Edwin Hallowell

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Edwin Hallowell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Preceded byRobert Morris Yardley
Succeeded byIrving Price Wanger
Personal details
BornEdwin Hallowell
(1844-04-02)April 2, 1844
DiedSeptember 13, 1916(1916-09-13) (aged 72)
Resting placeAbington Friends Burying Ground in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
PartyDemocratic

Edwin Hallowell (April 2, 1844 – September 13, 1916) was an American farmer and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1893.

Biography

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Edwin Hallowell was born near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools.

Early political career

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He engaged in agricultural pursuits before being elected as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, serving from 1876 to 1879. He was chairman of the Democratic county committee of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1886. He was a delegate to the 1888 Democratic National Convention.

Congress

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Hallowell was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress. He was a delegate to the Democratic Presidential Convention that nominated Grover Cleveland for president, second term.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892.

Later life

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Owing to his physical disabilities Hallowell led a private life for the last years of his life. He was a bachelor and made his home with his sister on the farm on Plank Road in Abington Township.[1] He resumed agricultural pursuits.

Death and burial

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He died in Abington, Pennsylvania. He was interred in Abington Friends Burying Ground, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Obituary, Edwin Hallowell. The Bucks County Intelligencer. August 21, 1916.

References

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