Alexander Billmeyer (January 7, 1841 – May 24, 1924) was a

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member of the

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from

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...

. Alexander Billmeyer was born in Liberty Township, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits and the manufacture of

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. He worked as director of a national bank in

Washingtonville, Pennsylvania Washingtonville is a borough in Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 200 at the 2020 census.< It is part of the

. Billmeyer was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

Rufus K. Polk Rufus King Polk (August 23, 1866 – March 5, 1902) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1902. Life and career Rufus K. Polk was born in Columbia, Tennessee, the son of Confederate State ...

. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902. He resumed agricultural pursuits in

Montour County, Pennsylvania Montour County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,136. Its county seat is Danville. The county is named for Andrew Montour, a prominent Mét ...

, and died near Washingtonville in 1924. Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in

Danville, Pennsylvania Danville is a borough in and the county seat of Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the North Branch of the Susquehanna River. The population was 4,221 at the census. Danville is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area. ...

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1841 births 1924 deaths People from Montour County, Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub