Zehnder H. Confair | |
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Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 23rd district | |
In office January 7, 1969 – November 30, 1972 | |
Preceded by | Albert Madigan |
Succeeded by | Henry Hager |
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 24th district | |
In office January 6, 1959 – November 30, 1968 | |
Preceded by | Miles Derk |
Succeeded by | Edwin Holl |
Personal details | |
Born | January 11, 1906 Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | January 26, 1982 Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 76)
Zehnder Harry "Dick" Confair (January 11, 1906 – January 26, 1982)[1] was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 24th district from 1959 to 1968 and the 23rd district from 1969 to 1972.[2]
Confair was born on January 11, 1906, to Charles H. and Rena (Baum) Confair. He graduated from Berwick High School and received a B.S. degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[3]
He was the founder of the Confair Bottling Company[4] and worked as president of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association. He was a member of the board of directors for Williamsport chamber of commerce and the Northern Central Bank and Trust.[3]
Confair died on January 26, 1982, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania is named the Z.H. Confair Memorial Highway in his honor, as is the I-80 bridge over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River near Milton, Pennsylvania.