Isaac Newton Evans

Issac N. Evans
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th district
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
Preceded by	William Godshalk
Succeeded by	Robert Morris Yardley
In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Preceded by	Alan Wood, Jr.
Succeeded by	William Godshalk
Personal details
Born	(1827-07-29)July 29, 1827 West Chester, Pennsylvania
Died	December 3, 1901(1901-12-03) (aged 74) Hatboro, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Jefferson Medical College

Isaac Evans (July 29, 1827 – December 3, 1901) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Isaac Newton Evans was born near present-day West Chester, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and was graduated from the medical department of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1851 and from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1852. He began the practice of medicine in Johnsville, Pennsylvania in 1852. He moved to Hatboro, Pennsylvania in 1856 and continued the practice of medicine. He served as president of the Hatboro National Bank.

Evans was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination. He was again elected to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses.

He declined to be a candidate for renomination and returned to the practice of medicine, and was also engaged in the real estate business and banking. He died in Hatboro in 1901. He is buried in Friends Cemetery in Horsham, Pennsylvania.

External links

• Isaac Newton Evans at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard