William A. Barrett

A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Pa. , August 14, 1896. Was graduated from Brown Preparatory School in Philadelphia, Pa. , and from St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, Pa. Took a law course at South Jersey Law School in Camden, N. J. Engaged in the real-estate business. Member of the Board of Mercantile Appraisers, Philadelphia, Pa. , for four years. Member of the Democratic city committee. Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress. Elected to the Eighty-first Congress. Reelected to the thirteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1949, until his death April 12, 1976, in Philadelphia, Pa. , interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pa.