Edward G. Biester Jr.
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Edward G. Biester circa 1975
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| 38th Attorney General of Pennsylvania | |
| In office January 16, 1979[1] – May 20, 1980 |
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| Governor | Richard Thornburgh |
| Preceded by | J. Justin Blewitt Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Harvey Bartle III |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th district |
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| In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1977 |
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| Preceded by | Willard S. Curtin |
| Succeeded by | Peter H. Kostmayer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 5, 1931 Trevose, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University Temple University |
Edward George Biester Jr. (born January 5, 1931) is a retired Republican politician and judge who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, from 1967 to 1977.[2]
Biester graduated from George School in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1948, Wesleyan University in 1952, and Temple University School of Law in 1955.[2] He was Assistant District Attorney for Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1958 through 1964.
He was elected as a Republican to the 90th and to the four succeeding Congresses. By one measure he was the most centrist Congressman in modern times to be of the Republican party.[3] He was not a candidate for reelection in 1976. He was Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1980.[2]
He 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.[2][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.[2]
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.
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- ↑ http://www.dgs.state.pa.us
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. mirror
- ↑ Poole study
- ↑ Hon. Edward G. Biester Jr. (Ret.) Joins JAMS As Full-Time Neutral
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| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district 1967–1977 |
Succeeded by Peter H. Kostmayer |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by | Attorney General of Pennsylvania 1979–1980 |
Succeeded by Harvey Bartle III |
- Use mdy dates from September 2011
- Articles with unsourced statements from November 2008
- 1931 births
- Living people
- Pennsylvania Republicans
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Attorneys General
- Pennsylvania state court judges
- People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Wesleyan University alumni
- Temple University Beasley School of Law alumni
- Guantanamo Bay captives legal and administrative procedures
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
