Zehnder H. Confair | |
State Senate: | Pennsylvania |
District: | 23rd |
Term Start: | January 7, 1969 |
Term End: | November 30, 1972 |
Predecessor: | Albert Madigan |
Successor: | Henry Hager |
State Senate2: | Pennsylvania |
District2: | 24th |
Term Start2: | January 6, 1959 |
Term End2: | November 30, 1968 |
Predecessor2: | Miles Derk |
Successor2: | Edwin Holl |
Birth Date: | January 11, 1906 |
Birth Place: | Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Zehnder Harry "Dick" Confair (January 11, 1906 – January 26, 1982)[1] was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 24th district from 1959 to 1968 and the 23rd district from 1969 to 1972.[2]
Confair was born on January 11, 1906, to Charles H. and Rena (Baum) Confair. He graduated from Berwick High School and received a B.S. degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[3]
He was the founder of the Confair Bottling Company[4] and worked as president of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association. He was a member of the board of directors for Williamsport chamber of commerce and the Northern Central Bank and Trust.[3]
Confair died on January 26, 1982, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania is named the Z.H. Confair Memorial Highway in his honor, as is the I-80 bridge over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River near Milton, Pennsylvania.