Michael Liebel, Jr.
Michael Liebel, Jr. | |
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30th Mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania | |
In office 1906–1911 | |
Preceded by | Robert J. Saltsman |
Succeeded by | William J. Stern |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th district | |
In office March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |
Preceded by | Milton W. Shreve |
Succeeded by | Henry A. Clark |
Personal details | |
Born | Erie, Pennsylvania | December 12, 1870
Died | August 8, 1927 56) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Canisius College |
Michael Liebel, Jr. (December 12, 1870 – August 8, 1927) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Liebel was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. He was an accountant in the office of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad at Buffalo for five years. He returned to Erie and engaged in the hardware business, and later organized and was secretary-treasurer of a brewery company. In 1911, he organized and became president of the Vulcan Rubber Company. He served as mayor of Erie from 1906 to 1911. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, and 1924.
Liebel was the Democratic representative of the 25th District of Pennsylvania to the Sixty-fourth Congress from 1915 to 1917. He was not a candidate for renomination. He resumed his former business activities, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1927. Interment was at Trinity Cemetery in Erie.
Sources
- Liebel, Michael, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Milton W. Shreve |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district 1915–1917 |
Succeeded by Henry A. Clark |