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The Political Graveyard: Pennsylvania Delegation to 1956 Republican National Convention
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Pennsylvania Delegation to 1956 Republican National Convention</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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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Duff</a>, Carnegie - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html#824.70.67">Samuel E. Ewing</a>, Haverford - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#543.14.01">Miles Horst</a>, Lebanon - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#984.67.48">Sara G. Leffler</a>, Lebanon - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin3.html#105.33.46">Edward Martin</a>, Washington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martina-martinelli.html#772.34.51">Katharine B. Martindale</a>, Harrisburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murdock.html#855.42.09">Katharine G. Murdock</a>, Greensburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#123.90.93">G. Mason Owlett</a>, Wellsboro - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pettitt-pezzulo.html#649.02.59">Joseph N. Pew, Jr.</a>, Ardmore - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor6.html#408.32.69">M. Harvey Taylor</a>, Harrisburg <li><b>1st District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#543.89.18">Vito F. Canuso</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#994.39.90">Thomas M. Foglietta</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>2nd District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#934.66.66">Philip Nemirovsky</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintgeorge-salliotte.html#887.13.94">John M. Salerno</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>3rd District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blow-blumrosen.html#595.80.80">Arnold M. Blumberg</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smithberger-smyser.html#118.39.01">Michael J. Smylie</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>4th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnquist-burns.html#738.44.96">Joseph R. Burns</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roebling-rogaski.html#978.64.28">Anton Roeger, Jr.</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>5th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carrott-carten.html#045.67.42">Daniel Carson</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#902.09.87">Billy Meehan</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>6th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/egan.html#220.03.35">Thomas C. Egan</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson2.html#010.67.54">Dolores E. Thompson</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>7th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter5.html#506.52.54">John B. H. Carter</a>, Newtown Square - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hinkle-hinkson.html#773.28.20">J. H. Ward Hinkson</a>, Wallingford <li><b>8th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#005.63.12">O. Jacob Tallman</a>, Allentown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ziegler.html#778.73.06">Frederick E. Ziegler</a>, Trevose <li><b>9th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/delay-delwin.html#399.15.31">George C. Delp</a>, Lancaster - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gates.html#009.41.07">Thomas S. Gates, Jr.</a>, Devon <li><b>10th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html#885.32.04">Mortimer B. Fuller, Jr.</a>, Dalton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rossdale-rotan.html#391.30.99">Everett A. Rosser</a>, Scranton <li><b>11th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marianetti-markowitz.html#157.30.74">George B. Markle, Jr.</a>, Conyngham - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oneill.html#642.93.95">Frank A. O'Neill</a>, Plymouth <li><b>12th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#188.26.28">Henry W. Lark</a>, Sunbury - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watkins-watrous.html#340.14.51">G. Harold Watkins</a>, Butler Township, Schuylkill County <li><b>13th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bingley-birchby.html#327.87.92">Frank G. Binswanger</a>, Elkins Park - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#639.49.25">Raymond Pitcairn</a>, Bryn Athyn <li><b>14th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgeehan-mcgoodwin.html#194.93.97">Arthur T. McGonigle</a>, Sinking Spring - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#381.98.04">Carroll D. Winters</a>, Reading <li><b>15th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#839.62.16">William Z. Scott</a>, Lansford - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/theaker-thom.html#156.15.17">Edward H. Thevenet</a>, Bethlehem <li><b>16th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#522.92.36">George H. Hafer</a>, Harrisburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#830.84.76">William H. Worrilow</a>, Lebanon <li><b>17th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kraschel-kreutzer.html#784.36.95">Samuel James Kresge</a>, Sayre - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rich-richard.html#036.52.65">Robert F. Rich</a>, Woolrich <li><b>18th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/littlebandit-livesay.html#595.33.04">William S. Livengood, Jr.