John Winfield Wallace

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John Winfield Wallace (December 20, 1818 – June 24, 1889) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

John Winfield Wallace was born near Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He attended Darlington Academy in Darlington, Pennsylvania, where he afterward taught. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia in 1846 and commenced the practice of medicine in Darlington. He moved to New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1850, and held several local offices.

Wallace was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862.

During the Civil War, Wallace served as paymaster in the Union Army. He was again elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876.

He resumed the practice of medicine in New Castle where he died in 1889, aged 70. Interment in Grandview Cemetery, near Beaver Falls.

References

John Winfield Wallace at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
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Preceded by William Stewart	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district 1861-1863	Succeeded by Thomas Williams
Preceded by William S. Moore	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district 1875-1877	Succeeded by William S. Shallenberger

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Persondata
Name	Wallace, John Winfield
Alternative names
Short description	Union United States Army soldier
Date of birth	December 20, 1818
Place of birth	Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Date of death	June 24, 1889
Place of death	New Castle, Pennsylvania

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