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  McDowell, Alexander
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameAlexander McDowell
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Sharon, Pennsylvania , United States
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Born March 04, 1845
Died September 30, 1913 (68 years)
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Dec 04, 2015 05:13pm
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InfoMcDOWELL, Alexander, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Franklin, Venango County, Pa., March 4, 1845; attended the common schools; learned the printing trade; studied law but never practiced; during the Civil War served in the Union Army in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers; mustered out at the close of the war as brevet major; editor and publisher of the Venango Citizen until 1870, when he moved to Sharon and engaged in banking; treasurer and director of the School Board of Sharon 1880-1913; treasurer of the borough of Sharon 1880-1909; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in 1894; elected Clerk of the House of Representatives on March 4, 1895, and served in that capacity until March 3, 1911; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1900, 1904, and 1908; resumed banking interests; died in Sharon, Mercer County, Pa., September 30, 1913; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.

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