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Edward Biester | |
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 Edward G. Biester circa 1975 | |
| Judge of the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas (Seventh Judicial District) | |
| In office 1980 –2006 Senior Judge: 2001-2006 | |
| 38th Attorney General of Pennsylvania | |
| In office January 16,1979 [1] –May 20,1980 | |
| Governor | Richard Thornburgh |
| Preceded by | J. Justin Blewitt Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Harvey Bartle III |
| Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from Pennsylvania's 8th district | |
| In office January 3,1967 –January 3,1977 | |
| Preceded by | Willard S. Curtin |
| Succeeded by | Peter H. Kostmayer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward George Biester Jr. January 5,1931 Trevose,Pennsylvania,U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Wesleyan 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 U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania,from 1967 to 1977. [2]
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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. [2] 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. [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.[ citation needed ]
