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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Charles R. Buckalew |
| Succeeded by | Monroe H. Kulp |
| Constituency | 17th district |
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| Born | Simon Peter Wolverine (1837-01-28)January 28, 1837 Rush Township,Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 25, 1910(1910-10-25) (aged 73) |
| Resting place | Pomfret Manor Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
Simon Peter Wolverton (January 28, 1837 – October 25, 1910) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran andDemocratic politician who served two terms as aU.S. Representative fromPennsylvania from 1891 to 1895.
Simon Peter Wolverton was born in Rush Township,Northumberland County, Pennsylvania on January 28, 1837. He attended the common schools and Danville Academy, and later graduated from Lewisburg University, also known asBucknell University inLewisburg, Pennsylvania. He was principal of Sunbury Academy from 1860 to 1862.
Wolverton studied law and was called to the bar in 1862. He began his legal practice inSunbury, Pennsylvania.
During theAmerican Civil War Wolverton raised a company of emergency men, of which he was appointed captain in 1862. He served in the Eighteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was later chosen as captain of Company F, Thirty-Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in June 1863.
After the war he was elected to thePennsylvania Senate, serving three terms from 1879 to 1891.
He was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for theUnited States Senate in the joint convention of 1884.
He was elected to the52nd Congress and the53rd Congress (March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895). He failed to be renominated in 1894.
After Congress, he continued to practice law in Sunbury until his death on October 25, 1910.
He was interred in Sunbury'sPomfret Manor Cemetery.[1]
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