G. Harold Watkins
G. Harold Watkins | |
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Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 29th district | |
In office 1941–1944 | |
Preceded by | Joseph P. Dando |
Succeeded by | Paul L. Wagner |
Personal details | |
Born | Girardville, Pennsylvania | January 3, 1903
Died | Ashland, Pennsylvania | August 4, 1991
Political party | Republican |
G. Harold Watkins (January 3, 1903 - August 4, 1991) was a Republican who served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1941 to 1944 and as a Commonwealth Judge from 1957 until 1978.
Watkins was born in Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania to George H. Watkins and Florence M. Sykes, his wife. He married Nellie Benashumas (1911-2005) of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Watkins graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1924 and earned a law degree from Harvard University in 1929.[1]
From 1930, Watkins practiced law in Girardville before being elected to the senate. Afterwards he was active in politics, having served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania in 1948, 1952, 1956; chair of Schuylkill County Republican Party in 1953;[2] secretary for the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1953; and superior court judge in Pennsylvania from 1957 until 1978 where he was the President Judge, his last four years.[3] He continued to hear cases as a senior judge until 1989.[4]
Watkins and his wife had a daughter, Pamela Watkins (born 1943), who in 1968, married Frederick H. Hobbs (1934-2005), who was also a State Senator from the 29th District.[5]
Watkins died in 1991 in Ashland, Pennsylvania.[6]
References
- ^ The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 8, 1991, Obituaries, p. B10
- ^ Political Graveyard
- ^ Pennsylvania State Senate Biography
- ^ The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 8, 1991, Obituaries, p. B10
- ^ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Watkins-Rhoades-Hobbs family of Pennsylvania". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ^ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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