Background
Woodside, Robert Elmer was born on June 4, 1904 in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert E. and Ella (Neitz) Woodside.
Woodside, Robert Elmer was born on June 4, 1904 in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert E. and Ella (Neitz) Woodside.
Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, 1926; Bachelor of Laws, Dickinson College, 1928; honorary Doctor of Laws, Dickinson College, 1951.
Practiced in, Millersburg and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1928-1942. Judge Court Common Pleas, Dauphin Company, 1942-1951. Became attorney general Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1951.
Judge Superior Court Pennsylvania, 1953-1965. Partner Mette, Evans and Woodside, Harrisburg, 1965-1987. Retired, 1987
Adjunct professor Dickinson School Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1969-1987.
Legislator Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1932-1942, Republican house leader, 1939, 41. Member Joint State Government Commission, 1939-1942. Delegate 16th congressional district Republican National Convention, 1952.
Chairman Pennsylvania Little Hoover Communications. Chairman Pennsylvania Council Juvenile Court Judges, 1947-1949.
President board trustees Pennsylvania Industrial School, White Hill, Pennsylvania, 1945-1955. Chairman on Commission on Constitutional Revision. Member Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1967-1968.
Member Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Sigma, Tau Kappa Alpha. Clubs: Mason (33 degree, Shriner), Red Man, Royal Arcanum.
Married F. Fairlee Habbart, July 11, 1931 (deceased). Children— William Edward, Robert James, Jane Fairlee. Married Anna C. Woodside, June 27, 1987.