Mahlon M. Garland | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1919 – November 19, 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas S. Crago |
| Succeeded by | Thomas S. Crago |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's36th district | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Ringwalt Rupley |
| Succeeded by | Joseph McLaughlin |
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| Born | Mahlon Morris Garland (1856-05-04)May 4, 1856 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 19, 1920(1920-11-19) (aged 64) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery in Pittsburgh |
| Political party | Republican |
Mahlon Morris Garland (May 4, 1856 – November 19, 1920) was an American labor leader and politician who served three terms as aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania from 1915 to 1920. He was reelected to a fourth term in Congress, but died in before the session began.
Garland was born inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents toAlexandria, Pennsylvania. He learned the trade of puddling and heating, and joined theAmalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, and later became president for the organization. He was a member of the select council of Pittsburgh in 1886 and 1887.[1]
He was appointed by PresidentWilliam McKinley as the United States Collector of Customs (then called surveyor of customs) at Pittsburgh in 1898. He was reappointed by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt in 1902 and 1906 and by PresidentWilliam Taft in 1910, serving until March 3, 1915.
He served as vice president of theAmerican Federation of Labor, as member of the Pittsburgh School Board, and as a member of the borough council ofEdgewood, Pennsylvania.[1]
Garland was elected as a Republican to theSixty-fourth,Sixty-fifth, andSixty-sixth Congresses and served until his death. He served as Chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Mines and Mining during the Sixty-sixth Congress.
He had been reelected to theSixty-seventh Congress, but died inWashington, D.C. on November 19, 1920, before the new session began. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Pittsburgh.[1]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 36th congressional district 1915–1919 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's at-large congressional district 1919–1920 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Fourth Vice-President of theAmerican Federation of Labor 1895–1898 | Succeeded by |
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