Lewis M. Mintess

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Lewis M. Mintess

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| office = Pennsylvania House of Representatives

| district = Sixth

| term_start1 = 1943

| term_end1 = 1944

| predecessor1 = Edward C. Young

| successor1 = Moe Trachtman

| term_start2 = 1947

| term_end2 = 1952

| predecessor2 = Moe Trachtman

| successor2 = Scholley Pace Alexander

| prior_term =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|12|26}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|07|24|1895|12|26}}

| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| resting_place = Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| party = Republican

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Lewis Meade Mintess (December 26, 1895 – July 24, 1982) was a state legislator in Pennsylvania. He was a medic in World War I and worked in government jobs before starting his political career. He served four terms representing Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives between the years 1942 and 1952.{{Cite web|url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=2108|title=Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website|website=archives.house.state.pa.us}}{{cite news |title=Obituary for Lewis M. Mintess |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-obituary-for-lew/164100256/ |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=24 July 1982 |pages=16}} {{Open access}}

== Early life and education ==

Mintess was born December 26, 1895 in Philadelphia to Lewis Meade and Sarah ({{nee}} Ross) Mintess.{{cite web |title=Lewis M. Mintess papers |url=https://archives.libraries.emory.edu/repositories/7/resources/3118 |website=archives.libraries.emory.edu |access-date=27 January 2025}} He went to school in the Downingtown Independent School, then Lincoln University, before going to the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia to study medicine.

His mother died March 6, 1917,{{cite news |title=Sarah C Mintess death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-sarah-c-mintes/164212992/ |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=8 March 1917 |pages=16}} {{Open access}} and his father died the following year on May 1, 1918 with both buried in Eden Cemetery.{{cite news |title=Obituary for Lewis M. Mintess |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-obituary-for-l/164213082/ |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=4 May 1918 |pages=7}} {{Open access}}

He served during World War I in the medical section of 813th Infantry.

Career

After the war he held positions working in government offices first as a typist in the office of the Recorder of Deeds from 1924 to 1934, and then in the Receiver of City Taxes department.

Mintess became active in the states Republican Party and was the chairman of the Republican Executive Committee for the 7th Ward.

He was first elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1942{{cite news |title=City Vote for State Representative |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-city-vote-for/164213735/ |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=4 November 1942 |pages=25}} {{Open access}} serving from 1943 to 1944. During this first session he co-introduce, with black Democrat Thomas P. Trent, a bill to prohibit organisations from discriminating based on rare, color or creed.{{cite news |title=Would Aid Part Time Workers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/york-daily-record-would-aid-part-time-wo/164213459/ |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=York Daily Record |date=23 February 1943 |pages=2}} {{Open access}}

In 1944 he ran for re-election but lost to Democrat Moe Trachtman.{{cite news |title=Penna. House Vote by Wards |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-penna-house-v/164213591/ |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=8 November 1944 |pages=4}} {{Open access}}

He was re-elected in 1946 and served the next three consecutive terms from 1947 to 1952. During the 1947-1948 session he was appointed to the Joint Legislative Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Child Welfare. He ran for a final time in 1952 but was unsuccessful losing to Scholley Pace Alexander by a few hundred votes.{{cite news |title=Vote in Philadelphia at a Glance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-vote-in-philad/164213258/ |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=6 November 1952 |pages=19}} {{Open access}}

Death

Mintess died July 24, 1982 in Philadelphia and was interred in Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.

References

Category:Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Category:People from Philadelphia

Category:1895 births

Category:1982 deaths

Category:Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) alumni

Category:Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni

Category:Burials at Eden Cemetery (Collingdale, Pennsylvania)

Lewis M. Mintess

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