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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Pennsylvania Delegation to 1884 Republican National Convention</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Jessup</a>, Montrose - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kimbark-kinery.html#014.05.68">Peter L. Kimberly</a>, Sharon - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee5.html#711.86.25">James W. Lee</a>, Franklin - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmanaway-mcmickle.html#166.32.85">James McManus</a>, Philadelphia <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingham.html#685.75.94">Henry H. Bingham</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#892.36.48">William J. Pollock</a>, Philadelphia <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lane.html#265.91.81">David H. Lane</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#559.81.74">William R. Leeds</a>, Philadelphia <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmour-givhan.html#425.03.02">Samuel B. Gilpin</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#221.53.40">Harry Hunter</a>, Philadelphia <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#449.61.50">Alexander Crowe, Jr.</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rothacker-rowden.html#025.22.45">W. Elwood Rowan</a>, Philadelphia <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rugh-rusch.html#163.98.89">John Ruhl</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson5.html#250.11.35">John T. Thompson</a>, Philadelphia <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fisher.html#116.17.32">B. Franklin Fisher</a>, Schuylkill Township, Chester County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young7.html#674.83.57">Richard Young</a>, Morton <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkins.html#982.22.56">J. P. Hale Jenkins</a>, Norristown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#251.54.78">Robert M. Yardley</a>, Doylestown <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#205.81.72">Samuel R. Deppen</a>, Robesonia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#384.75.77">F. S. Livengood</a>, Reading <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hartman.html#028.55.17">Lewis S. Hartman</a>, Lancaster - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reily-remsen.html#687.21.14">Edwin Reimhold</a>, Marietta <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#314.50.47">William S. Kirkpatrick</a>, Easton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas8.html#264.15.97">Samuel Thomas</a>, Catasauqua <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#747.60.04">James C. Brown</a>, Bloomsburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#076.00.41">James Cruikshank</a>, Danville <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boghos-boker.html#327.08.16">Henry M. Boies</a>, Scranton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#925.43.00">Hubbard B. Payne</a>, Wilkes-Barre <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/partington-pastuszka.html#592.05.28">J. A. M. Passmore</a>, Pottsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/soapy-solwin.html#837.82.43">J. Y. Sollenberger</a>, Mahanoy City <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brock.html#856.14.70">Horace Brock</a>, Lebanon - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagner.html#628.19.96">Jacob H. Wagner</a>, Watsontown <li>15th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grovenor-guert.html#922.17.48">Galusha A. Grow</a>, Glenwood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lyon.html#135.18.04">F. F. Lyon</a>, Barclay <li>16th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill2.html#182.88.65">C. W. Hill</a>, Williamsport - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#858.14.63">Edward G. Schieffelin</a>, Stokesdale <li>17th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morling-morril.html#468.45.69">Daniel J. Morrell</a>, Johnstown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#340.29.58">Edward Scull</a>, Somerset <li>18th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#625.03.25">S. E. Duffield</a>, McConnellsburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart5.html#493.72.48">John Stewart</a>, Chambersburg <li>19th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kittredge-kleier.html#670.34.57">Jacob A. Kitzmiller</a>, Gettysburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#735.54.77">William H. Lanius</a>, York <li>20th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irvin.html#026.11.12">Edward A. Irvin</a>, Curwensville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornton.html#350.67.59">Thomas C. Thornton</a>, Lewisburg <li>21st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#432.97.14">John K. Ewing</a>, Uniontown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#252.79.03">James E. Sayers</a>, Waynesburg <li>22nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#222.50.60">William Flinn</a>, Pittsburgh - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#891.90.81">Christopher L. Magee</a>, Pittsburgh <li>23rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#532.53.96">Thomas M. Bayne</a>, Allegheny - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#230.97.32">E. M. Byers</a>, Allegheny <li>24th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#496.72.34">Ernest F. Acheson</a>, Washington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#944.53.62">John W. Wallace</a>, New Castle <li>25th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henderson.html#859.46.75">J. B. Henderson</a>, Brookville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#334.00.08">H. C. Howard</a>, Indiana <li>26th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochran.html#281.01.16">T. C. Cochran</a>, Sheakleyville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richner-rider.html#172.97.50">W. H. H. Riddle</a>, Butler <li>27th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eberhart-eddleman.html#779.34.89">E. W. Echols</a>, Franklin - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#579.16.30">Joseph Johnson</a>, Erie </ul> Alternates (may be incomplete!) <ul> <li>At-Large: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biden-biged.html#558.98.29">James S. Biery</a>, Allentown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eberhart-eddleman.html#546.74.94">John W. Eckman</a>, Port Kennedy - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvey.html#477.88.31">H. T. Harvey</a>, Lock Haven - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hill5.html#860.54.46">John L. Hill</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#952.85.06">William E. Littleton</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed6.html#385.71.84">N. P. Reed</a>, Pittsburgh <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albritton-aldous.html#982.36.36">W. W. Alcoan</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson5.html#323.03.81">Joseph W. Thompson</a>, Philadelphia <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#511.58.74">Jacob Wildemore</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#046.70.81">H. C. Woelpepper</a>, Philadelphia <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kleindienst-klima.html#348.79.54">Joseph H. Klemmer</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehmann-lemp.html#566.88.40">William D. Lelar</a>, Philadelphia <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lyon.html#156.73.08">Edmund R. Lyon</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter2.html#850.66.46">Charles A. Porter</a>, Philadelphia <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rose.html#002.78.75">Thomas J. Rose</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/south.html#332.93.45">Thomas W. South</a>, Philadelphia <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#416.48.26">G. P. Denis</a>, Chester - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#424.52.40">B. F. Speakman</a>, Coatesville <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#722.99.40">Joseph Bosler</a>, Shoemakertown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shober-shorett.html#798.62.44">Harry J. Shoemaker</a>, Tullytown <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruchhausen-brunner.html#960.03.67">Albert J. Brumbach</a>, Reading - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans2.html#875.99.10">Charles F. Evans</a>, Reading <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#489.36.87">F. A. Diffenderfer</a>, Lancaster - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wolf.html#546.70.81">Jacob Wolf</a>, West Earl <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#163.86.53">Charles F. Chidsey</a>, Easton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thomas5.html#345.60.12">Joseph Thomas</a>, Quakertown <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keitt-kellett.html#556.16.03">David Keller</a>, Stroudsburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#255.10.89">W. J. Scott</a>, Nescopeck <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#154.17.73">Albert J. Ackley</a>, Chinchilla - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams6.html#860.44.79">Morgan B. Williams</a>, Wilkes-Barre <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albright.html#441.72.49">Heister S. Albright</a>, Orwigsburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathewson-matthaei.html#345.84.98">Charles C. Matten</a>, Pottsville <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kraschel-kreutzer.html#661.23.21">H. H. Kreider</a>, Annville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nill-nix.html#977.11.25">Joseph H. Nissley</a>, Middletown <li>15th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larkins-larrain.html#465.69.32">H. B. Larrabee</a>, Bethany - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peck.html#331.61.16">Benjamin M. Peck</a>, Towanda <li>16th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graves.html#052.88.52">F. W. Graves</a>, Wellsboro - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers6.html#617.44.21">M. A. Rogers</a>, Forksville <li>17th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eldridge.html#824.11.99">S. B. Eldridge</a>, Johnstown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#493.79.31">William C. Smith</a>, Bedford <li>18th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nash.html#714.66.51">John A. Nash</a>, Huntingdon - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#107.12.66">B. F. Wagonseller</a>, Selinsgrove <li>19th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eberhart-eddleman.html#580.40.76">A. G. Eberly</a>, Mechanicsburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirchdorfer-kirkby.html#805.71.02">John W. Kirk</a>, New Cumberland <li>20th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#376.90.83">H. O. Chapman</a>, Lock Haven - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wellstone-wenstrom.html#712.51.08">H. H. Wensel</a>, Ridgway <li>21st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/down-downey.html#788.74.37">Robert F. Downey</a>, Waynesburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/minor.html#620.83.77">G. W. K. Minor</a>, Uniontown <li>22nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coad-coatsworth.html#258.65.50">William Coates</a>, Pittsburgh - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulton.html#917.57.52">Andrew Fulton</a>, Pittsburgh <li>23rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#797.27.40">W. W. Speer</a>, Allegheny - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood7.html#068.01.66">R. G. Wood</a>, Allegheny <li>24th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#182.11.10">Frank S. Reader</a>, New Brighton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todd.html#530.50.12">Alexander M. Todd</a>, Washington <li>25th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elliott.html#771.50.82">George J. Elliott</a>, Reynoldsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#102.42.31">B. F. Laughlin</a> <li>26th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steele.html#622.12.96">A. H. Steele</a>, Titusville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright4.html#062.31.15">George W. Wright</a>, Mercer <li>27th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#997.99.57">Charles E. Cooper</a>, Oil City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/devison-dewesse.html#885.57.08">Thomas J. Devore</a>, Springfield </ul> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/PA.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/PA.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>