Isaac Newton Evans (July 29, 1827 – December 3, 1901) was a Republican member of the

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from

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Isaac Newton Evans was born near present-day

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. He attended the common schools and was graduated from the medical department of

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, in 1851 and from

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in 1852. He began the practice of medicine in Johnsville, Pennsylvania in 1852. He moved to

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in 1856 and continued the practice of

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. He served as president of the

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National Bank. Evans was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination. He was again elected to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination and returned to the practice of medicine, and was also engaged in the real estate business and banking. He died in Hatboro in 1901. He is buried in Friends Cemetery in

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1827 births 1901 deaths People from Hatboro, Pennsylvania American people of Welsh descent Physicians from Pennsylvania American bankers Bowdoin College alumni Thomas Jefferson University alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub