Bucknell University, 1901; M.A., Bucknell University, 1902;
United States Army (World War I);
Government appeal agent and four-minute-man (World War I)
Teacher of eleven subjects and High School Principal
He read law in the office of Walter C. Gilmore and was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1908.
Subsequently, he went to Washington, D.C. in the employ of the United States government with the General Land Office.
Lawyer in firm Bidelspacher & Bidelspacher
Past president of Lycoming Bar Association
Known as father of the clean streams legislation
Author of the Pinchot Bill, which "took the farmers out of the mud", transferred 20,000 miles of rural dirt roads to the state highway system.
Elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1917 term and served 8 consecutive terms; elected, Majority Leader (1929-1930);
Appointed, Commission to Study Printing Laws and Requirements of the Commonwealth (1929-1930);
Assistant city solicitor, Williamsport (1928-1932) Elected, solicitor, Lycoming County (1928-1932)
He was a direct descendant of early pioneer settlers in Lycoming County. His grandfather, Ulrich Bidelspacher, settled in Rose Valley, Lycoming County, in 1832, where he built a log cabin out of massive native logs 38 feet in length and squared by hand hewed workmanship. Proud of this heritage, he helped preserve through the years such landmarks as the old Dunkard Church in Bloomingrove.
United States Army (World War I);
Government appeal agent and four-minute-man (World War I)
Teacher of eleven subjects and High School Principal
He read law in the office of Walter C. Gilmore and was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1908.
Subsequently, he went to Washington, D.C. in the employ of the United States government with the General Land Office.
Lawyer in firm Bidelspacher & Bidelspacher
Past president of Lycoming Bar Association
Known as father of the clean streams legislation
Author of the Pinchot Bill, which "took the farmers out of the mud", transferred 20,000 miles of rural dirt roads to the state highway system.
Elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1917 term and served 8 consecutive terms; elected, Majority Leader (1929-1930);
Appointed, Commission to Study Printing Laws and Requirements of the Commonwealth (1929-1930);
Assistant city solicitor, Williamsport (1928-1932) Elected, solicitor, Lycoming County (1928-1932)
He was a direct descendant of early pioneer settlers in Lycoming County. His grandfather, Ulrich Bidelspacher, settled in Rose Valley, Lycoming County, in 1832, where he built a log cabin out of massive native logs 38 feet in length and squared by hand hewed workmanship. Proud of this heritage, he helped preserve through the years such landmarks as the old Dunkard Church in Bloomingrove.
Bucknell University, 1901; M.A., Bucknell University, 1902;
United States Army (World War I);
Government appeal agent and four-minute-man (World War I)
Teacher of eleven subjects and High School Principal
He read law in the office of Walter C. Gilmore and was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1908.
Subsequently, he went to Washington, D.C. in the employ of the United States government with the General Land Office.
Lawyer in firm Bidelspacher & Bidelspacher
Past president of Lycoming Bar Association
Known as father of the clean streams legislation
Author of the Pinchot Bill, which "took the farmers out of the mud", transferred 20,000 miles of rural dirt roads to the state highway system.
Elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1917 term and served 8 consecutive terms; elected, Majority Leader (1929-1930);
Appointed, Commission to Study Printing Laws and Requirements of the Commonwealth (1929-1930);
Assistant city solicitor, Williamsport (1928-1932) Elected, solicitor, Lycoming County (1928-1932)
He was a direct descendant of early pioneer settlers in Lycoming County. His grandfather, Ulrich Bidelspacher, settled in Rose Valley, Lycoming County, in 1832, where he built a log cabin out of massive native logs 38 feet in length and squared by hand hewed workmanship. Proud of this heritage, he helped preserve through the years such landmarks as the old Dunkard Church in Bloomingrove.
United States Army (World War I);
Government appeal agent and four-minute-man (World War I)
Teacher of eleven subjects and High School Principal
He read law in the office of Walter C. Gilmore and was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1908.
Subsequently, he went to Washington, D.C. in the employ of the United States government with the General Land Office.
Lawyer in firm Bidelspacher & Bidelspacher
Past president of Lycoming Bar Association
Known as father of the clean streams legislation
Author of the Pinchot Bill, which "took the farmers out of the mud", transferred 20,000 miles of rural dirt roads to the state highway system.
Elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1917 term and served 8 consecutive terms; elected, Majority Leader (1929-1930);
Appointed, Commission to Study Printing Laws and Requirements of the Commonwealth (1929-1930);
Assistant city solicitor, Williamsport (1928-1932) Elected, solicitor, Lycoming County (1928-1932)
He was a direct descendant of early pioneer settlers in Lycoming County. His grandfather, Ulrich Bidelspacher, settled in Rose Valley, Lycoming County, in 1832, where he built a log cabin out of massive native logs 38 feet in length and squared by hand hewed workmanship. Proud of this heritage, he helped preserve through the years such landmarks as the old Dunkard Church in Bloomingrove.
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