Robert G. Furlong | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's25th district | |
| In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Charles I. Faddis |
| Succeeded by | Louis E. Graham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1886-01-04)January 4, 1886 Roscoe, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 19, 1973(1973-03-19) (aged 87) Donora, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | State Teachers College Jefferson Medical College |
Robert Grant Furlong (January 4, 1886 – March 19, 1973) was an American physician and politician who served one term as aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania from 1943 to 1945.
Furlong was born inRoscoe, Pennsylvania. He graduated from theState Teachers College inCalifornia, Pennsylvania, in 1904 and fromJefferson Medical College inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, in 1909.
He taught school at Roscoe, PA, in 1904 and 1905, and practiced medicine inDonora, Pennsylvania, from 1910 to 1968. During theFirst World War, Furlong served as a first lieutenant with the Two Hundred and Eightieth Ambulance Company, Twentieth Division. He served as a burgess of Donora from 1922 to 1926 and again in 1941 and 1942. He served as postmaster of Donora from 1933 to 1938.
Furlong was elected as a Democrat to theSeventy-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in1944.
He resumed the practice of medicine, and was elected sheriff ofWashington County, Pennsylvania, serving from 1945 to 1961.
He died on March 19, 1973, inDonora, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 25th congressional district 1943–1945 | Succeeded by |
