John Haines WARE, III, Congress, PA (1908-1997)

1908-1997

WARE, John Haines, III, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Vineland, Cumberland County, N.J., August 29, 1908; attended the public schools in Oxford, Pa., and Miami, Fla.; B.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1930; public utility executive; burgess, borough of Oxford, 1956-1960; member, Pennsylvania senate, 1961-1970; chairman, Pennsylvania Republican finance committee; trustee, Lincoln University and University of Pennsylvania; elected simultaneously as a Republican to the Ninety-first and to the Ninety-second Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of G. Robert Watkins, and reelected to the Ninety-third Congress, (November 3, 1970-January 3, 1975); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; died in Lancaster, Pa., July 31, 1997

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present