Alvin Evans | |
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 Alvin Evans | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Earlston Thropp |
| Succeeded by | John Merriman Reynolds |
| Constituency | 20th district (1901–1903) 19th district (1903–1905) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1845-10-04)October 4, 1845 Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 19, 1906(1906-06-19) (aged 60) Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
Alvin Evans (October 4, 1845 – June 19, 1906) was an American lawyer andRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.[1][2][3]
Born inEbensburg, Pennsylvania on October 4, 1845, Evans was a son of David J. and Jane Ann (Jones) Evans and a grandson of John Evans, a carpenter and a native ofCardiganshire, Wales. Educated in local public schools and the Iron City Business College inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Alvin Evins obtained a job inlumbering at the age of sixteen when his father's business failed due to the financial crash of 1857.[4][5][6]
In 1862, Alvin Evans enlisted with a volunteer military unit,[7] which was mobilized in response to the potential invasion ofPennsylvania by theConfederate States Army during theAmerican Civil War.[8]
After beginning legal studies with George M. Reade of Ebensburg in 1870, he was admitted to the bar in 1873. He then established a law practice in Ebensburg,[9][10] and later advocated for clients in theSuperior Court of Pennsylvania and theSupreme Court of Pennsylvania, as well as in federal court. A one-term burgess for the borough of Ebensburg, he also worked as solicitor for thePennsylvania Railroad inCambria County, Pennsylvania, and was a member of the school board and city council of Ebensburg. Involved in the incorporation of the First National Bank of Ebensburg, he was later appointed as president of that bank's board of directors.[11]
Elected as aRepublican to theFifty-seventh andFifty-eighth Congresses,[12] he did not seek renomination in1904,[13][14] but instead returned to the practice of law.[15]
A member of the board of trustees of the First Congregational Church of Ebensburg, he was also active in theGrand Army of the Republic's Captain John M. Jones Post and theFree and Accepted Masons' Summit Lodge, No. 312.[16]
He wed Kate Shryock (1846–1886) inWilmore, Pennsylvania on November 17, 1875. They had three children.[17] Evans died in Ebensburg, and was interred in the Lloyd Cemetery.[18][19]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1901–1903 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1903–1905 | Succeeded by |
