Lieutenant Colonel Harmar Denny Denny Jr. (July 2, 1886 – January 6, 1966) was a

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and Republican member of the

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from

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Biography

Harmar D. Denny Jr. was born in

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. He was the great-grandson of Congressman Harmar Denny. He attended St. Paul's School in

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, in 1904, graduated from

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in 1908, and from the law school of the

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in 1911. During the

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he served in the

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Air Corps as a first lieutenant and bombing pilot. Upon his return to Pennsylvania, he practiced law and was the director of public safety for the city of

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in 1933 and 1934. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor of Pittsburgh in 1941. During the

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he served as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Air Corps as assistant air inspector, Eastern Flying Training Command, 1942 to 1945. At his retirement he was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the

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. Denny was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second Congress, defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman

Harry J. Davenport Harry James Davenport (August 22, 1902 – December 19, 1977) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Harry J. Davenport was born in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania. He worked as a newspaper publishe ...

in the Pennsylvania 29th district. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 when redistricting forced him into an election against incumbent Democratic Congressman Herman P. Eberharter in the 28th District. After his term in Congress he served as a member of

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from April 7, 1953, to November 15, 1959. He died in Buxton, Derbyshire, England and is buried at

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in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood.

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The Political Graveyard

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* 1886 births 1966 deaths Politicians from Pittsburgh St. Paul's School (New Hampshire) alumni Yale University alumni University of Pittsburgh School of Law alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Burials at Allegheny Cemetery 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub