Biography

05/10/1857 - 09/08/1929

Charles Arthur Muehlbronner (R42) Allegheny (Part) County 1899-1902

Early Life:

Charles Arthur Muehlbronner, born May 10, 1857, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; house painter; produce and poultry seller; manager, Iron City Produce Company of Pittsburgh; married, Amelia Behm Muehlbronner, 1878, children, Harry Edward Muehlbronner, Oscar Arthur Muehlbronner, Etta Florence Muehlbronner Tipper, Essie Muehlbronner Eyman, Cora Muehlbronner McFarland, Adeline M. Muehlbronner Nutting; tax collector, 7th Ward, Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh); school director, 7th Ward, Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh), 1881-1883; elected, council, 7th Ward, Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh), 1881-1887; elected Republican Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1891-1898, not a candidate for reelection, 1898; elected, Republican Pennsylvania State Senate, 1899-1902; elected, secretary, Allegheny County Republican Executive Committee; president, Standard Ice and Storage Company; vice president, Western Savings and Deposit Bank; died, September 8, 1929 (aged 72), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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

Member, thirty-second degree Mason, Mystic Shrine., Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Tax collector, 7th Ward, Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh); school director, 7th Ward, Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh), 1881-1883; elected, council, 7th Ward, Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh), 1881-1887. 

Elected Republican Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1891-1898, not a candidate for reelection, 1898. 

Elected, Republican Pennsylvania State Senate, 42nd district, Allegheny (Part) County, 1899-1902; committee assignments, Appropriations Elections, Finance, Insurance, Judicial Apportionment, Law and Order, Municipal Affairs (Chairman), Public Health and Sanitation, Railroads and Street Passenger Railways.

Elected, secretary, Allegheny County Republican Executive Committee.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

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

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1901). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1182, 1187-1190, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1157. 

Charles Arthur Muehlbronner (1857-1929) - Find a Grave Memorial