Edwin Hallowell

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Edwin Hallowell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th district
In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Preceded by	Robert Morris Yardley
Succeeded by	Irving Price Wanger
Personal details
Born	(1844-04-02)April 2, 1844 Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
Died	September 13, 1916(1916-09-13) (aged 72) Abington, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic

Edwin Hallowell (April 2, 1844 – September 13, 1916) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography[]

Edwin Hallowell was born near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, serving from 1876 to 1879. He was chairman of the Democratic county committee of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1886. He was a delegate to the 1888 Democratic National Convention.

Hallowell was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress. He was a delegate to the Democratic Presidential Convention that nominated Grover Cleveland for president, second term.^[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892. Owing to his physical disabilities Hallowell led a private life for the last years of his life. He was a bachelor and made his home with his sister on the farm on Plank Road in Abington Township.^[1] He resumed agricultural pursuits, and died in Abington, Pennsylvania. Interment in Abington Friends Burying Ground in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

Notes[]

References[]

• United States Congress. "Edwin Hallowell (id: H000084)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-14
• The Political Graveyard

External links[]

• "Edwin Hallowell". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-04-11.

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