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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Edward Martin |
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Waynesburg, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 18, 1879
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| Died | March 19, 1967
(87 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | MARTIN, Edward, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born at Ten Mile, Greene County, Pa., September 18, 1879; attended the public schools; graduated from Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Pa., in 1901; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1905 and commenced practice in Waynesburg; served in the Spanish-American War on the Mexican Border and in the First and Second World Wars; burgess of East Waynesburg 1902-1905; solicitor of Greene County 1908-1910, 1916-1920
Auditor General (R-PA) 1925-1929
State Treasurer (R-PA) 1929-1933
Adjutant General (R-PA) 1939-1943
President of the National Guard Association of the United States 1940
Governor (R-PA) 1943-1946
Had varied business interests, including fire insurance, oil and gas, and banking; author and editor
President of the Council of State Governments in 1946
U.S. Senate (R-PA) 1947-1959; chairman, Committee on Public Works (Eighty-third Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1958
Retired; died in Washington, Pa., March 19, 1967; interment in Greene Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Pa.
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