Edwin Hallowell
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Edwin Hallowell (April 2, 1844–September 13, 1916) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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 an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892. He resumed agricultural pursuits, and died in Abington, Pennsylvania. Interment in Abington Friends Burying Ground in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.
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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 |