Edwin Hallowell

Edwin Hallowell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Preceded by Robert Morris Yardley
Succeeded by Irving Price Wanger
Personal details
Born (1844-04-02)April 2, 1844
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
Died September 13, 1916(1916-09-13) (aged 72)
Abington, Pennsylvania
Political party Democratic

Edwin Hallowell (April 2, 1844 – September 13, 1916) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Edwin Hallowell was born near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, serving from 1876 to 1879. He was chairman of the Democratic county committee of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1886. He was a delegate to the 1888 Democratic National Convention.

Hallowell was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress. He was a delegate to the Democratic Presidential Convention that nominated Grover Cleveland for president, second term.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892. Owing to his physical disabilities Hallowell led a private life for the last years of his life. He was a bachelor and made his home with his sister on the farm on Plank Road in Abington Township.[1] He resumed agricultural pursuits, and died in Abington, Pennsylvania. Interment in Abington Friends Burying Ground in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Obituary, Edwin Hallowell. The Bucks County Intelligencer. August 21, 1916.

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Robert M. Yardley		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district
1891–1893 		Succeeded by
Irving P. Wanger


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