Robert D. Heaton | |
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Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress. | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's12th district | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Emmett Lee |
| Succeeded by | John Reber |
| Member of thePennsylvania Senate | |
| In office 1919–1932 | |
| Preceded by | Charles A. Snyder |
| Succeeded by | Charles W. Staudenmeier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Douglas Heston (1873-07-01)July 1, 1873 Raven Run, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 11, 1933(1933-06-11) (aged 59) Ashland, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
Robert Douglas Heaton (July 1, 1873 – June 11, 1933) was 20th-century American businessman and politician who served two terms as aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania from 1915 to 1919.
Robert D. Heaton was born in Raven Run, Pennsylvania. He moved to Ashland, Pennsylvania, with his parents in 1886. He attended theCanandaigua Academy in Canandaigua, New York, theNew York Military Academy atCornwall, New York, and theUniversity of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. He is identified with many business enterprises of the state and county.
Heaton was an unsuccessful candidate for election in1910, and was elected as a Republican to theSixty-fourth andSixty-fifth Congresses. He did not seek renomination in1918, having become a candidate for thePennsylvania State Senate.
He was a member of the State Senate from 1919 to 1932. He resumed his former business activities, and served as a member of the board of trustees of the Ashland State Hospital.
He died in Ashland, Pennsylvania, aged 59, and is interred in the family cemetery inJim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1915–1919 | Succeeded by |
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