</a>, Somerset - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker7.html#079.00.71">Paul Walker</a>, Greene Township, Franklin County <li><b>19th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bartos-bason.html#629.46.68">John H. Basehore</a>, Gettysburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickey-dickie.html#672.42.56">Oliver J. Dickey</a>, Lemoyne <li><b>20th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruchhausen-brunner.html#076.72.52">D. Emmert Brumbaugh</a>, Claysburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/soapy-solwin.html#103.37.98">D. Raymond Sollenberger</a>, Williamsburg <li><b>21st District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckeegan-mckenty.html#216.71.91">Roy C. McKenna</a>, Latrobe - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swindall-swoope.html#824.79.09">Edwin A. Swink</a>, Mt. Pleasant <li><b>22nd District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#737.50.02">Wilfred E. Helwig</a>, Indiana - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#592.58.12">Raymond B. Johnson</a>, Johnstown <li><b>23rd District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#535.33.71">Jack J. McDowell</a>, Bradford - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#188.44.28">James Hall Stackpole</a>, St. Marys <li><b>24th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/english.html#929.82.97">John W. English</a>, Erie - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore4.html#226.54.03">Howard L. Moore</a>, Cochranton <li><b>25th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradney-bradstreet.html#619.08.60">Thompson Bradshaw</a>, Beaver Falls - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#029.03.46">John David Lewis</a>, Zelienople <li><b>26th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#229.12.28">James H. Hankins</a>, Uniontown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zebb-ziegenheim.html#035.97.02">Alfred Zeffiro</a>, Donora <li><b>27th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulton.html#532.58.87">James G. Fulton</a>, Dormont - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#188.55.63">Max C. Harrison</a>, Pittsburgh <li><b>28th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson8.html#897.64.00">Thomas P. Johnson</a>, Pittsburgh - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malloy-malone.html#113.63.06">James F. Malone, Jr.</a>, Pittsburgh <li><b>29th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kenton-kerns.html#953.84.14">Charles E. Kenworthy</a>, Pittsburgh - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#239.38.71">John McDowell</a>, Wilkinsburg <li><b>30th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones4.html#991.98.76">Harry M. Jones</a>, McKeesport - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laird.html#502.88.63">Thomas Laird</a>, Munhall </ul> <p> <b>Alternates</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <ul> <li><b>At-Large:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker6.html#089.45.91">Milton G. Baker</a>, Wayne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#703.87.84">Samuel F. Bonavita</a>, North Warren - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickman-diket.html#097.41.22">G. Graybill Diehm</a>, Lititz - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duffy.html#533.71.73">Robert C. Duffy</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fenton.html#366.12.98">Ivor D. Fenton</a>, Mahanoy City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flagg-flake.html#941.30.29">Edward L. Flaherty</a>, Forest Hills - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#168.13.86">Wilbur H. Hamilton</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelly1.html#076.31.55">Audrey R. Kelly</a>, Montrose - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simpson.html#760.26.53">Richard M. Simpson</a>, Huntingdon - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#613.58.47">Jessie M. Vann</a>, Oakmont <li><b>1st District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dehart-deland.html#795.48.21">Mary Deisher</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#990.61.96">William A. Upshur, Jr.</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>2nd District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green6.html#692.74.20">Maurice M. Green</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weinmann-weisman.html#460.83.78">Esther B. Weinrott</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>3rd District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/widdis-wiggin.html#851.28.59">Frank Wiener</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright3.html#489.65.30">Ernest T. Wright</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>4th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore2.html#817.81.16">Cecil B. Moore</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynolds.html#100.99.03">Hobson R. Reynolds</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>5th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starke-starosciak.html#387.97.46">William B. Starling</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ziegler.html#109.53.66">Clement J. Ziegler</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>6th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#565.25.53">Walter Boehm</a>, Philadelphia - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holten-hook.html#488.55.96">Mildred E. Honigman</a>, Philadelphia <li><b>7th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/higgins.html#075.51.53">O. Warren Higgins</a>, Havertown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#217.85.81">R. Alexander Montgomery</a>, Villanova <li><b>8th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franko-franzke.html#553.75.55">Ann Louise Franks</a>, Macungie - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moultrie-moynihan.html#197.57.61">Simon K. Moyer</a>, Silverdale <li><b>9th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lund-luster.html#628.45.83">Irene E. Lupold</a>, Lancaster - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#258.06.33">Ellen Ann Roberts</a>, Downingtown <li><b>10th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenip-greff.html#602.99.35">Ray W. Greenwood</a>, Tunkhannock - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lund-luster.html#663.53.19">Harold V. Lundy</a>, Muncy Valley <li><b>11th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darnell-daughenbaugh.html#064.26.36">Hulme S. Daron</a>, Luzerne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robbins.html#590.31.99">Walter S. Robbins</a>, Kingston <li><b>12th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#574.17.61">Preston B. Davis</a>, Milton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowles-fox.html#597.22.42">Sol Fox</a>, Pottsville <li><b>13th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartzenburg-scotland.html#338.15.37">Richard S. Schweiker</a>, Lansdale - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/todhunter-tomlin.html#671.87.28">Alexandra D. Toland</a>, Wynnewood <li><b>14th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodgkins-hoffer.html#269.25.69">Josephine Roe Hoffer</a>, Douglassville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reidelbach-reilley.html#397.32.38">Sophie K. Reiff</a>, West Lawn <li><b>15th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#433.74.51">Montgomery F. Crowe</a>, Stroudsburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mack.html#963.89.39">Donald C. Mack</a>, Easton <li><b>16th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eaton-eberhardt.html#010.00.44">Charles D. Eaton</a>, Landisburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gritzmacher-grosfeld.html#727.88.25">Homer M. Groninger</a>, Port Royal <li><b>17th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoffman.html#864.69.02">H. Elizabeth Hoffman</a>, Williamsport - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wise.html#431.37.34">Earl V. Wise, Sr.</a>, Berwick <li><b>18th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#719.87.81">W. Roger Fetter</a>, Lewisburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/portland-posley.html#594.28.94">A. Bahner Portzline</a>, Selinsgrove <li><b>19th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#779.08.43">Ralph K. Lefever</a>, Dillsburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murrell-myer.html#090.07.36">Floyd W. Musselman</a>, Camp Hill <li><b>20th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hartmann-harvell.html#056.18.19">Samuel G. Hartsock</a>, Duncansville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilkinson-will.html#126.82.71">Roy Wilkinson, Jr.</a>, Bellefonte <li><b>21st District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mchie-mcintire.html#462.59.19">Emma Watt McIntire</a>, Latrobe - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sawyers-sayward.html#466.47.68">Marcus W. Saxman III</a>, Latrobe <li><b>22nd District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#590.97.14">Meyer Greenbaum</a>, Kittanning - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmerman.html#693.94.41">Clifford Zimmerman</a>, Johnstown <li><b>23rd District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caine-caldom.html#032.24.93">W. Scott Calderwood</a>, Warren - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pope.html#001.78.41">H. Ray Pope, Jr.</a>, Clarion <li><b>24th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#898.27.48">Ralph E. Johnston</a>, Sharon - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#388.19.71">Paul B. Root</a>, Erie <li><b>25th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html#380.81.15">William C. Angel</a>, Baden - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yadkin-yarrow.html#049.31.40">Paul J. Yargats</a>, Aliquippa <li><b>26th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowles-fox.html#675.06.81">Ralph L. Fox</a>, Connellsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zebb-ziegenheim.html#715.37.29">Wray G. Zelt</a>, East Washington <li><b>27th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy4.html#070.25.02">Hazel Kennedy</a>, Pittsburgh - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright9.html#021.64.23">Verna Wright</a>, Carnegie <li><b>28th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ball.html#032.87.58">Jane Ellen Ball</a>, Pittsburgh - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raynale-rea.html#663.52.59">Ingrid S. Rea</a>, Pittsburgh <li><b>29th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/devison-dewesse.html#833.44.64">Joseph K. Dewar</a>, Bellevue - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#829.78.90">Nelle G. Dressler</a>, Wilkinsburg <li><b>30th District</b>: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgeehan-mcgoodwin.html#594.53.44">Jeanne M. McGhen</a>, Coulters - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/myers.html#750.65.11">Mabel M. 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