Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. (April 21, 1908 – December 26, 1978) was a Republican member of the

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from

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. Edward Sittler was born in

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, and moved with his parents to

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while still an infant. He graduated from

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in 1930. He worked as a salesman for an

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company from 1931 to 1937. He was elected to the Uniontown School Board in 1934 and served as president of the board in 1936 and 1937. He became a became field

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for Mutual Life Insurance Company of

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in 1937. He enlisted as a private in the

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in February 1943 and served in the Ordnance Corps in the

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until released to the Inactive Reserve as a captain in August 1946. He was mayor of Uniontown from 1948 to 1951. In 1950, he was elected as a Republican to the

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in the Pennsylvania 23rd district, defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman

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, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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when re-districting forced him into an election against incumbent Democratic Congressman Thomas E. Morgan in the 26th district. He served as Republican State committeeman for

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from 1960 to 1972. He was the minority Fayette County Commissioner from 1968 to 1971.

References

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