Harve Tibbott

Harve Tibbott was an American pharmacist who was as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving five terms in office from 1939 to 1949.

Formative years

Tibbott was born near Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the school of pharmacy of the University of Pittsburgh in 1906.

Career

Tibbott began his professional life in retail drug business by working as a pharmacist in Ebensburg in 1906.

Politics

He subsequently became the treasurer of the William Penn Highway Association, and served in that capacity from 1913 to 1915. He then became the treasurer of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and served in that role from 1932 to 1935. A member of the Republican State committee in 1936 and 1937, he assumed the job of president of the First National Bank of Ebensburg in 1938.

Congress

Tibbott was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948, defeated by Democrat Robert L. Coffey.

Death and interment

Tibbott died in Ebensburg on December 31, 1969, and was interred in the Lloyd Cemetery.