegate, Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 40th district, 1929-1934; defeated, 1934; died, September 7, 1936, at home, heart attack, Brandt School Road, Franklin Park Boro, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; interment, Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Wexford, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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

Member, Masonic Order, Bellevue Lodge; member, Lutheran Church, Franklin Township.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Justice of peace, sixteen years.

Alternate delegate, Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 40th district, 1929-1934; defeated, 1934.

Legacy:

Once had his life threatened over a telephone after he fought the repeal of Pennsylvania Blue Laws. 

Cited:

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

Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) · Monday, September 07, 1936 · Page 4.

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