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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Pennsylvania Delegation to 1896 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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H. Barker</a>, Ebensburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beacham-beacom.html#940.00.15">James S. Beacon</a>, Greensburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#722.99.40">Joseph Bosler</a>, Ogontz - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elmquist-elwyn.html#810.68.47">James Elverson</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#788.64.38">Theodore L. Flood</a>, Meadville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gresham-griffey.html#262.59.86">William W. Griest</a>, Lancaster - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hastings.html#501.61.43">Daniel H. Hastings</a>, Harrisburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#865.77.91">Francis J. Torrance</a>, Pittsburgh <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/durham.html#128.40.71">Israel W. Durham</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stuart.html#021.03.03">Edwin S. Stuart</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/wilcoxon-wiles.html#511.58.74">Jacob Wildemore</a>, Philadelphia <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson5.html#725.60.97">James B. Anderson</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/becker.html#142.11.87">Ellwood Becker</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#378.70.04">Henry Clay</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kleindienst-klima.html#348.79.54">Joseph H. Klemmer</a>, Philadelphia <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#077.64.15">Alexander Crow, Jr.</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patton.html#397.34.04">Edward W. Patton</a>, Philadelphia <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackett.html#235.11.50">Horatio B. Hackett</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin2.html#606.09.95">David Martin</a>, Philadelphia <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#799.52.39">Thomas J. Clayton</a>, Thurlow - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darlington.html#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a> <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/earman-eastland.html#111.57.66">Hugh B. Eastburn</a>, Doylestown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holland.html#163.61.51">James B. Holland</a>, Norristown <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dreyfus-drips.html#741.57.59">J. Monroe Driesbach</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reeder-rees.html#306.54.59">Frank Reeder</a>, Easton <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/higginson-hilger.html#277.33.79">Augustus M. High</a>, Reading - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young3.html#579.03.42">Edward M. Young</a>, Allentown <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cassaday-cassey.html#046.11.33">Henry Burd Cassel</a>, Marietta - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmermann-zywicki.html#009.34.09">J. Gust Zook</a>, Lancaster <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conlan-connellan.html#650.88.91">William Connell</a>, Scranton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#899.80.45">John T. Williams</a>, Scranton <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lehmann-lemp.html#868.35.70">John Leisenring</a>, Upper Lehigh - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan-mork.html#581.35.27">M. R. Morgans</a>, Wilkes-Barre <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finn-firth.html#114.50.31">John F. Finney</a>, Pottsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcconnell.html#189.35.41">Joseph D. McConnell</a>, Ashland <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#585.63.78">W. Mifflin Smith</a>, Markelsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weems-weinland.html#168.06.01">Lucien E. Weimer</a>, Lebanon <li>15th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#254.88.56">Edmund B. Hardenbergh</a>, Honesdale - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright2.html#926.75.05">Charles Frederick Wright</a>, Susquehanna <li>16th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landram-landy.html#185.50.76">Henry J. Landrus</a>, Wellsboro - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meyering-michalski.html#501.24.02">John S. Meyers</a>, Lock Haven <li>17th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faull-faxon.html#661.31.45">William B. Faust</a>, Mt. Carmel - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/james.html#714.93.61">U. Y. James</a>, Danville <li>18th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowlands-roxburgh.html#351.03.32">Jere B. Rox</a>, Huntingdon - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#310.72.38">John A. Seiders</a>, Chambersburg <li>19th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#537.35.25">Samuel L. Johns</a>, McSherrystown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/muller-mumper.html#799.43.71">Charles H. Mullin</a>, Mt. Holly Springs <li>20th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#958.84.36">George T. Bell</a>, Hollidaysburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scull-searls.html#336.94.27">George R. Scull</a>, Somerset <li>21st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/denniston-denson.html#943.70.20">Harry S. Denny</a>, Ligonier - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eliphaz-ellerbee.html#895.44.75">John P. Elkin</a>, Indiana <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/mayne-mcallen.html#637.55.70">Robert McAfee</a>, Allegheny - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#303.53.55">William A. Stone</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/seashoal-sebald.html#288.13.13">Charles H. Seaton</a>, Uniontown <li>25th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#184.70.72">Simon Perkins</a>, Sharon - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quackenbush-quigg.html#935.10.19">Matthew S. Quay</a>, Beaver <li>26th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#453.83.63">William H. Andrews</a>, Titusville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/streeter-stricker.html#411.12.76">Lewis Streuber</a>, Erie <li>27th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawkins.html#437.10.09">A. C. Hawkins</a>, Bradford - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis8.html#146.62.30">S. C. Lewis</a>, Franklin <li>28th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcduffee-mcfarlan.html#980.66.42">J. H. McEwan</a>, Ridgway - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson4.html#104.49.29">Harry R. Wilson</a>, Clarion </ul> Alternates (may be incomplete!) <ul> <li>At-Large: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hollander-holley.html#246.02.70">Frank