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Ed Biester | |
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| 38thAttorney General of Pennsylvania | |
| In office January 16, 1979 – May 20, 1980 | |
| Governor | Richard Thornburgh |
| Preceded by | Justin Blewitt (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Harvey Bartle III |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's8th district | |
| In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Willard S. Curtin |
| Succeeded by | Peter H. Kostmayer |
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| Born | Edward George Biester Jr. (1931-01-05)January 5, 1931 (age 95) Trevose, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Wesleyan University (BS) Temple University (JD) |
Edward George Biester Jr. (born January 5, 1931) is a retiredRepublican politician and judge who served as a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania, from 1967 to 1977.[1] Biester served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1977. He was Pennsylvania's attorney general for from 1979 to 1980 and became a judge in 1980.[2] He graduated from Temple University Law School in 1955.
Biester graduated fromGeorge School inNewtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1948,Wesleyan University in 1952, andTemple University School of Law in 1955.[1] He was Assistant District Attorney forBucks County, Pennsylvania 1958 through 1964.[citation needed] He was elected as a Republican to the90th and to the four succeeding Congresses.[3] He was not a candidate for reelection in 1976. In 1977, he was elected to theCommon Cause National Governing Board. He wasAttorney General of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1980.[1]
Biester served as a judge on theBucks CountyCourt of Common Pleas (7th Judicial District) from 1980 to 2006 and was senior judge from 2001 to 2006.[1][4] He has been a member of the Office of Military Commissions in theDepartment of Defense since 2003.[citation needed]
In September 2004 he was appointed to theUnited States Court of Military Commission Review.[1] In April 2007, Biester joinedJAMS,The Resolution Experts, as a full-time mediator and arbitrator at the JAMS Philadelphia Resolution Center at the Bell Atlantic Tower on Arch Street.[citation needed]
Judge Edward G. Biester, Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County, Pa., 7th Judicial District.
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 8th congressional district 1967–1977 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Justin Blewitt Acting | Attorney General of Pennsylvania 1979–1980 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded byas Former U.S. Representative | Order of precedence of the United States as Former U.S. Representative | Succeeded byas Former U.S. Representative |
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