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Edward G. Biester Jr.

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Edward G. Biester Jr.
38th Attorney General of Pennsylvania
In office
January 16, 1979 – May 20, 1980
GovernorRichard Thornburgh
Preceded byJustin Blewitt (acting)
Succeeded byHarvey Bartle III
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 8th district
In office
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1977
Preceded byWillard S. Curtin
Succeeded byPeter H. Kostmayer
Personal details
BornEdward George Biester Jr.
(1931-01-05) January 5, 1931 (age 95)
Trevose, Pennsylvania, U.S.
PartyRepublican
EducationWesleyan University (BS)
Temple University (JD)

Edward George Biester Jr. (born January 5, 1931) is a retired Republican politician and judge who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, from 1967 to 1977.[1] Biester served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1977. He was Pennsylvania's attorney general for from 1979 to 1980 and became a judge in 1980.[2] He graduated from Temple University Law School in 1955.

Biography

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Biester graduated from George School in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1948, Wesleyan University in 1952, and Temple University School of Law in 1955.[1] He was Assistant District Attorney for Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1958 through 1964.[citation needed] He was elected as a Republican to the 90th and to the four succeeding Congresses.[3] He was not a candidate for reelection in 1976. In 1977, he was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board. He was Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1980.[1]

Biester served as a judge on the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas (7th Judicial District) from 1980 to 2006 and was senior judge from 2001 to 2006.[1][4] He has been a member of the Office of Military Commissions in the Department of Defense since 2003.[citation needed]

In September 2004 he was appointed to the United States Court of Military Commission Review.[1] In April 2007, Biester joined JAMS, The Resolution Experts, as a full-time mediator and arbitrator at the JAMS Philadelphia Resolution Center at the Bell Atlantic Tower on Arch Street.[citation needed]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Military Commission Review Panel Takes Oath of Office". Department of Defense. September 22, 2004. Archived from the original on October 23, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-02. Judge Edward G. Biester, Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County, Pa., 7th Judicial District.
  2. ↑ "Home". Department of General Services.
  3. ↑ "Is John Kerry A Liberal?". legacy.voteview.com.
  4. ↑ "Hon. Edward G. Biester Jr. (Ret.) Joins JAMS As Full-Time Neutral". Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2009.

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