Aaron Binkley Hess

• Inscription: Member of PA Assembly 18 Years Speaker of House 1929-1930 Father House Speaker Biographies:

05/31/1871 - 08/04/1933 HESS, Aaron B., a Representative from Lancaster County; born in Safe Harbor, Lancaster County, Pa., May 31, 1871; attended, Millersville State Normal School (now Millersville University of Pennsylvania); teacher (9 years); farmer; general manger and president, Lancaster Chemical Company; engaged in leaf tobacco business (30 years); president, A.B. Hess Cigar Company; president, Lancaster Malleable Casting Company; president, Purdy-Hess Company; registry assessor and member, Pequea Township County Committee; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1911 term; reelected to the House to serve the 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1929 terms; elected, Majority Leader (1921-1922, 1927-1928); elected, Speaker (1929-1930); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1922, 1930); died, August 4, 1933 in the city of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greenwood Cemetery, the city of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

• Residence: age 9 - June 1880 - Pequea, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Residence: age 29 - June 23 1900 - Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1910 - Lancaster Ward 6, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
• Residence: 1920 - Lancaster Ward 6, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
• Residence: 1930 - Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States