Allen E. Ertel

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Allen Ertel.png

| image_size = 180px

| birth_name = Allen Edward Ertel

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|11|7}}

| birth_place = Williamsport, Pennsylvania

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|11|19|1937|11|7}}

| death_place = Williamsport, Pennsylvania

| state = Pennsylvania

| district = 17th

| term_start = January 3, 1977

| term_end = January 3, 1983

| predecessor = Herman Schneebeli

| successor = George Gekas

| office2 = District Attorney of Lycoming County

| term_start2 = 1967

| term_end2 = 1977

| preceded2 = Henry G. Hager

| succeeded2 = William Kieser

| party = Democrat

| spouse = Catherine Ertel

| children = 2

| alma_mater = Dartmouth College (AB), (MS), (MBA)
Yale Law School (LL.B.)

}}

Allen Edward Ertel (November 7, 1937 – November 19, 2015) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1977 to 1983.

Early life

Allen Ertel was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He graduated with an AB from Dartmouth College in 1958, an MS from the Thayer School of Engineering and MBA from the Tuck School of Business in 1959, and a LL.B. Yale Law School in 1965.

= Military service =

He served in the United States Navy from 1959 to 1962.{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000208|title=ERTEL, Allen Edward, (1937 - 2015)|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=February 23, 2018}}

Career

He clerked for Chief Judge Caleb Wright of the Federal District Court of Delaware from 1965 to 1966, and was the Lycoming County district attorney from 1967 to 1977. He was a delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1972.

Ertel was elected in 1976 as a Democrat to the 95th, 96th, and 97th Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1982.

Later career

Rather than seek reelection to his House seat in 1982, Ertel was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. After his unsuccessful run for governor, he unsuccessfully sought the office of Pennsylvania Attorney General in 1984, before returning to the practice of law in Williamsport.

Death

Ertel died on November 19, 2015, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, after suddenly collapsing, aged 78.{{cite web|last1=Beauge|first1=John|title=Allen Ertel, former congressman, gubernatorial candidate, dies|url=http://www.pennlive.com/news/2015/11/allen_ertel_former_congressman.html|website=pennlive.com|accessdate=November 19, 2015|date=November 19, 2015}} He was survived by his wife Catherine and their two children.