Member Biography

Robert Lee Myers III

Seal
Sessions Office Position District Party
1973       31 Democrat
1974       31 Democrat
1975       31 Democrat
1976       31 Democrat

COUNTIES: Cumberland, York  


Biography

05/15/1928 - 02/05/1993


Robert Lee Myers, III (D31) Cumberland (Part) and York (Part) Counties 1973-1976

Early Life:

Robert Lee Myers, III, born May 15, 1928, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; son of Robert Lee Myers Jr. and Evelyn Mary Mentzer Myers; Mercersburg Academy, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, United States Army, World War II; Theta Delta Chi fraternity, William and Mary College, 1951; Corpus Juris, business staff, Dickinson School of Law, 1953; attorney; admitted, Cumberland County Bar, 1953; law firm, Myers, Myers and Flower, Carlisle; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1973-1976; married, Helen Sherred Johnson; died, February 5, 1993 (aged 64) Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Johns Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 31st district, Cumberland (Part) and York (Part) Counties, 1973-1976.

Legacy:

Wife, Helen Sherred Johnson, daughter of Major General Max Sherred Johnson, Quarters No. 1, Carlisle Barracks, father, commandant, Army War College.

Cited:

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

The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), Monday, December 7, 1953; page 4.

The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), Monday, June 23, 1958; page 5.

Robert Lee Myers III (1928-1993) - Find a Grave Memorial