He was a medic in World War I and worked in government jobs before starting his political career.
[1] 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.
[1] During the 1947-1948 session he was appointed to the Joint Legislative Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Child Welfare.
[1] He ran for a final time in 1952 but was unsuccessful loosing to Scholley Pace Alexander by a few hundred votes.
[9] Mintess died July 24, 1982 in Philadelphia and was interred in Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.