Albert Gallatin Egbert (April 13, 1828 – March 28, 1896) was a Democratic member of the

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from

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Biography

Albert G. Egbert was born near

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. He attended the public schools and Grand River Institute in

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. He graduated from the medical department of the

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, in 1856 and then practiced medicine in

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. He moved to Cherrytree, Pennsylvania, and practiced his profession until 1861, when he retired in order to devote his entire time to the production of

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and agricultural pursuits. During the

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, he served as a volunteer

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. Egbert was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress. He served as chairman of the

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during this Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in

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. He resumed his former business pursuits, and died in

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. Interment in Franklin Cemetery.

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