John P. Saylor

A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, Pa. , July 23, 1908. Attended the public schools in Johnstown, Pa. Was graduated from Mercersburg Academy in 1925, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa. , in 1929, and Dickinson Law School, Carlisle, Pa. , in 1933. Was admitted to the bar in 1934 and commenced the practice of law in Johnstown, Pa. Elected city solicitor of Johnstown, Pa. , in 1938 and served until 1940. Enlisted in the United States Navy on August 6, 1943, commissioned a lieutenant (jg. ) in 1943, and discharged in January 1946. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first Congress, by special election, September 13, 1949, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert L. Coffey. Reelected to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from September 13, 1949, until his death in Houston, Tex. , October 28, 1973. Interment in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Pa.