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Michael Liebel, Jr. 30th Mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania In office
1906–1911Preceded by Robert J. Saltsman Succeeded by William J. Stern Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 25th districtIn office
1915–1917Preceded by Milton W. Shreve Succeeded by Henry A. Clark Personal details Born December 12, 1870
Erie, PennsylvaniaDied August 8, 1927 (aged 56)
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPolitical party Democratic Alma mater Canisius College Michael Liebel, Jr. (December 12, 1870 – August 8, 1927) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Michael Liebel, Jr. was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. He was an accountant in the office of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad at Buffalo for five years. He returned to Erie and engaged in the hardware business, and later organized and was secretary-treasurer of a brewery company. In 1911, he organized and became president of the Vulcan Rubber Company. He served as mayor of Erie from 1906 to 1911. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, and 1924.
Liebel was the Democratic representative of the 25th District of Pennsylvania to the Sixty-fourth Congress from 1915 to 1917. He was not a candidate for renomination. He resumed his former business activities, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1927. Interment was at Trinity Cemetery in Erie.
Sources
- Liebel, Michael, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
Preceded by
Milton W. ShreveMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district
1915 - 1917Succeeded by
Henry A. Clark
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