William Shadrack Shallenberger
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William Shadrack Shallenberger (November 24, 1839–April 15, 1914) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
William S. Shallenberger was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Mount Pleasant Academy. He graduated from Lewisburg University (now Bucknell University) in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1862. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He engaged in mercantile pursuits.
During the US Civil War, Shallenberger enlisted in the Union Army in 1862 in the One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and soon afterward was appointed adjutant of the regiment. He was mustered out of the service in October 1864 and again engaged in mercantile pursuits in Rochester, Pennsylvania. He served as chairman of the Beaver County Republican committee in 1872 and 1874.
Shallenberger was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds during the Forty-seventh Congress. He was appointed by President William McKinley as Second Assistant Postmaster General and served from 1897 to 1907. He died in Washington, D.C., in 1914. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
[edit] References
- William Shadrack Shallenberger at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-11
- The Political Graveyard
[edit] External links
- William Shadrack Shallenberger at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-11
| Preceded by John W. Wallace |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district 1877-1883 |
Succeeded by George V.E. Lawrence |
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