Edgar Raymond Kiess

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Edgar Raymond Kiess (August 26, 1875–July 20, 1930) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Edgar R. Kiess was born in Warrensville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Lycoming County Normal School in Muncy, Pennsylvania, in 1892. He taught in the public schools of Lycoming County for two years. He became engaged in the newspaper publishing business in Hughesville, Pennsylvania, in 1894. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1904 to 1910. He was engaged in business in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1910, and served as a trustee of Pennsylvania State College from 1912 to 1930.

Kiess was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served until his death at his summer home at Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Insular Affairs, which had jurisdiction over United States territories such as Puerto Rico and the Philippines, during the Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses. Interment was at Wildwood Cemetery in Williamsport.

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• Edgar R. Kiess at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by William B. Wilson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district 1913 - 1923	Succeeded by Louis T. McFadden
Preceded by I. Clinton Kline	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district 1923 - 1930	Succeeded by Robert F. Rich