Allen E. Ertel | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th district |
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In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983 |
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Preceded by | Herman Schneebeli |
Succeeded by | George Gekas |
District Attorney of Lycoming County |
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In office 1967–1977 |
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Succeeded by | William Kieser |
Personal details | |
Born |
Allen Edward Ertel November 7, 1937 Williamsport, Pennsylvania |
Died | November 19, 2015 Williamsport, Pennsylvania |
(aged 78)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Catherine Ertel |
Allen Edward Ertel (November 7, 1937 – November 19, 2015) was a Democratic politician, and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Allen Ertel was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1958, from the Thayer School of Engineering and Amos Tuck School of Business Administration in 1959, and from Yale Law School in 1965. He served in the United States Navy from 1959 to 1962.
He clerked for Chief Judge Caleb Wright of the Federal District Court of Delaware from 1965 to 1966, and was the Lycoming County district attorney from 1967 to 1977. He was a delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1972.
Ertel was elected in 1976 as a Democrat to the 95th, 96th, and 97th Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1982, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. After his unsuccessful run for governor, he unsuccessfully sought the office of Pennsylvania Attorney General in 1984, before returning to the practice of law in Williamsport.