Biography

06/14/1876 - 07/19/1941

William Smith Rial (R39) Westmoreland County 1931-1932

Early Life:

William Smith Rial, born June 14, 1876, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; son of John and Elizabeth Margaret Smith Rial; Greensburg public schools; Greensburg Seminary; Western University of Pennsylvania Law School (now, University of Pittsburgh); admitted, bar, 1901; attorney; private practiced alone until 1921, when he formed a partnership with H.E. Marker, Sr. of Greensburg, 1921-1941; married, Evelyn Laura Garwood Rial, 1905 (d.1922), children, John Rial, Elizabeth M Rial Walthour, William Smith Rial, Edith Garwood Rial Benford, Richard Clyde Rial, Albert Weimer Rial, Robert Hugh Rial, Rachel Evelyn Rial Jamison; remarried, Bessie Maude Garwood Rial; state committeemen, Westmoreland County; chairman, Republican Committee, Westmoreland County chairman; county solicitor, Westmoreland County; 33rd degree Mason; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1931-1932; Deputy Attorney General; appointed, Chairman, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, 1940-1941; died, July 19, 1941 (aged 65) Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Politics:

State committeemen, Westmoreland County; chairman, Republican Committee, Westmoreland County chairman; county solicitor, Westmoreland County.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 39th district, Westmoreland County, 1931-1932, vacancy, death, unexpired term, John E. Kunkle.

Deputy Attorney General.

Appointed, Chairman, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, Governor Arthur Horace James, 1940-1941.

Cited:

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

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Monday July 21, 1941, Mon • Page 3

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