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Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. (April 21, 1908 – December 26, 1978) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Edward Sittler was born inGreensburg, Pennsylvania, and moved with his parents toUniontown, Pennsylvania while still an infant.
He graduated fromBrown University in 1930. He worked as a salesman for anice cream 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 fieldunderwriter forMutual Life Insurance Company ofNew York in 1937. He enlisted as a private in theUnited States Army in February 1943 and served in theOrdnance Corps in theEuropean Theatre of World War II 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 the82nd United States Congress in the Pennsylvania 23rd district, defeating incumbent Democratic CongressmanAnthony Cavalcante, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1952 when re-districting forced him into an election against incumbent Democratic CongressmanThomas E. Morgan in the 26th district. He served as Republican State committeeman forFayette County, Pennsylvania from 1960 to 1972. He was the minority Fayette County Commissioner from 1968 to 1971.
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