Clearfield County Pennsylvania Biographies
William Carlile Arnold
ARNOLD, William Carlile, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Luthersburg, Clearfield County, Pa., July 15, 1851; attended the public schools and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Clearfield County, Pa., June 18, 1875, and practiced in Curwensville and Du Bois, Clearfield County, Pa.; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Clearfield County, Pa.; died in Muskegon, Mich., while on a business trip to that city, March 20, 1906; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Pa.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present; contributed by A. Newell)
Joseph Scofield Ammerman
AMMERMAN, Joseph Scofield, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pa., July 14, 1924; graduated from Curwensville High School, Curwensville, Pa., 1942; A.B., Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1948; J.D., Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., 1950; United States Army, 1943-1946; lawyer, private practice; bank president; district attorney, Clearfield County, Pa., 1954-1961; United States attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1961-1963; member of the Pennsylvania state senate, 1970-1977; delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1952; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth Congress (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1979); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978; judge, court of common pleas, Clearfield County, Pa., 1986-1993; died on October 14, 1993, in Curwensville, Pa.; cremated.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present; contributed by A. Newell)