Edward Nothnagle (November 20, 1866 – February 14, 1938) was an American politician from

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Mary ...

who served as a Republican member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

for Delaware County from 1926 to 1936.

Early life

Nothnagle was born in

Chester, Pennsylvania Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located within the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, it is the only city in Delaware County and had a population of 32,605 as of the 2020 census. Incorporated in 1682, Chester i ...

to William and Barbara Weis Nothnagle and was educated in the public schools.

Career

Nothnagle worked as a painter and decorator. He was elected to the Chester city council. He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County by special election on January 5, 1926 to serve the remainder of the 1925 term after the resignation of Walter H. Craig. He was sworn into office on January 13, 1926 and served 5 consecutive terms until 1936. He was not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1937 term. He died in

and is interred at the Chester Rural Cemetery. Edward Nothnagle grave

Personal life

He was married to Margaret Goff. He was a member of the

Freemasons Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...

Chester Lodge #236,

Woodmen of the World WoodmenLife (officially Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society) is a not-for-profit fraternal benefit society founded in 1890, based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, that operates a large privately held insurance company for its members. ...

and the

Elks The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order founded in 1868, originally as a social club in New York City. History The Elks began in 1868 as a soci ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nothnagle, Edward 1866 births 1938 deaths 20th-century American politicians American Freemasons Burials at Chester Rural Cemetery Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania city council members People from Chester, Pennsylvania