Summers M. Jack | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's21st district | |
| In office March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Everett Robbins |
| Succeeded by | Solomon Robert Dresser |
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| Born | (1852-07-18)July 18, 1852 |
| Died | September 16, 1945(1945-09-16) (aged 93) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Indiana Normal School |
Summers Melville Jack (July 18, 1852 – September 16, 1945) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Summers M. Jack was born in thePittsburgh DMA town ofSummerville, Pennsylvania. He attendedIndiana Normal School. He taught school for six years. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice inIndiana, Pennsylvania. He was district attorney forIndiana County, Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1890. He was appointed a member of the board of trustees of the Indiana Normal School in 1886 and by reappointment served more than forty years. He was the chairman of the congressional conference for the twenty-first district in 1896.
Jack was elected as a Republican to theFifty-sixth andFifty-seventh congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902. He served as a member of the congressional delegation sent to thePhilippine Islands in 1901 to inquire into the advisability of establishing civil government. He resumed the practice of law, and was a delegate to the1908 Republican National Convention at Chicago. He died in Indiana, Pennsylvania, in 1945. Interment in the Oakland Cemetery in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 21st congressional district 1899–1903 | Succeeded by |
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