G. Harold Watkins

G. Harold Watkins (January 3, 1903 - August 4, 1991) was a Republican who served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1941 to 1944 and as a Commonwealth judge from 1957 until 1978.

G. Harold Watkins
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 29th district
In office
1941–1944
Preceded byJoseph P. Dando
Succeeded byPaul L. Wagner
Personal details
Born(1903-01-03)January 3, 1903
Girardville, Pennsylvania
Died(1991-08-04)August 4, 1991
Ashland, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican

Formative years

Watkins was born in Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, to George H. Watkins and Florence M. Sykes on January 3, 1903. He married Nellie Benashumas (1911-2005) of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Watkins graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1924 and earned a law degree from Harvard University in 1929.[1]

Beginning in 1930, Watkins practiced law in Girardville. He was then elected to the senate.

Afterwards, he remained active in politics, serving as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania in 1948, 1952, 1956, and chairing the Schuylkill County Republican Party in 1953.[2] That same year, he served as secretary for the Pennsylvania State Senate. He then assumed a post as superior court judge in Pennsylvania, serving from 1957 until 1978. He was the president judge during the final four years of his tenure.[3] He continued to hear cases as a senior judge until 1989.[4]

Watkins and his wife had a daughter, Pamela Watkins (born 1943). In 1968, she married Frederick H. Hobbs (1934-2005), a state senator from the 29th District.[5]

Death

Watkins died on August 4, 1991, in Ashland, Pennsylvania.[6]

References
  1. The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 8, 1991, Obituaries, p. B10
  2. Political Graveyard
  3. Pennsylvania State Senate Biography
  4. The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 8, 1991, Obituaries, p. B10
  5. Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Watkins-Rhoades-Hobbs family of Pennsylvania". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  6. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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