Edward G. Rohrbough | |
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.png) E. G. Rohrbough in 1942 | |
| Vice President ofFairmont State University | |
| In office 1907–1908 | |
| President ofGlenville State University | |
| In office 1908–1942 | |
| Preceded by | John C. Shaw |
| Succeeded by | David L. Haught |
| West Virginia House of Delegates 78th District | |
| In office 1943–1945 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Edmiston, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Cleveland M. Bailey |
| West Virginia House of Delegates 18th District | |
| In office 1947–1949 | |
| Preceded by | Cleveland M. Bailey |
| Succeeded by | Cleveland M. Bailey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1874-01-04)January 4, 1874 Upshur County, West Virginia, US |
| Died | December 12, 1956(1956-12-12) (aged 82) Washington, D.C., US |
| Political party | Republican |
Edward Gay Rohrbough (January 4, 1874 – December 12, 1956) was aRepublicanUnited States Representative fromWest Virginia. He was born in 1874, nearBuckhannon, West Virginia, inUpshur County, West Virginia. He served in theSeventy-eighth andEightieth Congress. He died December 12, 1956.[1][2]
He attended the public schools andWest Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon. He graduated fromAllegheny College inMeadville, Pennsylvania, in 1900 and fromHarvard University in 1906. He later studied at theUniversity of Chicago, instructed at West Virginia Wesleyan College and instructed atWest Virginia University atMorgantown, West Virginia. In 1900 and 1901 he taught school inBrookville, Pennsylvania, and atGlenville State Normal School from 1901 to 1907. He served as vice president of Fairmont State Teachers College in 1907 and 1908 and president ofGlenville State Teachers College from 1908 to 1942.[3] In 1908, he dually served as Glenville's first head football coach, compiling a 1–1–0 record.
He was elected to Congress in 1942. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1944 but was again elected in 1946. His candidacy for re-election in 1948 was not successful. He died inWashington, D.C., on December 12, 1956, and was buried in Stalnaker Cemetery in Glenville, West Virginia.[1]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Glenville State Pioneers(Independent)(1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Glenville State | 1–1 | |||||||
| Glenville State: | 1–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 1–1 | ||||||||
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's 3rd congressional district 1943–1945 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's 3rd congressional district 1947–1949 | Succeeded by |
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