Thomas W. Templeton

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Thomas Weir Templeton (November 8, 1867–September 5, 1935) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Thomas W. Templeton was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1899 but did not practice. He served as prothonotary of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from 1904 to 1907. He engaged in business as a florist at Kingston.

Templeton was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918. He became superintendent of grounds and buildings at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in 1920 through 1923. He resumed the florist business in Kingston and died in Plymouth. Interment in Edgehill Cemetery in West Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.

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• Thomas W. Templeton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by John J. Casey

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1917 - 1919

Succeeded by John J. Casey