Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
1923-1924 | 12 | Republican | ||
1925-1926 | 12 | Republican |
COUNTIES: Montgomery
Fletcher Wilbur Stites (R12) Montgomery County 1923-1926
Early Life:
Fletcher Wilbur Stites, born October 3, 1881, Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey; son of Edgar Page and Sarah Elizabeth Edmunds Stites; Cape May High School, 1898; Taylor University, Upland Indiana; University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1904; Juniata College, honorary doctorate of law, LL.D., 1928; admitted, Montgomery County bar, lawyer; elected, solicitor, Narberth, Montgomery County; married, Edith Gillespie Austin Stites, 1906; elected, burgess, Narberth, 1908-1913; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1917-1918; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1923-1926; died, June 26, 1933 (aged 51), Narberth, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interment, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Elected, solicitor, Narberth, Montgomery County.
Elected, burgess, Narberth, 1908-1913.
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1917-1918; not a candidate for reelection, House, 1918; appointed chair, prison systems investigative commission.
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1920.
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th District, Montgomery County, 1923-1926; member, Appropriations Banks and Building and loan Associations, Education, Insurance, Judiciary General, Judiciary Special, Law and Order, Public Health and Sanitation and Public Roads and Highways Committees.
Legacy:
Fourth cousin, George Augustus Vare, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1st district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1897-1908.
George Augustus Vare - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)
Fourth cousin, Edwin Hornberger Vare Sr., Pennsylvania State Senate, 1st district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1909-1922.
Edwin Hornberger Vare Sr. - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)
Fourth cousin, William Scott Vare, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1st district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1923-1924.
William Scott Vare - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)
Registered, World War I military draft.
Cited:
Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
Whitmore, R.E., (Compiler). (1923-1924). The Pennsylvania Manual, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 983, 990, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 965.
Fletcher Wilbur Stites (1881-1933) - Find a Grave Memorial