E. Hollar</a>, Carlisle - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy1.html#153.27.85">Arthur Kennedy</a>, Allegheny - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccallen-mccarter.html#425.61.74">Samuel J. M. McCarrell</a>, Harrisburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller2.html#756.77.41">Charles Miller</a>, Franklin - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/minor.html#270.13.62">Charles A. Minor</a>, Wilkes-Barre - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#725.40.36">Boies Penrose</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pittsford-platzek.html#657.41.26">Charles M. Plank</a>, Reading - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raymond.html#461.41.76">James B. Raymond</a>, Altoona <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/mccartney-mccleery.html#056.84.24">Penrose A. McClain</a>, Philadelphia <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/afan-aieta.html#644.37.07">William B. Ahern</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#755.30.91">Frank M. Riter</a>, Philadelphia <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#221.53.40">Harry Hunter</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#712.50.11">John Hunter</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott2.html#195.26.45">David S. Scott</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#693.09.70">William L. Smith</a>, Philadelphia <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#851.63.38">A. Lincoln Acker</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shields.html#153.67.85">A. S. L. Shields</a>, Philadelphia <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/page.html#641.05.48">Harlan Page</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powers.html#254.53.47">Thomas J. Powers</a>, Philadelphia <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#978.58.48">Wesley S. McDowell</a>, Chester - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#751.20.34">Thomas C. Speakman</a>, Honeybrook <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hains-haldor.html#251.76.73">I. R. Halderman</a>, Harleysville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moultrie-moynihan.html#252.55.98">Henry G. Moyer</a>, Perkasie <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#374.06.24">Chester A. Pellet</a>, Milford - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walton.html#773.64.11">Thomas C. Walton</a>, Stroudsburg <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barc-barhite.html#378.93.48">H. S. Bard</a>, Reading - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams6.html#920.02.92">Llewellyn Williams</a>, Slatington <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunlop-dunmore.html#158.06.73">J. Pranois Dunlop</a>, Manheim - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood2.html#537.92.72">Day Wood</a>, Goshen, Fulton Township, Lancaster County <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneiderman-schrock.html#980.02.36">Conrad Schroder</a>, Scranton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#281.59.72">James J. Williams</a>, Archbald <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lance-landoe.html#283.47.30">Lewis B. Landmesser</a>, Wilkes-Barre - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#075.59.68">Charles L. Wilde</a>, Hazleton <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards8.html#727.34.39">S. B. Edwards</a>, Pottsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#709.22.03">John I. Matthias</a>, Mahanoy City <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#863.69.91">Alfred R. Houck</a>, Lebanon - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willard.html#356.17.09">S. S. Willard</a>, New Bloomfield <li>15th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintgeorge-salliotte.html#451.37.71">Frank G. Sairs</a>, Athens - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheppard.html#792.85.71">Morris Sheppard</a>, Towanda <li>16th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/horton.html#876.47.81">G. S. Horton</a>, Williamsport - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potter.html#951.96.08">Milton J. Potter</a>, Coudersport <li>17th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#927.32.12">William Buck</a>, Centralia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vincent.html#017.03.63">Fred P. Vincent</a>, Dushore <li>18th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aubert-austen.html#163.84.37">A. M. Aurand</a>, Beaver Springs - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#242.90.99">Howard O. Lantz</a>, Lewistown <li>19th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beaty-bechtold.html#777.72.63">Harry A. Bechtold</a>, New Freedom - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thone-thornley.html#270.74.20">George D. Thorn</a>, Gettysburg <li>20th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillen-mcmullin.html#345.51.79">James McMillen</a>, Johnstown <li>21st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beadle-beales.html#304.61.97">Joseph Grant Beale</a>, Leechburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson8.html#018.03.75">S. E. Wilson</a>, Punxsutawney <li>22nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#411.71.00">J. O. Brown</a>, Pittsburgh - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards1.html#770.90.59">Albert J. Edwards</a>, Pittsburgh <li>23rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#949.97.78">James M. Esler</a>, Tarentum - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccorquodale-mccuiston.html#816.83.19">Robert McCready</a>, Sewickley <li>24th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrne.html#284.38.09">John R. Byrne</a>, Upper Tyrone Township, Fayette County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html#397.63.69">Frank M. Fuller</a>, Uniontown <li>25th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller8.html#586.70.10">Samuel H. Miller</a>, Mercer - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#402.21.41">William D. Wallace</a>, New Castle <li>26th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#100.58.29">E. A. Hempstead</a>, Meadville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#658.24.87">W. W. Moggaridge</a>, Corry <li>27th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#998.62.09">W. H. Howard</a>, Emporium - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simpson.html#166.45.42">T. R. Simpson</a>, Oil City <li>28th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#519.23.41">S. S. Crissman</a>, Philipsburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#013.34.95">Americus H. Woodward</a>, Clearfield </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/1896/PA.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/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>