Edwin Hallowell (April 2, 1844 – September 13, 1916) was an American farmer and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the

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from

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from 1891 to 1893.

Biography

Edwin Hallowell was born near

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. He attended the public schools.

Early political career

He engaged in agricultural pursuits before being elected as a member of the

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, serving from 1876 to 1879. He was chairman of the Democratic county committee of

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, in 1886. He was a delegate to the

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Congress

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.Obituary, Edwin Hallowell. The Bucks County Intelligencer. August 21, 1916. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892.

Later life

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. He resumed agricultural pursuits.

Death and burial

He died in

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. He was interred in Abington Friends Burying Ground, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

Notes

References

Retrieved on 2008-02-14
The Political Graveyard

External links

* 1844 births 1916 deaths Hallowell family Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub