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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | George W. Edmonds |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 21, 1864
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| Died | September 28, 1939
(75 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | EDMONDS, George Washington, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., February 22, 1864; attended the public schools and Central High School; was graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1887 and practiced pharmacy for several years; engaged in the coal business; member of the common council of Philadelphia 1896-1902
U.S. Representative (R-PA) 1913-1925. In his nomination papers in 1912, he described himself as a merchant and coal dealer. Chairman, Committee on Claims (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924
Engaged in the wholesale coal and lumber business; elected manager of the Port of Philadelphia Ocean Traffic Bureau in September 1927 and served until 1933
U.S. Representative (R-PA) 1933-1935; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress
Resumed the wholesale coal business in Philadelphia, Pa.; died in Philadelphia on September 28, 1939; interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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