Herman Theodore Schneebeli (July 7, 1907 – May 6, 1982) was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Herman Schneebeli was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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. He graduated from Mercersburg Academy

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 in 1926, Dartmouth College

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 in 1930, and Tuck School of Administration and Finance

Tuck School of Business

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 in 1931. He worked as a commission distributor for Gulf Oil Corporation and an automobile dealer in Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

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. He served as a captain in the Ordnance Department during the Second World War from 1942 to 1946.

He was elected as a Republican to the 86th United States Congress

86th United States Congress

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, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Alvin Bush

Alvin Bush

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, and was reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1976

United States House election, 1976

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The Herman T. Schneebeli Earth Science Center

Pennsylvania College of Technology

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 at Penn State University and the Herman T. Schneebeli Federal Building are named in his honor.