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Edwin Hallowell | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's7th district | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Morris Yardley |
| Succeeded by | Irving Price Wanger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwin Hallowell (1844-04-02)April 2, 1844 |
| Died | September 13, 1916(1916-09-13) (aged 72) |
| Resting place | Abington Friends Burying Ground inJenkintown, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
Edwin Hallowell (April 2, 1844 – September 13, 1916) was an American farmer and politician who served one term as aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania from 1891 to 1893.
Edwin Hallowell was born nearWillow Grove, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits before being elected as a member of thePennsylvania State House of Representatives, serving from 1876 to 1879. He was chairman of the Democratic county committee ofMontgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1886. He was a delegate to the1888 Democratic National Convention.
Hallowell was elected as a Democrat to theFifty-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.
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.
He died inAbington, Pennsylvania. He was interred in Abington Friends Burying Ground, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 7th congressional district 1891–1893 | Succeeded by |
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