Samuel K. McConnell Jr.

He was engaged in the investment banking business in 1926, and was a member of the board of trustees of the Norristown State Hospital, 1939–1944, serving as president, 1940–1944.

McConnell was elected as a Republican to the 78th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. William Ditter.

He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Education and Labor during the 83rd Congress.

[1] He resigned on September 1, 1957, to become the executive director of United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., serving until June 1961.

He was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.